Ottawa Citizen

N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD

- CAITLIN REID AND ERIK AGARD / WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Fans of the Bible?

11 It’s hardly a breath of fresh air 15 Apartment units 16 Where to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial 17 Necked, jocularly

18 Sort (through) 19 Perspectiv­es 20 Starters 22 Bobs and weaves 23 Phoneunloc­king option 25 Pictures 27 “Auntie,” on the telly

30 Dreaded examinatio­n 32 Like bells

33 Achilles’ heel, e.g. 35 Lap-sitter 36 Solution for a chef, maybe

37 Not on time, but that’s OK 41 Talent, in slang

42 Sister language of Thai

43 Member of the House of Saud, e.g. 44 ___ nut

45 Cicely

___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee 47 Seventh of 24

48 Plot device that prompts a protagonis­t to piece things together 50 Right columns? 52 Roar from a crowd 53 Proverbial backbreake­r 55 King ___ 59 “My, my!” 61 Get out of here! 63 Miguel in “Coco,” por ejemplo

64 Sweet Indian beverage 65 “Rock or Bust” rockers

66 One who’s about ready to go out?

DOWN

1 Attention getter 2 Lead-in to culture 3 Unfortunat­e thing to be out of

4 Nets 5 Alternativ­e to 7Up

6 Like the circle in the 7Up logo 7 Intermitte­ntly 8 Dandy 9 Trickery

10 Tick off

11 Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna

12 Something that might be sacrificed at the altar? 13 “Never mind!”

14 Full of grit 21 Unite 24 Jaguars, e.g.

26 Trickery

27 With whom you might have a Snapchat streak, informally 28 Bad spells

29 Liquid paper? 31 Where eyeglasses and espresso machines were invented

34 & 36 What plasma may be removed from

38 “Check” 39 It comes before overtime

40 Slice of life, maybe

45 Kind of bone near the tibia and fibula

46 “___ done!” 48 Game site 49 Objects

51 Literally,

“law”

54 Face covering of a sort

56 Big producer of speakers 57 Santa ___, Calif. 58 Surrounded by

60 Nonfiction film, informally 62 Really jump out

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Canada