Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Balaclava, for one 8 Approximat­ely five milliliter­s: Abbr. 11 Invasive plant? 14 “Don’t mean any disrespect,” in modern lingo 15 Powerful tablet 17 Add to a database 18 Walgreens competitor 19 Level 20 Bolster 21 Algae touted as a superfood 22 Equipment used with goggles 23 Bánh ___ (Vietnamese cake) 24 Dope 25 Like idol worshipers 31 Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end 35 Counterpar­t of 6-Down36 Daring way to go 37 Not go in a straight line 38 Give a whoop 39 Part of some love triangles 41 Word before or after “one” 43 Ahead of, old-style 44 Infrequent losers 48 Natural fuel source 52 Decides to abstain 53 Juice brand owned by Coca-Cola 54 Nutty confection 55 Indian restaurant fixture 56 It may be broken in a library 57 Major Tuscan export 58 Gang members 59 ___ Prize (onetime annual $1 million award) 60 Person who’s spectacula­rly awful

DOWN

1 Places for braces 2 Specific occasion 3 Sassy response to a scolding 4 Green land 5 Where models are assembled? 6 “See ya!” 7 ___ Landing (part of Philadelph­ia) 8 Runs out of gas 9 Three-cornered sail 10 Rhetoric class concept 11 Back slap? 12 Sales figure 13 Go through a voice change? 16 Formal opening 25 Not forward 26 Little wiggler 27 Gold standard 28 Turn 29 “I’m gonna be sick!” 30 Stick in a ball-and-stick game 32 Classic film with a screaming boy on its poster 33 Monthly travelers? 34 Sty, e.g. 40 2013 hit for 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa 42 Formally choose 44 Thicket 45 When the Boston Marathon is held 46 Most of a sugar cane 47 Charger 48 Screw up 49 Locale of America’s deepest gorge 50 Lineup in 44-Across 51 Colorful wraps

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