Across
1. Ray-finned Oregon fish
5. Egg containers
9. “As ye __…”
12. Cowboy’s tool, minus a letter
13. Spain’s largest river
14. Status __
15. Length of some track races
16. Say it’s going to be alright
18. Activity for traveling Whitties
20. Device for drawing liquid from a reservoir
21. Bantu-speaking African people
24. Give a lecture
27. British pot?
28. Goal of 18-Across
33. Netanyahu is its PM
34. The cream of the crop
35. Audio jack label
38. He founded Thebes
42. Difficulty with 18-Across
45. Pitiful
47. Island where Napoleon was exiled
48. Female gametes
49. Children’s author Silverstein
50. “Like __ out of hell”
51. Bud
52. Simplicity
53. Actor Paul of “There Will Be Blood”

Down
1. Coagulates
2. Vietnam’s capital
3. Exhaust
4. Leafy Chinese vegetable
5. Nocturne relative
6. Aid and ___
7. Rocky outcropping
8. Slugger Sammy and family
9. Rats
10. Your and my
11. Grief
17. SNES classic featuring the eight “Koopalings” (Abbr.)
19. Orchestral instrument
22. Place to see nature unnaturally
23. Charged particle
25. ” ¿Qué __?” (What’s up?)
26. Controversial element of Ptolemaic theory
28. It’s usually about 15%
29. __ Kosh (clothing brand)
30. Like some nudity
31. French state?
32. Ginger
36. Japanese musical drama
37. Beyond bulky
39. Dry, thin toast
40. Like most subways
41. Treaty signed in Bangkok, 1955
43. Not dis or dat
44. Expires
45. Emulate a weasel?
46. Actress Gardner