NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Beetle alternative beginning in 1961 (10 letters)

11 Across: Texting tech, for short (3 letters)

14 Across: "Lord willing!" (10 letters)

15 Across: Word with square or value (4 letters)

16 Across: Krypton, to Superman (10 letters)

17 Across: "... approximately" (4 letters)

18 Across: Forest Service employee responsible for winter rescues (10 letters)

19 Across: Head of Togo or Congo (4 letters)

20 Across: Beatles song subject who is "filling in a ticket in her little white book" (4 letters)

21 Across: Football blocking group, informally (5 letters)

23 Across: "The breath of art," per Frank Lloyd Wright (5 letters)

25 Across: Kid-friendly business? (8 letters)

28 Across: Sporty car type (5 letters)

29 Across: Post-run activity (8 letters)

30 Across: Start of many cathedral names (3 letters)

31 Across: "12 Angry Men" director, 1957 (5 letters)

33 Across: Beginning of many French team nicknames (3 letters)

34 Across: It features one leg perpendicular to the other (8 letters)

37 Across: Practices salat, in Islam (5 letters)

39 Across: Twistable kitchen item (8 letters)

40 Across: Abounds (5 letters)

41 Across: Nurse back to full strength (5 letters)

42 Across: Cries of enlightenment (4 letters)

43 Across: Job for which you might offer a hand, informally (4 letters)

44 Across: Withdrawal takeaway (10 letters)

50 Across: Beowulfian, say (4 letters)

51 Across: One looking over a shoulder? (10 letters)

52 Across: Father of King Minos (4 letters)

53 Across: Plea from lazy children, perhaps (10 letters)

54 Across: First to seven? (3 letters)

55 Across: "Oof, I'm struggling" (10 letters)

1 Down: ___ scale (4 letters)

2 Down: Hip to (4 letters)

3 Down: Titular Pixar character who's mistakenly called names like Bingo, Chico and Fabio (4 letters)

4 Down: Cold application for a pitcher (7 letters)

5 Down: Whimsy (7 letters)

6 Down: Airing during the wee hours, say (6 letters)

7 Down: Hawaiian word for "family" (5 letters)

8 Down: Atari release of 1972 (4 letters)

9 Down: Literally, "sword" (4 letters)

10 Down: Nostalgia-inducing illustrations and typography (8 letters)

11 Down: Tennis feat completed by Novak Djokovic in 2016 (but named for a different player) (10 letters)

12 Down: Things on superintendents' rings (10 letters)

13 Down: Fizzy cocktail flavor (4 letters)

15 Down: Recurring images, in literary analysis (6 letters)

22 Down: Smartphone tech abbr. (3 letters)

23 Down: What the Fox evidences in an Aesop fable (10 letters)

24 Down: Brilliant stuff (10 letters)

25 Down: Someone who might need to get a life? (5 letters)

26 Down: Reveal, poetically (3 letters)

27 Down: Whiff (4 letters)

28 Down: Digs for a dove (4 letters)

31 Down: Football coach who famously said "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing" (8 letters)

32 Down: Fair ___ (3 letters)

35 Down: U.S. House committee since 1967 (6 letters)

36 Down: Women's soccer coach Sundhage (3 letters)

37 Down: Woolen outerwear (7 letters)

38 Down: Backup group (7 letters)

40 Down: Band whose "Live at Leeds" album went double platinum (6 letters)

42 Down: Makeup titan Elizabeth (5 letters)

43 Down: Group of Mediterranean appetizers (4 letters)

45 Down: Warning to an inattentive driver (4 letters)

46 Down: Wide mouths (4 letters)

47 Down: Retail chain whose first two letters are the first and last initials of its founder (4 letters)

48 Down: Common condo no-no (4 letters)

49 Down: City east of Ithaca (4 letters)