NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Pop fan? 4 Numbers to

crunch 8 Asian gambling

mecca 13 Singer DiFranco 14 Water pitchers 16 Slender

woodwinds 17 Asian electronics

giant 18 Mystery writer

Marsh 19 Sporty car in a

Beach Boys song 20 *“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, MadWorld” actor, 1963 22 Year, south of

the border 23 A pep talk might

boost it 24 *“12 Angry Men”

actor, 1957 28 Reduce to

particles 30 Online money transfer facilitator 31 Scruff of the

neck 32 Made bird noises 35 Pig’s digs 36 *“Anatomy of a Murder” actor, 1959 40 “Breaking Bad”

network 43 It’s a size larger than grande at Starbucks 44 Sounds of

satisfaction 48 Like a toasted marshmallow vis- à- vis a nontoasted one 50 Shirt with straps instead of sleeves 53 *“Road Trip”

actor, 2000 56 Rice- based

Spanish dish 57 PC “brain” 58 Youthful time in one’s life… which this puzzle might harken solvers back to? 60 Did a smith’s

job on 62 Prized violin 63 D. C. ballplayer 64 In and of itself 65 Mister, south of

the border 66 Prefix with

borough 67 Bohemian 68 Puts in stitches 69 Dog breeder’s

org.

Down

1 One admired for his masculinity 2 The tiniest bit 3 Gesture to punctuate a great performance 4 Highest mountain in North America 5 “What a

bummer!” 6 Oolong and Earl

Grey 7 Popular typeface 8 Bon ___

( witticism) 9 Monastic realm 10 Many washers and dryers in apartment buildings 11 Stunt pilot 12 Amer. money 15 Peeved 21 Hitchcock role in almost every Hitchcock film 25 Sporting sword 26 Actress ___

Pinkett Smith 27 Journalist Nellie 29 “Micro” and “macro” subject, for short 33 Province west of

Que. 34 Passing

mention? 37 Winnebago

owner, briefly 38 Bone- dry 39 In the buff 40 F. B. I. employee:

Abbr. 41 Sponge 42 Behave 45 1996 Olympics

site 46 It stores a synagogue’s Torah scrolls 47 Moving jerkily 49 “Um… O. K.” 51 “Superbad”

producer Judd 52 Low points 54 Those, to José 55 April, May and June, for example 59 Swimmer’s

assignment 60 Where you might hear 44- Across 61 Susan of “L. A.

Law”