NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, August 12

1 Vietnamese New Year : TET

2 “A long time ___ …” : AGO

3 Sis’s sibling : BRO

4 “What are you waiting for?!” : LETSGO

5 Pertaining to a cultural group : ETHNIC

6 Princess’s headwear : TIARA

7 Person who might need a lift? : SKIER

8 Actress Washington of “Scandal” : KERRY

9 Speak aloud : SAY

10 Discontinued competitor of Coke Zero : PEPSIONE

11 Words on an Election Day sticker : IVOTED

12 Bluey or Snoopy : CANINE

13 Upright, as hair : ONEND

18 A fan (of) : FOND

21 ___ Day, occasion for planting trees : ARBOR

22 Ending with sulf- or fluor- : IDE

23 Lead-in to Man or mansion : MEGA

24 Love, in Spanish : AMOR

25 One might have farm animals, fried food and a Ferris wheel : FAIR

29 Backside : BUM

30 Sci-fi ship : UFO

31 When repeated, sound effect for Cookie Monster : NOM

33 Induct into a Hall of Fame, perhaps : ENSHRINE

34 Like the questions asked in 20 Questions : YESNO

35 Baby’s boo-boo : OWIE

36 Ever so slightly : ABIT

37 Tie, as shoes : LACE

40 “___ out!” (ump’s shout) : YER

41 Finish behind : LOSETO

42 Follows, as a hunch : ACTSON

43 Vending machine drink : SODA

44 Puts into law : ENACTS

45 Arkham ___, institution for many Batman foes : ASYLUM

46 Filled with cargo : LADEN

47 Olympic snowboarder White : SHAUN

48 Have a feeling : SENSE

49 The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? : MYTHS

53 “Billions” airer, for short : SHO

54 Chowed down : ATE

55 Summer Olympics powerhouse : USA

56 Knight’s title : SIR