NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Prepares, as shumai (6 letters)

7 Across: Paste commonly simulated by a blend of horseradish, mustard and green dye (6 letters)

13 Across: Rounded, say (7 letters)

15 Across: Late hour (6 letters)

16 Across: Pair's reassurance (8 letters)

18 Across: N.F.C. West team, informally (6 letters)

19 Across: "Go right ahead …" (9 letters)

21 Across: Pecan, but not pumpkin (4 letters)

22 Across: Selena Gomez or Beyoncé, by birth (5 letters)

23 Across: Runaround? (3 letters)

24 Across: John ___, singer with the hit albums "Perfectly Good Guitar" and "Mystic Pinball" (5 letters)

25 Across: Withdraw (from) (4 letters)

26 Across: Part of an asymmetrical hairstyle (9 letters)

28 Across: Early giant in punch-card tabulating systems (3 letters)

29 Across: Giggle (9 letters)

30 Across: Element of economic globalization (9 letters)

31 Across: Desserts that may feature frangipane (9 letters)

32 Across: Part of what makes you you (3 letters)

35 Across: Online show pieces (9 letters)

36 Across: Result of a shopping spree (4 letters)

37 Across: Kite feature (5 letters)

38 Across: The Marlins, on scoreboards (3 letters)

39 Across: ___-corner (5 letters)

40 Across: Assert (4 letters)

41 Across: STEM field concern (9 letters)

43 Across: It's in the eye of the beholder (6 letters)

45 Across: Pull it together (8 letters)

47 Across: Rang (6 letters)

48 Across: Camp distribution (7 letters)

49 Across: Toasts (6 letters)

50 Across: Verse from Emily Dickinson or Emma Lazarus (6 letters)

1 Down: Duluth-to-Minneapolis dir. (3 letters)

2 Down: Broadcaster with a onetime coat-of-arms logo, informally (7 letters)

3 Down: Otoscopy, e.g. (7 letters)

4 Down: Anthropopithecus, e.g. (6 letters)

5 Down: Actress Price of the 2000s sitcom "Grounded for Life" (5 letters)

6 Down: Labor (4 letters)

7 Down: Took a turn (4 letters)

8 Down: Subject of the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings" (3 letters)

9 Down: Watch party? (8 letters)

10 Down: Mean (7 letters)

11 Down: Some Basque headwear (6 letters)

12 Down: Exclave's spot in an atlas, often (5 letters)

14 Down: Critical response concerning a piece of fiction? (11 letters)

17 Down: Riding free as an employee, in airline lingo (11 letters)

20 Down: Real page-turner? (11 letters)

22 Down: Lead-in to light (3 letters)

24 Down: Gag reflexes? (5 letters)

26 Down: Scorches (5 letters)

27 Down: Roots for vegan burgers (5 letters)

29 Down: Part of a bridal outfit (5 letters)

30 Down: Signature QB move included as a feature in 2012's Madden NFL 13 video game (8 letters)

31 Down: Main pack in a bicycle race (7 letters)

32 Down: A bit corrupt, perhaps? (7 letters)

33 Down: Evergreen whose cones bear edible seeds (7 letters)

34 Down: Olympic gymnast Raisman (3 letters)

35 Down: Silently greet someone (6 letters)

36 Down: Pudding typically served with "neeps and tatties" (6 letters)

37 Down: Highly prized rewards on "Survivor" (5 letters)

39 Down: "This Side Up" container (5 letters)

41 Down: Roves (4 letters)

42 Down: HHH (4 letters)

44 Down: Once called (3 letters)

46 Down: Lake Tahoe winter hrs. (3 letters)