The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 What lava becomes after an eruption 6 The “S” of L.S.U. 11 Number of provinces in Canada 14 Relative by marriage 15 “This ___ to do the trick” 16 Pub brew 17 Pizza feature for a specialized diet 20 Nay’s opposite 21 College official 22 Gossiping types 23 Products of Pilot and Bic 24 Lead-in to girl or boy 25 River beneath 37 Parisian bridges 27 Pain 28 Lucy of “Charlie’s Angels” 31 Five, in French 32 Classic arcade game set in outer space 34 Take on a position, along with its responsibilities 37 Cleaned, as a window 38 Storage for garden tools 39 Sticky part of a gecko 40 Dress like, for a costume party, say 41 Contemptuous look 43 Soccer great Mia 44 Iota 45 Eastern place of worship 48 James who played Sonny Corleone 49 Letters on a bottle of tanning lotion 52 Lacking any moral compass 55 Year, in Spain 56 “Cleanup on ___ 5!” 57 ___ noir (wine) 58 “Affirmative!” 59 Los Angeles N.B.A. player 60 What lava is before an eruption

Down

1 Latvia’s capital 2 Solitary 3 Aid in solving a mystery 4 Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” 5 Land between Norway and Finland 6 Couches 7 Word before “the tables” or “the tide” 8 Grow older 9 Nonbinary pronoun pair 10 “… and the list goes on” 11 Opposite of loose 12 Disney princess voiced by Idina Menzel 13 Safeguards for tightrope walkers 18 Official bird of Hawaii 19 Genetic “messenger” 23 Excite, as curiosity 24 Played a part on stage 25 One-named R&B singer with the 1999 6x platinum album “Unleash the Dragon” 26 Follow shortly thereafter 27 Volcanic emissions 28 Thin and graceful 29 One just passing time 30 Secondhand 31 Group in a playbill 32 Starting squad 33 Arrival 35 Business announcement involving billions of dollars 36 It’s all about me, me, me 41 Former Iranian leader 42 Prime-time hour 43 Sweltering 44 One piece of evidence of a planet’s habitability 45 Address God 46 Top-notch 47 Classic Pontiac muscle cars 48 Rapper J. ___ 49 Serenade, e.g. 50 Big night for a high schooler 51 Crumbly salad cheese 53 Chastising syllable 54 “Zero Dark Thirty” org.