NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Defunct
gridiron org. 4 Fireplace holder 9 Rather
conservative 14 Chapter in
history 15 Race with
batons 16 Pink cocktail,
informally 17 What zero bars on a cellphone indicates 19 Synthetic fabric 20 Old- fashioned
theaters 21 “Memoirs of a Geisha” accessory 22 Bit of dinero 23 Viking tales, e. g. 28 “Shame on
you!” 29 Ring decoration 30 Opposite of
wane 31 Glowing coal 34 Like advice worth listening to 36 Leg- revealing
item of apparel 37 Experts on the
brain 40 “Shoot!” 41 Sour milk
product 42 “Someone turn
on a fan!” 43 Surgery locales,
for short 44 Quick hit 45 Notch shape 46 Baseball, in
America 53 Cross to bear 54 Puppy’s plaint 55 Desktop image 56 Wisecracks 58 Disney character hinted at by the circled letters 60 Apply, as
pressure 61 Opening
remarks 62 Flood refuge 63 Refugee camp
sights 64 Visibly stunned 65 ___ chi
Down
1 Fifth member in
a noble line 2 Tolkien hero 3 Futuristic
weapon 4 Canine warning 5 Uprising 6 “I was at the movies— nowhere near the crime,” e. g. 7 Understood 8 Look over 9 1996 horror movie with four sequels 10 Done for 11 “Sure, go
ahead” 12 Texter’s qualifier 13 Mafia V. I. P. 18 Old airline with the slogan “We have to earn our wings every day” 22 Fuss over
oneself 24 Modern prefix
with skeptic 25 Urged ( on) 26 Totaled, as a bill 27 Have life 31 Conclude with 32 Stiller’s longtime wife and comedy partner 33 Explode 34 Recreational device that holds 35- Down 35 See 34- Down 36 Imitative 38 Reads carefully 39 Gets even with? 44 Renaissance
Faire events 45 Steam and such 47 Sluggish 48 What causes the circled letters to grow? 49 Companion of the Niña and Santa Maria 50 Apple’s former instantmessaging program 51 “On the Beach”
heroine 52 Gourmet
mushroom 56 Boeing product 57 Hacker, but not
on a computer 58 ___ mater
( brain cover) 59 Admit ( to)