12/31/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/31/16

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1D
Nice thing after getting the cold shoulder?
SHAWL

2D
The “P” of P. G. Wodehouse
PELHAM

3D
Noble Italian family name shared by three popes
ORSINI

4D
Alternatives to rumps
T-BONES

5D
Enamel finish?
WARE

6D
Part of a not-so-clean slate
ERASURE

7D
Justin who directed “Star Trek Beyond”
LIN

8D
Analogues of circuit solicitors, informally
DAS

9D
Not around the bend
SANE

10D
Publishing order
PRINT RUN

11D
An emoticon is a simple form of it
ASCII ART

12D
Chain of seven countries
THE ANDES

14D
A maverick doesn’t follow it
HERD

16D
Knowledge of fine arts
VIRTU

18D
Approve
SANCTION

21D
Losing side in the Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.
PERSIANS

22D
Beat
CADENCE

25D
Website with “The Next Big Thing” videos
CNET

26D
One of about 3,412 in a kW-h
BTU

28D
Term of endearment
LAMB

29D
Circus ring?
HULA HOOP

30D
1997 adventure/horror film that takes place in the Amazon
ANACONDA

31D
Pistol
GO-GETTER

32D
The TV network in “Network”
UBS

36D
Stomach
ABIDE

37D
Turn loose?
UNSCREW

40D
Stuck at a lodge, say
ICED IN

41D
Besmirched
TARRED

42D
Gave it the old college try
STROVE

44D
Removes as superfluous
LOPS

46D
Hopped up
HYPER

48D
Gauge
RATE

50D
Dome light?
HALO

52D
One standing in an alley
PIN

53D
Classification system used in some banks
ABO

1A
Join, as two pieces of metal by application of heat and pressure
SPOT-WELD

9A
Scrap
SPAT

13A
Preservers of plant specimens
HERBARIA

14A
Glaring
HARSH

15A
People on the wrong end of a landslide
ALSO-RANS

16A
Vivaldi’s birthplace
VENICE

17A
Says “But I don’t wanna!,” say
WHINES

18A
Manatee’s order, whose name comes from Greek myth
SIRENIA

19A
Part of a basketball court
LANE

20A
Exposed part of a deal
UPCARD

23A
Oscar composition, mostly
TIN

24A
Bad actor
MISCREANT

26A
Boy’s name that’s a hardware item
BRAD

27A
Cosplay and fanfic are parts of it
NERD CULTURE

29A
Peace Palace locale, with “The”
HAGUE

33A
A 43-Across may end one
SET

34A
Some next of kin
AUNTS

35A
Hypothetical miracle material
UNOBTAINIUM

38A
Live-streaming problems
LAGS

39A
Strips to pieces?
BACON BITS

43A
Court coup
ACE

44A
Pottery Barn stock
LINENS

45A
___ lab (place for an angiogram)
CATH

47A
Speedsters
HOT RODS

49A
Manhattan topper
CHERRY

51A
Like evidence gathered in some stings
ON TAPE

52A
Delivery of supplies by air, in a way
PARADROP

54A
Golden Boy writer
ODETS

55A
To the best of my recollection …
I BELIEVE …

56A
Decorticate
PARE

57A
Hardly a surprise
NO WONDER