"In case you're unfamiliar with LaTeX," Stopheles grumbles, "as I was before I did some research into the matter, \varphi named themselves after a code sequence for an alternate form for the Greek letter phi."

"Oh, for the love of... Did these nerds ever leave their parents' basements?" Blackwell sputters incredulously.

"Years of darkness have probably fouled up their circadian rhythms; not that they'll need them here," remarks Blancwell, rolling his eyes.

"It took a while to come up with an appropriate response to this level of geekiness, but once R&D developed these printers, the problem solved itself," says Stopheles as he points to a hunter reluctantly approaching the printer. In a surprising turn of events, the printout has live tigers where all of the phis should be, which take turns biting the math student in front of them. Scanning the room, you see printouts emerging covered in machine guns, sharks, sentient broken glass, and-- wait, what's with that grid on one of the screens? It's covered with lots of copies of the same symbol... a bunch of little ones and one big one.

ACROSS

1. Totally crush Ocean State, leaving, like, a box?
5. Gemstone concealed by ninja desperado
9. Georgia peach opening clothing chain
12. Forces out John Doe's band amidst awkward sleep
16. Use a vacation spot in Colorado
17. Scrap operating room event in the end
18. Vitamin deficiency from all-grape concoction
19. Flipped over one tiny noise maker?
20. Canoes wrecked in bodies of water
22. Elvis's object: trapping elk, but without loss
24. Took off for small building
26. Turning on a website, school extension ran flimflam
29. You and I are not finished, Don
32. Sediment is returned by lieutenant
33. Catch outlaw running backwards
35. Finally, Canadia celebrated Canadia Forever Month
36. Tried to get home quickly in small top
38. Puzzle disoriented in game
40. Not far from shaking most of terrible fever... never far
42. Deposit occurring after little fiend's collapse
47. Engineer nailed national park
48. Cry out loud for automobile
50. Dutch city in heat: huge disaster
52. Potential end for company with no flats?
53. Chill out, L.A. King is on the outside
54. More attractive remote displays anger
55. You'll start morning making starchy food
56. Over the phone, use up capital
57. In the woods, they quake like swans

DOWN

1. Revolutionary says no to captured fish, perhaps
2. Atop plateau, pony's content
3. Hyundai Accent excelled, reflecting outstanding beginnings
4. British potion's handle shown in film about distance runner
6. Dahl and Lee ran amok
7. Hip L.A. criminal makes glass vessel
8. Vile knaves destroying one thousand and two Evil Midnight Bombers
9. Criminal Organizations lacking central character humor
10. Topless character from Peter Pan with good circulation
11. Flirt with Donahue and program with Clooney
13. Look into car accidents, speaking in Pig Latin
14. "Spot's done early," Barbie's boyfriend said
15. Rolling dice yields one in ten to start with?
21. Horrible nag exhibits sloth once more
22. Pennsylvania burg is quiet and sloping
23. Initially holds old-school dos in primitive shelters
25. Former lover is first person and final
27. Sensei relocates, embracing Emerald Isle
28. Florida athlete Lundgren all the rage
29. Mass war ending abruptly with wild finale
30. The real numbers help with coordinated assault
31. Ames generating 20% margin
32. Soak up that guy's experiment's deceptive reasoning
34. Faith's complaint involving element of psychiatry?
37. "Ich bin ein Deutscher": English man left out something that paints a picture?
39. Boas entangled with Republicans in natural shelters
41. Turnaround of man stuck in tavern?!
43. Tree planted in scrap lumberyard
44. Sculptor lay low in Pisa after disturbance
45. Shock state that doesn't last by the sound of it
46. Relocating a tennis star's stadium
47. I'd help crumbling oracle site
48. Cut tail away from wading bird
49. Plot of land acquired: seashore outskirts
51. Guitar duties destroying the skin