ACROSS 1 . Hot spring 4 . Mail drop 8 . Paper money 12 . Cured salmon 13 . Listen to 14 . Confused 15 . ____ out a living 16 . Lighten 17 . Arctic transport 18 . Ties the knot 20 . Light 22 . Immediately 24 . Greeted 27 . Flat 32 . Of the eye 33 . Kayak ’ s cousin

34 . Annoy 36 . Minister 37 . Omit 39 . Small fib : 2 wds . 43 . Information 47 . Unmannered 48 . Competent 50 . Polish 51 . Burn balm 52 . Hickory , e . g . 53 . Addition shape 54 . Chums 55 . James ____ Jones 56 . Cee ’ s follower

DOWN 1 . Large number 2 . ____ fun at 3 . Cut down 4 . Ship ’ s pronoun 5 . Paged ( through ) 6 . Desert stops 7 . Candies , e . g . 8 . Crushing blow 9 . Land amid water 10 . Sly gaze 11 . “____ and the Tramp ” 19 . Sever 21 . Male feline 23 . Go backward 24 . Bunny ’ s step 25 . Monkey

26 . “____ a Gift ” 28 . Rowed 29 . Switch positions 30 . Also 31 . Biddy 35 . Describe 36 . Kitchen device 38 . October sign 39 . Mantle 40 . Hawaiian dance 41 . Matinee figure 42 . Casual shirts 44 . Thunderstruck 45 . Saga 46 . Pivot 49 . Slippery fish

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