puzzle
ACROSS
1 Press (down)
5 Raise objections
10 Longest human bone
11 Compliment
12 Tiny tot
13 Scottish city on the Clyde
14 One sketching part of a bird? (Hint: This clue's answer ignores squares 2-4. Enter a body part in those squares to create valid, unclued Across and Down answers.)
16 Bids the most
17 "Crossword," e.g., grammatically
18 Intent
21 "___ alive!" (horror movie cry)
22 Fire up Microsoft's search engine? (... ignores squares 6-8 ...)
26 "... except that wasn't the case"
27 Scorpion's substance
28 Wildcat spotted in South America
30 Turn left, as a screw
32 Submerged sandbank
33 "Speak up already!"
34 The "So What" singer went fast? (... ignores squares 6-8 ...)
37 One created Lake Mead
40 Youngest-ever U.S. congresswoman
41 Not much, as of hand sanitizer
42 Perseverance rover's org.
43 Extraordinary charged particle? (... ignores squares 1-3 ...)
48 Pampers products
50 Tips off
51 Is jealous of
52 Takes in a good book
53 T-shirt style
54 Refuse to grant
DOWN
1 *Caddie's pegs (Hint: Each starred clue's answer ignores its square in 14-, 22-, 34- or 43-Across.)
2 French for "mine"
3 Actress Olivia
4 Expecting a baby
5 Prepare, as a bath
6 Relieve
7 Throbbing headache
8 "Until everyone comes home" org.
9 "<<" letters on a remote
10 *Reedy areas
11 *Course of action
12 *Brevity is the soul of ___
13 Chow
14 1914-18 conflict: Abbr.
15 Bygone bird
19 A party to
20 Las Vegas' ___ Grand
22 Idle periods
23 Ear: Prefix
24 *Null's partner
25 *Superlative suffix
26 Prominent Toucan Sam feature
28 Neighbor of Indiana
29 *Inward-curving
30 Desk's portable substitute
31 "Hey," in Chile
32 Four Seasons amenity
33 *___ Antonio
35 *Runs on TV
36 *Cinco - tres
37 Board game?
38 Warts and all
39 Gym surface
42 Studious and introverted, say
44 *Instagram post, briefly
45 *"That's scary!"
46 Head for the hills
47 Intend
48 Actor Patel
49 Certain Tripadvisor listing
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