1. Controversial 1990s pact, briefly
6. "The Sound of Music" backdrop
9. One who doesn't stay put
14. The birth of one's child, generally
17. Malingers
18. Artificial netizen
19. Small breather?
20. One of 8 directions
21. Propositional phrase?
22. Things that sometimes clash in fashion
24. How a champagne bottle may arrive
26. Where rails come together
29. Intimate
30. Alternative to soup at a restaurant
32. Scandalmonger's love
33. Core belief
34. Flex a bit
35. Fine coat material
37. Dragging sound
38. Ones paddling down a river, say
39. Like bogs
40. Lizard Fuel beverage maker
41. Mao's successor
42. Romano source, usually
45. "Precious!"
47. Trunk attachment
50. Certain advertising medium
53. Morally questionable testcases
54. Clearances
55. Letter on a blue skintight suit
56. Pines
1. Wreck-checking org.
2. Title character in Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur"
3. Accomplishment
4. XXX middle
5. "Say please"
6. Came to light
7. Took off
8. Adobe Acrobat, at times
9. Red figure
10. "I'll be there soon," in texts
11. Jersey complaints
12. Musical settings: abbr.
13. Dick Van __
15. Much of the Boston Post Rd., now
16. Georges Simenon detective Jules
21. Is attentive
23. Uncommon word for a contemptible person
24. Near the hip
25. Noted role for Maria Callas
26. Some British cars, informally
27. He said "Most editors are failed writers but so are most writers"
28. Last royal house of Italy
29. Epidemiological gp.
30. Coast Guard coup
31. LBJ, for one
33. Major threat in the Star Trek universe
36. Unfastens
37. Of the abdomen
39. "Get Out" Oscar winner Jordan
41. They work to maintain their faculties
42. Return a call?
43. "Marjorie Morningstar" author Herman
44. Jane Austen opus
46. Some Nintendo consoles
47. Score just before winning, maybe
48. British actress Diana
49. Damp area growth
51. Period named for an earth goddess
52. Mil. mail center
1. Controversial 1990s pact, briefly