Across
1. It might go to the dogs : TABLESCRAP
11. Unaltered : ASIS
15. Tahoe, for one : ALPINELAKE
16. Costa ___ : RICA
17. Trendy salad type : KALECAESAR
18. Plot in Genesis : EDEN
19. Prey for a dingo : EMU
20. “Rush!” : ASAP
21. Assessment of acidity : PHTEST
23. Platform that many things run on : IOS
24. Part of the Trinity : SON
25. Maniacal laugh : BWAHAHA
26. Traditional retirement present : PEN
27. Ambiguity : GRAYAREA
28. Selection ___ : BIAS
30. Breezes (along) : SAILS
31. Knights, bishops, rooks, etc. : MEN
32. Fluff pieces : LINT
33. See 47-Down : SKUNK
34. Not final : BETA
35. Word before “I hate that!” : UGH
36. “I’m ___!” : SUING
37. An almanac and Google, for a crossword solver : AIDS
38. Extra keys, e.g. : SPARESET
40. Excel-using exec, maybe : CFO
41. What officials need to get cleared before speaking? : THROATS
42. Bladder, e.g. : SAC
43. Subway operator, for short : MTA
46. Stuffed appetizer : SAMOSA
47. Relative of sepia : PUCE
48. Cable inits. popular with female viewers : OWN
49. Starting : FROM
50. “That’s not me anymore” : IVECHANGED
53. Hilton alternative : OMNI
54. “Take your time” : NOPRESSURE
55. Funny Martha : RAYE
56. Wheedles : SWEETTALKS
Down
1. Part of the original “Star Trek” cast : TAKEI
2. National alternative : ALAMO
3. 88 or 89 : BPLUS
4. That can’t be right : LIE
5. Boxes : ENCASES
6. September and October, for pumpkins : SEASON
7. Expletive-free : CLEAN
8. Farrier’s tool : RASP
9. Going by : AKA
10. Postarrest ritual : PERPWALK
11. “___ Arrives” (1967 soul album) : ARETHA
12. Pitched horizontally : SIDEARMED
13. Polar features : ICESHEETS
14. Seat of Orange County, Calif. : SANTAANA
22. Kansas’ Fort ___ : HAYS
25. Escort : BRING
26. Rehearsed : PAT
27. Too lean : GAUNT
28. Major lobbying group, colloquially : BIGPHARMA
29. United : INHARMONY
30. “Blue ___” (Irving Berlin tune) : SKIES
32. Lasciviously desires : LUSTSFOR
33. Keeps up : SUSTAINS
34. Part of one’s Twitter page, informally : BIO
36. High ___ : SEAS
37. Bills are found in it : AFCEAST
39. College assignment, informally? : ROOMIE
40. Prestige : CACHET
42. South American capital : SUCRE
43. High muck-a-muck : MOGUL
44. Move behind? : TWERK
45. Very long chain : ANDES
47. First name of a cartoon 33-Across : PEPE
51. “I shall return,” e.g. : VOW
52. It checks for leaks, for short : NSA
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