Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- edited by will shortz

ACROSS

1 Social adroitness

5 City between Gainesvill­e and Orlando 10 Skateboard­er’s incline 14 Radar response 15 Mushroom variety 16 Garfield’s foil in the comics

17 View furtively

19 Main role

20 Direct, as a collision 21 John of “Saturday Night Fever” 23 Amber Alert, e.g., for short 24 Complete the negotiatio­ns

25 Like the number of games in a “best of” series

27 Cut (off)

29 Pitchfork point 30 Secure some urban transporta­tion 33 Rejoice

37 Oscar winner Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club” 38 Buy and sell, as stocks 41 Jacob’s biblical twin 42 Decorative pitchers 44 Was vaccinated 46 Pinch in the kitchen 49 Hit with a Taser

50 Terre Haute sch. 51 Prepare for someone’s

birthday, perhaps 55 Org. for top-notch H.S. students 57 Blue-blooded 58 Hollywood’s Diane, Buster or Michael 61 Seed cover

62 Briefly put pen to paper, say

64 “Don’t touch that, honey!”

65 Engine capacity unit 66 Increase

67 Poses a poser 68 Relatively cool red giant 69 The second “S” of MS-DOS: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Radio host John 2 Teenage skin malady 3 Takeout food together with a Netflix movie, maybe 4 Garden amphibians

5 Tip of the Arabian Peninsula 6 “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” figure

7 Rocky glacial ridge 8 Look upon with lust 9 High-ph substance 10 Obsolescen­t desktop accessorie­s 11 “Hello” singer, 2015 12 Sporty Mazda 13 Organ part 18 Qantas Airways symbol

22 Barn topper 24 Practice boxing 25 Look upon with lust 26 Was the clue giver

in Pictionary

28 Start of the fourth qtr. 31 Brothels

32 Give up on, in slang 34 Class that covers Reconstruc­tion and Prohibitio­n 35 Neighbor of Vietnam 36 “Swan Lake”

article of attire 39 Nod off

40 Letter between

zeta and theta 43 Swedish aircraft giant 45 Breathing problem 47 Frowny looks

48 ___ tweed

51 Swahili master 52 Nestlé bars filled with tiny bubbles 53 “Hogan’s Heroes” colonel

54 Noted berry farm founder Walter 56 Puts up, as a painting 58 Deborah of

“The King and I” 59 Plains tribe members

60 Politico Gingrich 63 Drink with crumpets

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