NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Result of a tense build-up? (10 letters)

11 Across: Hit a point of no return? (4 letters)

15 Across: Kick off (10 letters)

16 Across: “Outta my way!” (4 letters)

17 Across: ABC's realm (10 letters)

18 Across: Body part affected by heterochromia (4 letters)

19 Across: Fed (4 letters)

20 Across: ___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singer (4 letters)

21 Across: Buff (5 letters)

22 Across: Drops (5 letters)

24 Across: Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activist (9 letters)

26 Across: Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany's economic recovery (6 letters)

28 Across: Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize" (8 letters)

29 Across: Agcy. tracking popular baby names (3 letters)

30 Across: Agcy. concerned with declarations (3 letters)

32 Across: Parts of some high-speed rail systems (7 letters)

33 Across: Be exceptionally good, in modern slang (4 letters)

34 Across: Vaper's purchase (4 letters)

35 Across: What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to Jacob (7 letters)

38 Across: Disclaimer in a quote (3 letters)

39 Across: "Hang" (3 letters)

42 Across: Detaches from the frame, perhaps (8 letters)

44 Across: Grammatical case in 48-Across (6 letters)

46 Across: Longtime Pixar character who saiys "I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!" (9 letters)

48 Across: See 44-Across (5 letters)

49 Across: Super, slangily (5 letters)

50 Across: Curve on a score (4 letters)

52 Across: Follower of hand or home (4 letters)

53 Across: Bit of filming (4 letters)

54 Across: Asteroids and Space Invaders (10 letters)

56 Across: In the past (4 letters)

57 Across: System by which all speech is protected? (10 letters)

58 Across: Cravings (4 letters)

59 Across: Club runners (10 letters)

1 Down: Change sounds (7 letters)

2 Down: Captivates (7 letters)

3 Down: Actress Lyonne (7 letters)

4 Down: Neighbor of Sierra Leone (6 letters)

5 Down: In the past (3 letters)

6 Down: Use a fork for, in a way (4 letters)

7 Down: Some thesis defenses (5 letters)

8 Down: Trounce (6 letters)

9 Down: Singer dubbed the "Matriarch of the Blues" (9 letters)

10 Down: Gun before the green, say (3 letters)

11 Down: "Is it not?" (8 letters)

12 Down: Stellar visual effects (7 letters)

13 Down: Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is dropped (7 letters)

14 Down: Strands (7 letters)

21 Down: Precise and calculated (8 letters)

23 Down: First country to elect a female prime minister (1960) (8 letters)

25 Down: Tripping (6 letters)

27 Down: Sluggish (6 letters)

31 Down: One putting the pedal to the metal (9 letters)

33 Down: No-goodniks (8 letters)

35 Down: Toddler's walking aid (7 letters)

36 Down: Like someone using autoreply, perhaps (7 letters)

37 Down: Start to congeal (7 letters)

39 Down: Part of some gummies (7 letters)

40 Down: Clear (7 letters)

41 Down: Births (7 letters)

43 Down: Comfort (6 letters)

45 Down: Mesoamerican staple with a "hot" variety (6 letters)

47 Down: Mentors (5 letters)

51 Down: "Rude Boy" singer, to fans (4 letters)

54 Down: Ancient symbol of royalty (3 letters)

55 Down: Test not offered in high school, for short (3 letters)