2/25/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

2/25/16
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1D
Spread out
SPLAY

2D
Pennsylvania senator Pat
TOOMEY

3D
Cactus flower eaters
IGUANAS

4D
Epitome of cool, with “the”
FONZ

5D
Small construction company
LEGO

6D
___ Prairie, Minn.
EDEN

7D
View from Hilo
MAUNA LOA

8D
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Sandberg
RYNE

9D
Word that can precede or follow pack
RAT

10D
2015 award for “Hamilton”
OBIE

11D
Aristotle work that began literary theory
POETICS

12D
Yeah, but still …
EVEN SO …

13D
Update, cartographer-style
REMAP

15D
Serve
WAIT ON

19D
A-lister
VIP

25D
Shack
HOVEL

26D
Style with illusory motion
OP ART

27D
Silly goose!
OH YOU!

28D
One of the Balearic Islands
IBIZA

29D
Best-selling author of legal thrillers
TUROW

30D
No worries
IT’S OK

34D
J.F.K. conveyance
AIRTRAIN

36D
More burly
HUSKIER

37D
Render invalid
NEGATE

39D
Stand taken by one making a speech
LECTERN

40D
1958 hit with the lyric “Your love has given me wings”
VOLARE

41D
Grunts
GIS

42D
Watery, as eyes
RHEUMY

43D
Checkers, e.g.
DISCS

46D
They’re given for Best Upset and Best Play
ESPYS

48D
Sidewalk section, e.g.
SLAB

49D
Setting of a top 10 Barry Manilow hit
COPA

50D
Be mindful of
HEED

51D
___-Altenburg (old German duchy)
SAXE

52D
This ___ outrage!
IS AN

54D
Ratio involving height and weight, for short
BMI

1C
Squelch
STIFLE

7C
Landlord on “Three’s Company”
MR ROPER

14C
Jumped up and down, perhaps
POGOED

15C
Towering over
WAY ABOVE

16C
One of the rooms in Clue
LOUNGE

17C
Neighbor of Miss Gulch
AUNTIE EM

18C
South American monkey’s handhold?
AMAZON VINE (Amazon.com & Vine.com)

20C
Mount that’s a poker term when read backward
ETNA

21C
Urge
YEN

22C
Give ___ whirl
IT A

23C
Verizon FiOS, e.g., for short
ISP

24C
[Insert your least favorite congressman here]?
YAHOO POLITICO (Yahoo.com & Politico.com)

31C
Second-class person, informally?
SOPH

32C
Quit your excuses
NO BUTS

33C
___ con Dios (Spanish farewell)
VAYA

35C
Affectation
AIRS

36C
Junk
HEROIN

38C
Veterinarian’s branch of sci.
ZOOL

40C
Bird watcher upon spotting the rare California condor?
VULTURE GAWKER (Vulture.com & Gawker.com)

43C
Bobs and buns
DOS

44C
___ Fridays
TGI

45C
Friend of Fidel
CHE

47C
Types
ILKS

49C
Focal points of many F.A.A. investigations … or a description of 18-, 24- and 40-Across?
CRASH SITES

53C
Figure in Matisse’s “Le Bateau”
SAILBOAT

55C
Soften
EASE UP

56C
Boston specialty
CREAM PIE

57C
Out of service?
EX-ARMY

58C
Landlocked European
SERBIAN

59C
America’s diner is always open sloganeer
DENNY’S