1. Dawdler → SLOWPOKE
9. Cuts short → ABORTS
15. Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon → MONEYBAG
16. Kitsch → LOWART
17. Doing some theater work → USHERING
18. Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh → BULGUR
19. One whose beauty is on the inside → GEODE
20. Whole kit and caboodle → GAMUT
22. ___-Latin (like some modern coinages) → NEO
23. Plant that's toxic to cats → LILY
24. Some babysitters → NANAS
25. A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated) → CALL
26. Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub → YTD
27. Tuesday, in French → MARDI
28. Song commonly performed outdoors → CAROL
29. Food that can be prepared de canasta → TACOS
30. ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season) → SHROVE
31. One toeing the line? → TIGHTROPEWALKER
35. Individually → APIECE
36. Editorialize → OPINE
37. Overly self-assertive → BRASH
38. Like a good sponge cake → MOIST
39. Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct" → MOA
42. Singular, with or without its first letter → LONE
43. Origin story family in DC Comics → KENTS
44. Facility → GIFT
45. Certain care provider, for short → EMT
46. Re-fresh? → RETRO
47. It might be marked with an X → PORNO
48. Linked (with) → TIEDIN
50. Drive → AMBITION
52. Harden and become resistant to change → OSSIFY
53. Life partner, perhaps? → CELLMATE
54. Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco → PESETA
55. Treated with respect → ESTEEMED