NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: It has its limits, in brief (4 letters)

5 Across: Award-winning culinary documentary series (10 letters)

15 Across: High number, perhaps (4 letters)

16 Across: Where some family secrets may be written (10 letters)

17 Across: Displaying finesse (4 letters)

18 Across: Actress who plays Trudy on "Mad Men" and Annie on "Community" (10 letters)

19 Across: Mothers in cotes (4 letters)

20 Across: Bedtime attire (10 letters)

21 Across: Silicon Valley V.I.P. (7 letters)

23 Across: Oslo Accords grp. (3 letters)

24 Across: Gold medalist in women's soccer and women's team foil (fencing) at 2024's Olympics, in brief (5 letters)

25 Across: Part of many home improvement projects (8 letters)

30 Across: Fissile rock (5 letters)

31 Across: Party leader? (4 letters)

32 Across: Something seized, for short (4 letters)

33 Across: Outdoor accommodations with flies (5 letters)

34 Across: "One ___" (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line "The ___ of losing isn't hard to master") (3 letters)

35 Across: Skin care brand from Japan (5 letters)

36 Across: Drive (4 letters)

37 Across: Give credit to (4 letters)

38 Across: Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a way (5 letters)

39 Across: Establishments selling craft products? (8 letters)

41 Across: Appears less impressive (5 letters)

42 Across: It's meant to be believed (3 letters)

43 Across: Rich (7 letters)

45 Across: Meet an unmet need (10 letters)

50 Across: ___ bowl (4 letters)

51 Across: Queue words (10 letters)

52 Across: Discover alternative (4 letters)

53 Across: Author of the story collections "The Little Disturbances of Man" (1959) and "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" (1974) (10 letters)

54 Across: ___ mess (British dessert) (4 letters)

55 Across: Traditional Passover dish (10 letters)

56 Across: Scot's word meaning "past" (4 letters)

1 Down: Academy figure (5 letters)

2 Down: Line of passengers? (10 letters)

3 Down: Relocating to a different country, e.g. (10 letters)

4 Down: Destination for many a rescue (10 letters)

5 Down: Birds whose wings might be folded? (6 letters)

6 Down: Prefix with -trope (5 letters)

7 Down: Modern pen, of a sort (4 letters)

8 Down: Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisines (9 letters)

9 Down: Like someone performing a monologue, maybe (7 letters)

10 Down: Part of the hamstring (6 letters)

11 Down: Fem. or masc. (4 letters)

12 Down: Tunnel (into) (4 letters)

13 Down: Lane in Superman movies (4 letters)

14 Down: Just gets (by) (4 letters)

22 Down: "Psst" and "Go!" (4 letters)

25 Down: Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all have (5 letters)

26 Down: Plant parts that develop as a seedling grows (10 letters)

27 Down: Urban locale that looks out on Ellis Island (10 letters)

28 Down: When anything goes (10 letters)

29 Down: Tie with string (4 letters)

30 Down: One getting ripped off at a venue (4 letters)

31 Down: Poison classification (9 letters)

35 Down: Relative of turquoise (4 letters)

37 Down: Competitor of Venmo (7 letters)

40 Down: Like the herbs on a 55-Across (6 letters)

41 Down: Wimpy friend? (6 letters)

43 Down: "The Duck Variations" playwright (5 letters)

44 Down: Lane in Superman movies (5 letters)

45 Down: States of confusion (4 letters)

46 Down: About (4 letters)

47 Down: Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread use (4 letters)

48 Down: Berate, with "into" (4 letters)

49 Down: ___ monster (4 letters)