New York Times, Friday, December 21, 2018
Across
1. Striped sea predators : TIGERSHARKS
12. Whirlpool site : TUB
15. Shot : INOCULATION
16. Not you specifically : ONE
17. Entertainment for a long ride, perhaps : BOOKSONTAPE
18. Honoree on the third Friday of Sept. : MIA
19. Business ___ : END
20. Fountain fare : SODAS
21. Expressionist painter James : ENSOR
23. Sends anew : RESHIPS
25. Arugula and escarole : GREENS
26. When the French Open starts : MAY
27. One way to ride : BAREBACK
29. Use, as a mattress : LIEON
32. Having zero interest, say : BORED
33. Steve of rock guitar fame : VAI
34. "Look at me, ___ helpless ..." (opening to "Misty") : IMAS
35. Flock : LAITY
36. Alpine capital : BERN
37. Exclamations of exasperation : OYS
38. Premonishes : WARNS
39. "Where ___ fail, music speaks": Hans Christian Andersen : WORDS
40. Making a mark of a sort : NOTCHING
42. Album fill, informally : PIX
43. Relief : SUCCOR
44. "CSI" prop : BODYBAG
48. "Yuck!" : GROSS
49. Greeting in Britain : HULLO
51. Ahead of, poetically : ERE
52. Org. with a serpent in its logo : AMA
53. 1987 children's best seller : WHERESWALDO
56. Some grad students, for short : TAS
57. Person depicted on the Alabama state quarter : HELENKELLER
58. Denizen of Fangorn Forest : ENT
59. Repeated phrase in the chorus of a classic folk ballad : OHMYDARLING
Down
1. River near the Pantheon : TIBER
2. See 55-Down : INONE
3. Stock : GOODS
4. Johann ___, 16th-century defender of Catholicism : ECK
5. Dressing choice : RUSSIAN
6. Title girl in a 1965 #1 hit : SLOOPY
7. They operate around the clock : HANDS
8. Encouraging start? : ATTA
9. Shore indentations : RIAS
10. Keystone enforcer : KOP
11. Displayed derision : SNEERED
12. Hall-of-Fame pitcher who once struck out 10 consecutive batters : TOMSEAVER
13. Labor party member's holding? : UNIONCARD
14. Hides in a cabin, perhaps : BEARSKINS
22. Mo. neighbor : NEB
24. Coverage options, briefly : HMOS
25. Overcast, in Britain : GREY
27. Comics sound : BOING
28. They may be dark or fine : ARTS
29. Film distribution company for "The Hunger Games" : LIONSGATE
30. Declaration from a volunteer : IMYOURMAN
31. Locale of many a red-eye destination : EASTCOAST
32. Traditionally red structure : BARN
35. Retreat : LAIR
36. Squarish : BOXY
38. Elite group : WHOSWHO
39. Mr. Rochester in "Jane Eyre," e.g. : WIDOWER
41. Mails a dupe : CCS
42. Warszawa's land : POLSKA
44. Harmonize : BLEND
45. Casus ___ (action justifying a war) : BELLI
46. "As You Like It" forest : ARDEN
47. Captain von Trapp's given name : GEORG
49. Bridge position : HELM
50. Manhattan Project scientist Harold ___ : UREY
54. Bit of derisive laughter : HEH
55. With 2-Down, multipurpose : ALL
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