NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Fellows 6 Mystic in a

turban 11 Fixer at a horse

race? 14 Leader in a

turban 15 Less risqué 16 “Black-___”

( ABC sitcom) 17 Alternative to National or Enterprise 18 Luxury handbag

maker 19 Magpie relative 20 “Explore Alaska!

It’s ___!” 23 Sack 24 A fleur- de- lis is a

stylized one 25 Wine server 28 Kuala Lumpur’s

home 32 Like 33 “Writers and photographers will find Michigan a great place for ___!” 35 Shipped 37 Drawn straw, say 38 Within: Prefix 39 “Blow into

Maine on ___!” 44 ___- X 45 Breastbones 46 In a mischievous

manner 48 Hoot 49 Kind of fixation 50 “I was afraid to ski, but in New Hampshire I ___!” 56 John 57 Belted one out

of this world? 58 Implied 59 It goes before beauty, in a saying 60 Pola ___ of the

silents 61 Other side 62 Each 63 Red- jacketed

cheeses 64 Southend- on

Sea’s county

Down

1 Finally hit the

books 2 Xbox space- war

franchise 3 Nearly closed 4 Actress

Anderson 5 Launched, as a

missile 6 Green party

honoree, briefly? 7 Put on guard 8 Key with three

sharps: Abbr. 9 Section of the

brain 10 Citizen of a theocratic republic 11 Fijian- born golf

Hall- of- Famer 12 Isaac’s firstborn 13 Possessive in the Ten Commandments 21 Gardener, often 22 “Family Ties”

mom 25 Parts of barrios 26 Northern archipelago dweller 27 Luxury S. U. V.

import 28 Alley sounds 29 Harmonizers with soprani and bassi 30 What drones

collect 31 What waiting for overdue results can be 34 Ancient civilization around Susa 36 Shroud of ___ 40 Treat with one’s

choice of syrup 41 Taught privately 42 ___ a one 43 Conscript 47 What a janitor

does 49 Some upscale

chain hotels 50 Protection for a

shark diver 51 Baltic city where Baryshnikov was born 52 Housing that’s often empty in the summer 53 The best, in

slang 54 Hoarfrost 55 River to Hades 56 Baby sitter?