Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Finger-pointing activity, colloquial­ly 10 Throw away

15 Hit 2018 film involving a gay teenage romance

16 World capital NE of Vientiane 17 Melodramat­ic shout of resignatio­n 18 Boot

19 Worker in “The 12 Days of Christmas” 20 Diverts

22 Host of the 2007 and 2014 Academy Awards, familiarly

24 “You betcha!”

25 Ingredient in an old-fashioned 26 Marriage agreement?

29 “There, there”

32 Royal name of Norway

34 Stirred up

35 Where to see a display of balance? 38 Content

40 Volleyball quartet?

41 Part of a chest

43 “Toodles!”

44 Marked by apery

46 State capital with fewer than 20,000 residents

51 Interview conducted online, for short 52 Term of address for a drag queen 54 Puts in a hold

55 Bad bedmate

59 Beverages from 56-Down

60 Actor Hammer of “The Social Network” 61 Get a Lyft, say

63 Going after, in a way

64 Things that get hot-wired? 65 Unexpected difficulti­es

66 Armed conflict, euphemisti­cally

DOWN

1 “My word!,” in Britain 2 That’s the spot!

3 Makes use (of)

4 Gave a darn?

5 Population abbr. 6 Short-term engagement­s

7 Mine, to a mademoisel­le

8 Like a stereotypi­cal teenager 9 Supreme Court justices, e.g. 10 Singer featured in the 2018 film sequel to 37-Down

11 Gouda alternativ­e

12 Travel along a tightrope, maybe 13 Young rooster

14 Purchases for do-it-yourselfer­s 21 “Civil Disobedien­ce” essayist, 1849

23 Virtual animal on a once-popular website

27 Courtroom command

28 John who explored northern Canada

30 Restrictio­n that some service animals are exempt from

31 Divisions in the N.F.L.: Abbr. 33 Sucker, for short

35 Navy V.I.P.

36 This is a test

37 Musical set on a Greek island 39 One-named singer whose name sounds like a goodbye 42 Gradually withdrawin­g (from) 45 Lemonlike fruit

47 Brigham Young, notably

48 Offer comfort to

49 Does some backup dancing?

50 Size up

53 Deity in a Hindu trinity

55 Sound from a subwoofer 56 Holders of 59-Across

57 Things showing dedication? 58 Chap

62 Title in Colombo

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