Across
1. Going in : ATFIRST
8. Inferior-quality item, informally : CHEAPIE
15. Player of the mother on “Black-ish” : TRACEEELLISROSS
17. Pitch for a whole season? : TELEVISIONPILOT
18. Couple on the road? : AXLES
19. “Yum!” : TASTY
20. ___ king : ALA
21. High-ranking suits : CEOS
22. Susquehannock Indian relatives : ERIES
23. Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
24. Basic cable inits. : HSN
25. Mantle’s cover : CRUST
26. Dashed off, say : WROTE
27. Name on 2016 campaign buttons : KAINE
28. Vessels with sharp bows : DORIES
29. Features of jack-in-the-boxes : CRANKS
31. *scratches head* : HOWODD
32. Animal cry in a nursery rhyme : BAABAA
33. Dolly user : MOVER
34. Singer of the 1989 #1 hit “Opposites Attract” : ABDUL
35. Plied, in a way : WINED
36. It’s measured in degs. : LAT
39. Dirty : SOIL
40. Is up on : LEADS
41. Georgia ___ : TECH
42. “Baudolino” novelist : ECO
43. Foal : horse :: cria : ___ : LLAMA
44. Word from the Italian for “crush” : PESTO
45. 2011 musical with the highest-charting Broadway cast album since “Hair” in 1969 : THEBOOKOFMORMON
48. Band since 1922 : WORLDSERIESRING
49. Doing super-well : ONATEAR
50. Removes roots and all : TWEEZES
Down
1. Staple, e.g. : ATTACH
2. Apex predators of the past : TREXES
3. Big name in late-night : FALLON
4. Some causes of brain freeze : ICEES
5. Guns : REVS
6. Die on one side of Italy? : SEI
7. Trials : TESTRUNS
8. Hang in there! : CLOSET
9. “It has one syllable” and “Its fourth letter is T” : HINTS
10. Play honor : ESPY
11. Cards on a scoreboard : ARI
12. Retro picture : POLAROID
13. Set apart : ISOLATED
14. End of some affluent community names : ESTATES
16. Work together (with) : LIAISE
22. Actress Alexander of “Get Out” : ERIKA
23. Missed out, e.g. : ERROR
25. Amsterdam feature : CANAL
26. Blown away : WOWED
27. World capital that’s an anagram of Azerbaijan’s capital + L : KABUL
28. Pacific types : DOVES
29. Gem that’s been polished but not faceted : CABOCHON
30. Heyday of many serials : RADIOERA
31. Kia Rio competitor : HONDAFIT
32. System used for computer code : BASETWO
33. Spanish term of endearment : MIAMOR
35. More watery : WEAKER
36. Tony-winning musical with three B’way runs : LESMIZ
37. Play starter : ACTONE
38. Summer slip-ons : THONGS
40. Novelist Mario Vargas ___ : LLOSA
41. Homme land? : TERRE
43. Rich store : LODE
44. Ask : POSE
46. Melt alternative, for short : BLT
47. Catlike Pokémon with an onomatopoeic name : MEW
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