The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0716

Across

1 Cases of false incrimination

9 Groom

14 Band featured in Disney World’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

16 Bumper adornment

17 Last of the Ptolemys

18 Train through eight states

19 Thin in tone

20 Supporting

21 “Alas …”

22 Ford vehicle, familiarly

23 Black Sea resort town

25 Splitting of hairs?

26 Word with over 400 definitions in the O.E.D.

27 Sweat ___

29 When doubled, a 2010s hiphop fad

30 Draws

31 Bites, in a sense

33 Gaffer’s supply

36 Most sacred

37 Low draw

38 Scholarly work

39 O’er and o’er

40 Big name in pizza rolls

42 Cardinal pts.?

45 Thick manes

47 Certain gown wearers

48 River past Louisville

49 Rolls, e.g.

51 Partner of all

52 Heard, but not seen

53 Last of the Greeks

54 She’s the responsible one in the group, colloquially

56 Whiz

57 Not the glamorous sort

58 Sanctify

59 Animal in the suborder Vermilingua (“worm tongue”)

Down

1 “Truth be told …”

2 Fix, as a winter coat

3 Hannah who wrote “The Human Condition”

4 Distracted, as with romantic feelings

5 Best Driver, for one

6 Actress Thurman

7 Hidden dangers 8 Perambulates

9 Palms, e.g., for short

10 Run through

11 Winter Olympics pairs event

12 1995 cult classic directed by Kevin Smith

13 Try out before release, as a game

15 Short-story writer Bret

23 Holiday hearth feature

24 One of the Fates

27 Muscly

28 Tennis great Monica

30 Home-school

link, for short 32 Word with hot or fresh

33 Make an unwanted appearance in a video call

34 Not requiring a suit, say

35 Loud chewing, for many

36 Mr. Fixit

38 Roll player

41 March

42 “If you don’t tell them,I will,” e.g.

43 Senator Feinstein of California

44 Do some bonding

46 Wise guys

48 Spirited message board?

50 Dojo levels

52 “Rule, Britannia” composer

55 Muscly, say