Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS 1 Bouts, as of crying

5 ___ Le Pew (cartoon skunk)

9 Fizzy headache remedy, informally 14 Bra size smaller than a “B” 15 Highway sign next to an off-ramp 16 Extend, as a subscripti­on

17 Not giving up on an argument, say 19 Throat-clearing sounds

20 Words attributed to 41-Across 22 Wyatt of the Old West

23 Hi-___ monitor

24 Apt cry for 41-Across

31 Moving day rental

32 Big laughs, slangily

33 Symbol of busyness 34 Cosmologis­t Sagan

35 Ninnies

37 Parsley, sage, rosemary or thyme 38 Fleur-de-___

39 Money that needs to be repaid 40 Dresses in Delhi

41 Famous queen, depicted literally 45 Early Beatle ___ Sutcliffe

46 Put into piles, say 47 Something committed by 41-Across … or by this puzzle’s creator? 54 Attend a funeral, say 55 Merchandis­e location 56 Keepsake in a cabinet, perhaps 57 Competitor of Wisk

58 First among men

59 Minor fights

60 Cards sometimes hidden up sleeves 61 Blood components

DOWN

1 Monopoly space with the words “Just Visiting”

2 Pimples 3 Wind that might blow one’s hat off 4 Malicious

5 Czar called “the Great”

6 Not taxable, e.g.

7 Wood for many a mountain cabin 8 Grammy-winning James 9 Pick-me-up drinks

10 It’s nothing new

11 Short race spec

12 Bit of viral web content

13 Cries of pain

18 Article thrown over the shoulders

21 Long, hard journeys

24 Atheist Madalyn Murray ___ 25 Persian tongue

26 Prefix relating to sleep 27 Shade of color

28 Fellow film critic of Siskel 29 Eagle’s home

30 Belles of the ball

31 The Bruins of the Pac-12 35 Krispy Kreme product

36 Grain used in making Alpha-Bits 37 North Carolina’s Cape ___ 39 Many Americans whose names end in -ez

40 Feudal workers

42 ___ de corps (fellowship) 43 Tristan’s beloved

44 Certain bank policy for A.T.M. withdrawal­s and wire transfers 47 Brilliant move

48 Ambient quality

49 “The Thin Man” canine

50 Of the flock

51 Point where lines meet

52 Fly high

53 Jane Austen heroine

54 Roast hosts, for short

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