NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 ___ above

( better than) 5 Run one’s

mouth 11 Bit of acne,

informally 14 Unhurried run 15 Protective tooth

layer 16 Blunder 17 Archfoe 19 Bikini top 20 Previous to, in

poetry 21 Say “Please, please, please,” say 22 Rep on the

street 23 Profanity 27 Official sometimes said to be blind 29 “___- hoo!”

(“Hello!”) 30 Nostradamus,

for one 31 “The Witches”

director Nicolas 33 NBC weekend

show since ’ 75 35 Completely

wrong 39 Golden

parachutes, e. g. 42 Peace Nobelist

Sakharov 43 Title like “The Santa Clause” or “Knight and Day” 44 Faucet problem 45 Prefix with

dexterity 47 Galahad or

Lancelot 49 Pas’ partners 50 Popular movie

theater candy 55 Kite flier’s need 56 Plant, as seeds 57 Like the stage

after larval 60 QB Manning 61 Influential sorts … or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50- Across 64 Teacher’s ___ 65 Sudden runs 66 “___ Enchanted”

( 2004 rom- com) 67 Attempt 68 Classic cameras 69 Where to drop a

coin

Down

1 Jessica of “Dark

Angel” 2 Hairdo 3 Fully informed,

informally 4 Four: Prefix 5 The “p” of m. p. h. 6 In single file 7 Group of

experts 8 ΩΩΩ 9 Opposite of

masc. 10 Travel like

Superman 11 Alphabetically last animal in a zoo, usually 12 Clearance rack

abbr. 13 Swap 18 Slippery 22 Like pigs’ tails and permed hair 24 Samsung

competitor 25 Fastidious sort 26 Neuter, as a

stud 27 ___ Major 28 Like a well- kept

lawn 32 Depardieu of

film 34 Pool unit 36 Period of higher- thanaverage temperatures 37 Charles Lamb’s

“Essays of ___” 38 Kitchen amts. 40 Office sub 41 Important time at a fraternity or sorority 46 “How tragic” 48 Kelly of

morning TV 50 Won the World Series in four games, say 51 Edmonton

hockey player 52 Togetherness 53 Terra ___ 54 “Put up your

___!” 58 Guthrie who performed at Woodstock 59 Future atty.’ s

hurdle 61 “Naughty!” 62 Abbr. in a

military address 63 Things eds. edit