Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Sound of a sneeze 6 Op-___ (newspaper

columns)

9 Capital of Oregon 14 Something a mutinying pirate might have to walk

15 December 31, for short 16 Topic in a dictionary or

on a utility bill

17 Not in a million billion

years

19 Championsh­ip

mementos

20 Big band ___ (time span after the Jazz Age)

21 Boxing family

surname 22 Counterpar­t of length 24 Beverage often stored

in a cellar

26 “Ave ___” (prayer) 28 Term of endearment 29 Document digitizati­ons 31 Utah national monument called Shash Jaa' in Navajo 34 Domain

36 Establish legislativ­ely

37 Soup scooper

38 Small container for carrying a drink when away from home 39 Man's name that's an

anagram of ELGIN 40 Rolls-___ 41 Be protective of, as a

mother hen might 43 Loose, collarless shirt

popular in India 47 Feasted

48 Messages that might

come with emojis 50 Stuff from a bog

51 Not full, as an effort,

informally

54 Sleep briefly 56 Palindromi­c explosive 57 Run ___ of (come into

conflict with)

58 Like some fashion

boots

61 Fruit of the Loom

competitor

62 Debit inits. on some

SNAP cards

63 To whom Alfalfa wrote “You're scum between my toes!”

64 The “A” in WASP

65 Female deer

66 Sugary DOWN 1 Source of some wire stories

2 Religious official 3 Capital of Cuba 4 1/2 + 1/2 5 Vegetable with pentagonal cross sections

6 Worthy of coveting 7 Easter egg colorer 8 Neighbor of

Montenegro 9 “What-e-e-ever you say

…”

10 China's continent 11 Indigenous

reclamatio­n movement 12 Custardy dim sum

dessert

13 Breathable fabrics 18 Dutch ___ disease 23 Once in a blue moon 25 Infuriate

27 Sleep phase 30 Passover ritual

32 Nosh between meals 33 Become less harsh 35 Rations out

37 Partner of “prosper” in

a Vulcan saying 38 Online game with a

Battle Royale mode 39 Opposite of “I love it!” 40 Tyrannosau­rus ___

41 “You crack me up!” 42 “By the power ___ in

me …”

44 End a career

45 Get into a snarl

46 To boot

49 Droop

52 Coal or gas

53 To boot

55 Some advanced

degree holders

59 “A Black Lady Sketch

Show” channel 60 “Yee-___!”

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