10/15/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

10/15/16

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1D
Words of explanation
THAT’S HOW

2D
Something sweet potatoes provide
VITAMIN A

3D
Brightly colored marine fish
DRAGONET

4D
Three albums bound together, e.g.
RECORD SET

5D
Hero-worship, say
ADORE

6D
Jazz pianist Allison
MOSE

7D
Raid target
ANT

8D
Forte
STRONG POINT

9D
Directive in tennis after odd-numbered games
CHANGE ENDS

10D
On a pension: Abbr.
RETD

11D
Lent symbols
ASHES

12D
Unclear, as thinking
WOOLLY

13D
Put off guard
LULLED

14D
Blender settings
SPEEDS

20D
Goes without a leash
RUNS LOOSE

22D
A child can have a blast with it
MODEL ROCKET

25D
People ruled by an elective monarchy
CAMBODIANS

26D
___ al Khaymah (one of U.A.E.’s seven emirates)
RAS

30D
Isolate
KEEP APART

32D
Go head-to-head with?
RAM

33D
Doctor’s patient, e.g.
EXAMINEE

34D
Create a tunnel beneath
DIG UNDER

35D
The Brady Bunch bunch
STEPKIDS

38D
Shot glass?
AMPULE

39D
Béchamel sauce with Gruyère added
MORNAY

40D
Font of knowledge
ORACLE

44D
Brilliance
ECLAT

46D
Easily outscores
DRUBS

48D
What calisthenics improve
TONE

49D
One up front?
MONO-

51D
High-pitched cry
YIP

1A
Something that might be built around a police station
TV DRAMA

8A
Hen tracks
SCRAWLS

15A
Came aboard, in a way
HIRED ON

16A
Long-running Joel McHale show on E!
THE SOUP

17A
Not free
AT A COST

18A
Seedy place
RATHOLE

19A
Bengali who won the 1913 Literature Nobel
TAGORE

20A
Small glass disk used as an ornament in a stained-glass window
RONDELLE

21A
Melted munchie
S’MORE

22A
Kind of bean
MUNG

23A
Follower of a team
SLED

24A
Rear
HIND

25A
Source of anago sushi
CONGER

27A
Golf units: Abbr.
YDS

28A
Roughly half of all binary code
ONES

29A
Friendly staff or “For a limited time only”
ADSPEAK

31A
Swallowing worry in an old wives’ tale
WATERMELON SEEDS

36A
Potential libel defendant
TABLOID

37A
Next ___
EXIT

38A
Latin trio leader
AMO

41A
No-brainers?
MORONS

42A
Call from the lobby, perhaps
PAGE

43A
Utopia writer, 1516
MORE

45A
___ thou love me?: Juliet
DOST

46A
Completely block
DAM UP

47A
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary, per Vladimir Horowitz
PRACTICE

49A
Steve Buscemi’s role in “Reservoir Dogs”
MR PINK

50A
Reveal
UNCLOAK

51A
Triple-platinum Lady Gaga hit of 2011
YOU AND I

52A
Longtime fitness guru Jack
LALANNE

53A
Keep close relations?
INBREED

54A
Part of a physical
EYE TEST

55A
Common dorm room decorations
POSTERS