Ah, segregation must be solved! (6,7)
Across
- 5. “Ketz, my royal girl, you can become a local leader!” (5,5,5)
- 7. Pronouncing diplomas all wrong won’t get you further than Italian cuisine (8)
- 10. A royal title, a type of street, a popular religion, an institution of education (6,6,9,6)
- 11. Use an iconic polygon in Greater London county to reveal a beloved home (6,6)
- 14. Look outside for directions. Signage should be clear. (6,4)
- 15. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, said the poet, perhaps with mixed kale. Thus is found a pleasant water feature. (4,7)
- 19. Vegetation of self-possession, but spoken more plainly (4,4,4,6)
- 22. “Finally made it out of JV!” (7)
- 23. Tribal encouragers appear misspelled (5)
- 25. Spanish coffee on a misspelled magical carriage (4,2,7)
- 27. Jumbling boot fall! (8)
- 29. Her chat was about the inner side of the foot (3,4)
- 32. Lob aloft the scrambled egg, Gordon! (8)
- 33. The dumb ox adds religious sect to make Sophie’s favorite place (5,6,8,6)
- 40. “Sleep, and the answer will come,” sang faithless Michael (3)
- 41. Opposite of a strange city would be a good place for beer (10)
- 43. “Escalating a feat to brand, or I eggo,” said the scrambler (5,9,6,2,7)
- 44. Once a racist, now a training ground for propagandists (5)
- 45. Medieval eel gun can clear a central roadway (8,6)
- 46. Sailor cop has all that’s needed for an ancient place of worship (9)
- 47. Jumpy little Harry’s shop (7,4)
- 48. Half the city, then half (7)
- 49. A safe place for small, slimy creatures (10)
- 50. Sophie and Sophia are paragons of ______, though not actually of course (6)
Down
- 1. Writer’s son (some say) and pet supporting national champs (5,4)
- 2. “Those bombers sound pretty good!” Said the middle-aged man. (3,5)
- 3. Commoner king wants to reverse his status so that he can enjoy bangers and mash (5,7)
- 4. Soccer for nitwits (8)
- 6. Pet backing to end in Eden conceals meaning of the happy tummy maker (11,6,2)
- 8. “The scrutinized death is worth dying... wait, I’ve said it wrong...” said the gadfly to the sluggish horse (8)
- 9. Distinguishing figure of a pentagon (4,6)
- 12. “Silo intact? It better be. It’s filled with tacos and cubanos.” (4,1,5)
- 13. Origin of author, in a rather meta manner of speaking (10,2,9)
- 16. A matador’s best friend is a familiar sight on campus
- 17. Empty, unfilled menagerie (4,6,5)
- 18. The movies, but make it French (4)
- 20. Edward and Bella go for a bike ride (8)
- 21. Pudgy pooch adopts short acronym (3)
- 24. Citizen Kane is a this, Atlanta is a that (7,4)
- 26. Small, spotted turtle is tipsy (8)
- 28. He could beat jungle cats, swamp reptiles, and banana-colored sweaters, but he was no match for a liberal pastor (8,6)
- 30. When the flowers _____, the animals eat the ______; recently uprooted (5,11)
- 31. A good backup to have when Wes ruins things (8)
- 34. Peach state locus (7,6)
- 35. Be it great or small, adding convenient luxuries will always make for a good drink (8,8)
- 36. Probably on your mind at this point (7)
- 37. Stanford? Not quite. An arena? Essentially. The heart of Georgia? Precisely (7,7)
- 38. Charlie Artemis Northrop Edgar Smith starts a chicken joint (5)
- 39. “Der Hügel?” “La collina.” “Ti mòn lan.” (3,4)
- 42. To float aimlessly about a swamp is one way to become an engineer (9)