Ottawa Citizen

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

- JEREMY NEWTON / WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Solemn affirmatio­n

5 Chocolate-and-coffee blend

10 Some G.I. wear, informally

14 ___ gin fizz

15 “Sex-x-xy!”

16 Actor Epps of “House”

17 Source of 40-Across’s 63-Across

20 “Same here”

21 Takes too much, in brief

22 Taboos

23 Squirrel away

25 Direction headed by a covered wagon

26 Kind of radio

30 Fine dishes

32 Blow a whistle

35 Outcast

37 Big order for a wedding reception

39 “You’re oversharin­g”

40 Comic book character with the title role in a blockbuste­r 2018 film

43 X amount

44 Not keep a secret

45 Like some modern spirituali­ty

46 Captors of Frodo Baggins

48 U.S. women’s soccer star Carli

50 Just slightly

51 Alternativ­e to “lol”

53 What kites do in the wind

55 How Lindbergh flew to Paris in 1927

57 Edge of fashion

58 “Ta-ta!”

63 See 17-Across

66 x and y, on a graph

67 Place to “remember”

68 Many a prom night rental

69 Locked (up)

70 Bluefins and others

71 The Avengers, e.g.

DOWN

1 Worker protection org.

2 Some draft picks

3 “Mr.” in “The Wind in the Willows” 4 Sandwich that takes two hands to handle

5 Ed.’s inbox filler

6 “Pick me! Pick me!” 7 Late portrayer of 40-Across 8 Moves like a rabbit

9 Broke a fast

10 Run with someone, as a show

11 “You said it!” 12 Bazaar 13 Planets in the sky

18 Quaint contractio­n

19 Prez before J.F.K.

24 Alter ego of 40-Across

25 Home of 40-Across

26 Probably gonna, more formally

27 Bill with “New Rules”

28 Competitio­n won 12 times by Rafael Nadal

29 Will Smith/ Tommy Lee Jones sci-fi hit, for short

31 Quick time out?

33 ___-3 fatty acids

34 Pooped

36 Calgary’s province: Abbr.

38 Opposite WSW

41 Low-___

42 It stopped flying in 2001

47 Most logical

49 Playground joke intro

52 That thar ship

54 Worrying sound when you bend over

55 “Immediatel­y!”

56 Fancy-y-y

57 Streaming service with “The Handmaid’s Tale”

59 Shed

60 Tot’s injury

61 Disaster relief org.

62 “Let’s take it ___ the top”

64 One may be tipped out of respect

65 Refusals

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