Vancouver Sun

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- PUZZLE by yacob yonas

ACROSS

1 Barb from the mouth 9 Tedious work 14 Captain of the mathletes, stereotypi­cally 16 Talking points? 17 Cavernous opening 18 Before: Fr. 19 Be expressive, say 20 Singer with the 2014 hit “Chandelier” 21 Queen or king maker 22 Operate on with a beam 23 Prefix with marathon 25 Meaningful 26 Dir. from Duluth, Minn., to Madison, Wis.

27 You won’t see them again 29 Weekly show filmed in Studio 8H, for short 30 Pioneer in graph theory 31 Covered porch 33 Midriffrev­ealing wear 36 “Don’t mind me!”

37 It’s a series of movements 38 What four quarters make 39 Some online comments, for short

40 Primary source of revenue for Facebook 42 Chocolate ___ 45 “After you, ___” 47 People 48 Nymph who divulged Jupiter’s affair with Juturna, in Ovid 49 Derive

51 PIN point 52 Sink 53 Quartz type 54 Certain library fund-raiser 56 Numbskull 57 Reassure 58 Numbskull 59 Prison guard in the Harry Potter books

DOWN

1 They can be everything 2 Kids : goats :: crias : ___ 3 Buck 4 What you’re usually advised not to wear to someone’s wedding 5 Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki or actress Brigitte Nielsen 6 Oscarwinni­ng Lee 7 You might not get it during a power nap 8 Brutus, e.g. 9 College figs. 10 Went all over 11 “My suspicion is …”

12 Company whose name is said to mean “Leave luck to heaven” 13 Purchase for a smartphone 15 Pluto, e.g. 23 Dumps 24 Many ski lodges 27 Word with sight or control 28 Some Indian wear 30 Org. with the Office of Land and Emergency Management 32 One of a couple, say

33 First of three spinoffs in an acclaimed TV franchise 34 Pluto, e.g. 35 Where you might incur charges overseas 36 Pen pal? 38 Like mushrooms and shrimp, often 41 Really takes off 42 Attack 43 Melodic passage 44 Campaign rally decoration 46 “I’m with you” 48 Get dark 50 It may be high for a penthouse 52 Lessen 55 Moat feature

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