N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
Across 1 Topmost points 6 Tennis champ Kournikova 10 Scribbles (down) 14 Target number to hit 15 Jetty 16 Southern vegetable that’s often deep-fried 17 Opposite of rural 18 1/640 of a square mile 19 Banister, e.g. 20 Muscles that are crunched 21 Eponymous star of a 1960s sitcom, the only American TV star with his three initials 24 Author Gay 25 Desert rest stops 26 Subsequent prescription order 29 Abel’s brother 31 “Top Chef” appliance 32 ___ Corner (Westminster Abbey locale) 34 Gasoline additive brand 37 Longrunning western anthology, the only American TV series with its three initials 41 Make a misstep 42 Urge to act 43 Downloadable programs 44 Any “Salome” solo 45 Very beginning 47 Gettysburg general George 50 New Hampshire senator Shaheen 53 TV hookup option … or what you are by solving this puzzle? 55 TV host Dobbs 58 Chocolate ___ cake (dessert with a molten center) 59 River that starts at Pittsburgh 60 Amherst school, in brief 62 “What’s ___ for me?” 63 Peeling potatoes in a mess hall, say 64 Stewserving utensil 65 Maui or Kauai 66 Standardized H.S. exam 67 Toys on strings
Down 1 Pastel blue 2 Street’s edge
3 Angry crowds
4 Pilot’s in-flight announcement, for short
5 Beach footwear 6 Speedily 7 Shaving mishaps 8 Place for an axon 9 Field of expertise 10 Amman’s land 11 Approves 12 Tot’s threewheeler, informally 13 They’re rung up on cash registers 22 Sick 23 Raucous 24 Slight coloration 26 Went in a vehicle 27 Ceaselessly 28 Haunted house feeling 30 Corroded 32 Rival of Domino’s 33 Hispanic hurray 34 Drains, as one’s energy 35 Ilk 36 “Hey, I’ve got a secret …” 38 New person on staff 39 Sch. known as the West Point of the South 40 Social engagement 44 Charge for a commercial 45 Result of dividing any number by itself 46 Hard to control 47 1552, on a cornerstone 48 Bob ___, restaurant chain 49 Aleve alternative 51 Eleniak of “Baywatch” 52 Get a pet from the pound, say 54 Chicken house 55 Lord’s partner 56 Norway’s capital 57 Applications 61 His portrait is at the entrance to Beijing’s Forbidden City