Complete Clue List
Across
1. Homeland of Desi Arnaz who starred in "I Love Lucy" (4)
5. Rosebud in 1941's "Citizen Kane" (4)
9. Seeing romantic partners (6)
11. Looked lecherously (6)
13. Formal request (8)
15. Brewed AXIOM TEA brings blood poisoning (anag., UK spelling, 8)
17. And others (Latin abbr., 2,2)
18. It makes the briny briny (3,4)
20. Yearn for an unmarried woman (4)
21. Made over (5)
23. Kind of mail (5)
24. Forsakes a lover (5)
25. Purple spring bloomers (6)
27. Tentative taste of a drink (3)
28. Lampoon (6)
29. Of simple organisms (UK spelling, 7)
31. RIPE HINTS about inflammation of the kidney (anag., 9)
33. Playful bites (4)
34. Stealthy, trying not to be noticed (7)
36. Street fleet (4)
37. Explosive letters (init., 3)
38. Form of address for a bishop (abbr., 2,3)
39. Recording device, informally (abbr., 3)
41. Parisian street (3)
42. Viral skin infection (6)
44. Jim's sweetheart on "The Office" (3)
46. Makes ready for use again (6)
48. Capital of the Swiss canton of Valais (4)
49. Solzhenitsyn's "The ____ Archipelago" (5)
51. Get ready to shine? (4)
52. Weirdly FEVERED ACTION pertaining to members of a political alliance (anag., 13)
55. HEREON, BRING subtle fabric pattern (anag., 11 or 7-4 or 7,4)
56. Ingredient in green salsa (9)
57. Day play (7)
58. Canonical hour OR people without a religious affiliation, in modern lingo (5)
59. Colour seen on February 14, representing passion and desire (3)
Down
1. PATRIOTIC CAD remodelled type of optical system that reflects and refracts light (anag., 12)
2. Takes advantage of (UK spelling, 8)
3. Took the bait (3)
4. Spanish liqueur (4)
5. Canonical hour OR risqué message (4)
6. Meadow (3)
7. Strange TIME ERIC was living in solitude (anag., 8)
8. Take away any offensive capability (UK spelling, 12)
9. Decides (10)
10. Departs (4)
11. Take it easy (4)
12. Allocate (10)
13. PIN HEART about flower's outer part (anag., 8)
14. Mums' mums (4)
15. Asian capital (6)
16. Evaluates, gets a feeling for (8)
19. Patron of sweethearts (5,9)
22. Society newcomer (abbr., 3)
24. Shake up (3)
26. Examines closely and carefully (5)
28. Do some wool gathering (5)
30. Mangy mutt (3)
32. Pipe plastic (init., 3)
35. Freely POUR TIRADE on someone rejecting the truth (anag., 10)
38. Milk curdler in cheesemaking (6)
40. Fine wool source (6)
43. Beloved bear: think "Hunny" (4)
45. Strangely DREAMING of being bordered (anag., 8)
47. Have a rest: take ____ (4)
49. "Herz" means "heart" in this language (6)
50. Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel: "Anne of Green ____" (6)
53. Gift tag word (4)
54. "My mammy done ____ me" (slang, 4)
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