The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0823

Across

1 Molten rock in

a volcano 6 Opposite of tight-fitting, as jeans

11 Does

needlework 15 Native Americans originally of the Plains

16 State one’s

views

17 Welsh “John” 18 “Siskel & Ebert & the Movies” catchphrase 20 Designer Wang 21 “There! I did

it!”

22 Grp. with a Most Wanted list 23 Typographical

flourish 24 Alternative to

.com and .edu 25 “Seinfeld”

catchphrase 29 Manipulates 31 Break down

grammatically 32 Lofty ambition 34 Headdress for the archbishop of Canterbury 36 Relatives,

informally 39 “Columbo”

catchphrase 43 Ave. crossers 44 The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g. 45 Brings in, as a

salary

46 Vowel sound heard twice in “true blue” 48 What aspirin

helps alleviate 49 “The Jackie Gleason Show” catchphrase 54 West Coast

winter hrs. 57 Battery terminal 58 Scoundrel 59 Tiny bit

60 Pond

amphibian 61 “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” catchphrase 65 Largest city in the Palestinian state

66 Aged Grimm

character 67 Opposite of

drowsy

68 Thick slice 69 The “99” in

$2.99, e.g. 70 Shore birds

Down

1 “Be Prepared,”

for Boy Scouts 2 Battling

3 “You were close with that response” 4 Self-referential, in modern lingo

5 Campfire waste 6 Gets an F on a

test, say 7 Tough H.S.

science course 8 Ones with A.P.O. addresses 9 Wildebeest 10 Slangy

affirmative 11 Harsh, as a storm or criticism 12 Each and ___ 13 Nintendo

antagonist with a “W” on his cap

14 Mess of a

mistake 19 Interplanetary

craft, for short 23 “Help!”

25 Verne captain 26 Model Kate 27 Ward off, as a

sword

28 Gratis

30 Took a chair 32 Record spinners, in brief

33 Groove it’s hard

to get out of 34 Sign at the end of an entrance ramp

35 “See ya!” 36 Military muscle 37 ___ Arbor,

Mich.

38 Classic British

sports cars 40 The sum of the digits of any multiple of ___ is a multiple of ___ (arithmetic curiosity) 41 Sleuths, in old

slang

42 “Fat chance!” 46 ’60s drug dose 47 Have debts 48 Verdi opera 49 Is suspended 50 Shaquille of the

N.B.A. 51 “Surprisingly

impressive!” 52 Words from one who’s defeated 53 Many works of Edgar Allan Poe

55 Back of a ship 56 Fruit desserts 59 Castaway’s site 61 TV-monitoring

agcy.

62 Ill temper 63 Parisian

denial

64 ___ King

Cole