puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 ___ ghanoush

  5 "Desus & Mero" network, for short

  8 Loud kiss

 13 Letters in an urgent request

 14 PC brand

 15 Use for a snooze

 16 Chance to accompany a firefighter

 18 Between, in Paris

 19 Sheep sound

 20 Celine whose first and last initials are apt?

 21 One absorbs things quickly

 22 Path toward redemption

 25 Blemish on a shirt

 26 Luau garlands

 27 Nasal noise

 28 Like an even match?

 30 Awesome, to the Beatles

 33 Broadcasts

 34 Captivates

 35 The Big Easy, in brief

 36 Modern driving aid: Abbr.

 37 Laborious undertakings

 38 Comes to room temperature, say

 39 Ollie's pal in classic comedy

 40 Temple honoree

 41 Gem from a farm

 46 Tie in a low-scoring game

 47 Slippery swimmers

 48 Praise in verse

 51 It can come after "tea" or "table"

 52 Up to speed, and like all but four bookending letters of 16-, 22- or 41-Across

 54 Trace of color

 55 Berry whose name is 75% vowels

 56 The Irish Sea's ___ of Man

 57 Sinister smile

 58 Org. for Penguins and Sharks

 59 Brazilian soccer great

DOWN

  1 Wire fence feature

  2 Bengaluru's continent

  3 Trouble-makers

  4 King Kong, for one

  5 2020 movie about a cartoon canine

  6 Dye used for a bridal tattoo

  7 URL ending for a nonprofit

  8 Ignored the alarm

  9 People who are under 18

 10 Health insurance giant

 11 Welsh ___ (dog breed)

 12 Prepare to pray, perhaps

 14 Extraterrestrial

 17 Let in, or let on

 21 Biases

 23 Rowboat propellers

 24 Is polite after a boring play

 25 Sound heard at a salon

 27 Droop

 28 High-tech photography gadget

 29 Fix, as a gambling game

 30 1984 movie set in a town with a ban on dancing

 31 Friend in battle

 32 Common undergrad degrees

 34 Night driving hazard

 35 Pinot ___

 37 Something shocking

 38 Discontinue

 39 Fall guy

 40 New ___, India

 41 Expenses

 42 Detach, like a corsage

 43 Sierra ___ (African country)

 44 "As Time Goes By" actress Judi

 45 "She loves me not" flower part

 49 Tiny house resident?

 50 Sporting sword

 52 Fleming who created James Bond

 53 Sass

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