ACROSS
1. Building code for the Bridge
4. In style
8. See 45 Down
12. Upstate NY STEM school
13. Response to bad news
14. Tennis tournament
15. Forum for inquiries, frequently on Reddit
16. Ephron of “Sleepless in Seattle”
17. Drains energy / poor fools
18. Neither dead nor alive, influenza is one
20. ____ Redding, nicknamed the “King of Soul”
22. Leave marks in copper, glass, etc.
23. Big sip
24. Little demon
27. Organic matter in soil
29. Small or intermediate theorem in a proof
31. Vassar printer driver brand
33. Punctuation marks that break up .csv files
34. Where cheese might end up
35. What you might ask a stranger over text
36. Drug of choice for many Vassar students
37. Titular Jane
39. Early empire that spoke Quechua
42. Expression of understanding
43. Wipeout, or the result of a knocked glass
44. It’s inside your shoe
47. Consumes food
49. Laser gun noise
50. What this is
51. Crying, kiss, hug (textspeak)
52. Williams College mascot
53. Michael of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”
54. “Be quiet, it’s a library!”
“I won’t.”
55. Government agency that sends checks during retirement
DOWN
1. 2012 Pixar film
2. What doesn’t exist in “Mean Girls” math competition
3. What spaceship navigators might consult
4. Opposite of pros
5. Water, rearranged
6. How corn is planted
7. Cat-sized South American mammal with a long snout
8. What doesn’t gather on a rolling stone
9. Hoppy beer
10. Virgo’s month in brief
11. One of this crossword’s authors’ initials (plural)
19. “Star Trek” lieutenant played by Nichelle Nichols
21. What rugby built by the THs
23. What the imposter is
24. A vaccine does this
25. Full-contact combat sport
26. Je ne sais ___
28. Pieces of dust (esp. in a sunbeam)
30. Two-thirds of Beyblades slogan
31. Die spot
32. Nitroxyl formula
33. Important figure of Cuban Revolution
35. Festive round found on doors
38. Throws hard (slang)
40. Applauds
41. First Greek letter
42. Swedish furniture supplier
43. Double letter pair in the middle of a double reed instrument
44. Many sophomores arrived early to campus for this event, for short
45. Nickname for football school in Oxford, MS, with 8 Across
46. Mangy dog
48. One hailing from the Ln Str Stt
