NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Doofus 5 Campus bigwig 9 Leave standing

at the altar 13 Greek counterpart to Mars 14 “Tickle Me” doll 15 Walks in water up to one’s ankles, say 16 Early radio

transmitter 18 Download for a

Kindle 19 Deep- frying

need 20 “The Farmer in

the ___” 22 Letter after “ar” 23 Apply gently, as

cream 25 Part of “business,” phonetically 30 “Raiders of the

Lost Ark” star 32 102, in ancient

Rome 34 Common

Market letters 35 A sensible sort 36 Like a sorrylooking dog 38 Tiny 40 Very thin, as

clouds 41 How some ground balls are fielded 43 Longtime news

inits. 45 “___ whillikers!” 46 One- cent coin

since 1909 49 Ballet footwear 50 Email address ending for a student 51 Busy bee in

Apr. 54 Oil cartel 56 Useful item for finding a lost pet 58 Brief brawl 62 Common game

in a school gym 64 Soothing

succulents 65 U2’ s lead singer 66 Biblical brother

with a birthright 67 Bad thing to blow… or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents 68 Greek H’s 69 Some whistle

blowers

Down

1 Wash oneself 2 Stackable

cookies 3 Citrus peels 4 Norway’s capital 5 Announce 6 “Xanadu” band,

for short 7 In the thick of 8 At least 9 The “one” in a

one- two 10 Vow from a

bride or groom 11 Sign between Cancer and Virgo 12 “Shame on you!” 15 “Ver- r- ry

interesting!” 17 Elton John/ Tim Rice Broadway musical 21 11- Down

symbol 24 Prepare, as tea 26 Dummy at a

protest march 27 Lasso loop 28 Figure of

speech 29 Without

purpose 30 Hard- to- hit

pitches 31 Freeze 32 Tragic clown in

“Pagliacci” 33 Lacking sense 36 Shed old

feathers 37 Casual calls 39 Blade in a

sporting match 42 Alka- Seltzer

sound 44 Blue hues 47 As required,

after “if” 48 Classic art

subject 51 Pursue, as in tag 52 Rice dish 53 Highest

possible grade 55 Geezer 57 Trucker on a

radio 58 Never left the

bench, say 59 Inventor

Whitney 60 Craggy peak 61 Letter after

22- Across 63 Paternity

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