NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 A whole bunch 6 How one may

be loved 12 Pitiful sorts 14 Rubber ducky,

e. g. 15 Ancient region

of central Italy 16 Lead- in 17 Universal life

force 18 ___- repeated 19 Depressed 20 Lead- in to right

or rock 21 Movie theater

pioneer Marcus 23 ___ Gong ( Chinese spiritual practice) 25 They may come with silver or gold 26 Of an arm bone 28 “___ folly to be

wise” 29 Diner purchases, for short 30 Towheaded

comics boy 32 Creepy 34 Minneapolis- to

Milwaukee dir. 35 Cowboys may

ride off into it 37 Letters of

approval 40 Home addition? 41 Middle of the

road? 43 Med. insurance

plans 45 Mo 47 Seldomreviewed TV show 48 Sub 49 Brought on 51 Words after “Here” and “Away” 52 The Liberty

Tree, for one 53 Misfortune 54 El Orinoco, e. g. 56 Owing 57 The Magi, e. g. 59 One eating you out of house and home? 61 Most svelte 62 Left a burning

impression? 63 Comics character with a big nose 64 Cartoonist’s

aide

Down

1 Squalid places 2 Actress Barbeau of the cult classic “Swamp Thing” 3 Something bad to come down with 4 Snow blower

brand 5 Leave nothing

behind? 6 Composer

Copland 7 Hearty entree 8 Org. with the

Calder Cup 9 Little of children’s literature 10 A whole bunch 11 Nos in

Novosibirsk 12 Cut off 13 Occupied, as a

table 14 Pretty good

grades 22 Washed- out 24 Opposite of

covers 25 “___ Buttermilk

Sky” 27 Fashion photographer Herb 29 Midge, for one 31 “Ain’t ___

Sweet” 33 Kind of sleep 36 Like one- star

puzzles 37 Place for a

poker 38 Female issue 39 Ticked off 40 Jack of “Barney

Miller” 42 “Do the ___” ( beverage slogan) 43 Bottled up 44 Detective whose first name is Kentaro 46 Roll at a

counter 48 Makes sound 49 Equine 50 Cinque +

cinque 53 Boohoo 55 Part of the escape route in “Casablanca” 58 Density symbol 60 Jan. honoree