50 YEARS ON

Jason Mueller, of Lincoln, Mo., has degrees in physics, math and economics from the University of Missouri. He loves trivia and was captain of his college’s quiz-bowl team. Nowadays he creates puzzles and works on his family’s farm. Jeff Chen, of Seattle, is a writer and professional crossword constructor. This is Jason’s sixth crossword for The Times and Jeff’s 100th. — W.S. ACROSS

1 Org. whose workers

can be a little frisky? 4 Meager 9 Charged

14 Picture framer’s aid 17 Bad things for astronaut suits to have

19 Part of a broadcast

feed

20 On the qui vive 21 Second-largest of

the Hawaiian Islands 22 “However,” in

textspeak 23 Name of a sea

first visited in 1969 25 Pot starter 26 World capital near the 60th parallel

27 What mattresses and spirits may do

28Signs of nervousness 29 Good name for a fishmonger? 30 Gaming neophyte 31 Kind of diet

33 They don’t keep their thoughts to themselves

36 Two tablespoons 37 W.W. II zone: Abbr. 38 End of a rope 40 Sean who played Rudy in “Rudy” 42 La-la lead-in 43 Certain seafood

delicacy 44 Attention

45 Not as one 49 Appropriately palindromic reply to “Madam, I’m Adam” 50 Someone who might engage in a hobby with some frequency?

51 Bit of media hoopla 53 Words of Jesus 55 “Great” birds 57 Hillary who

climbed Everest 59 The Notorious ____ (Supreme Court nickname) 60 Possible response to “No, you’re not” 62 Skin-care brand 64 Classic place to hide money

67 “Je t’____” 70 Suave competitor 71 Newsmaker of July

1969

72 Weeper of myth 73 Relating to the

kidneys

74 Santa ____, Calif. 75 Where I go “when my baby smiles at me,” in song 76 Bartender’s supply 77 Necessity for

going online, in brief 79 Passed

83 Loopy cursive letters 84 “There was

no other choice!” 87 Deactivate 88 Request for a cold one 92 Bottom-dwelling

fish that lack fins 94 “____ NewsHour” 95 Wizards, but not witches

96 Place to get a shot 97 Amenities at some hotels 100 Understanding 102 The last Pope Julius 103 ____ Stic (pen brand)

105 Hawk → snake

→ frog → insect, e.g. 109 Summer pest 110 Announcement of July 1969 115 “A-O.K. for launch!” 117 Do-nothing’s state 118 Trojan warrior in the “Iliad”

121 What’s gotten into your head 122 Represented in sheet music

123 1980s TV’s “Remington ____” 124 Carol Brady and Camilla Parker Bowles, for two 125 Scruffs 126 Binoculars attachment

DOWN

1 Ticket issuers 2 Straddles 3 Long-distance

traveler of 1969 4 800 things?

5 One putting on a show 6 “What goes up must come down” and others 7 Diarist Anaïs 8 Chef’s hat

9 Mrs. Gorbachev 10 Totally

11 Some sound

effects in westerns 12 Performer 13 Texter’s sign-off 14 Achievement of 1969 15 Dictator

16 Rafter connectors 18 Unconventional home

in a nursery rhyme 21 English football

powerhouse, to fans 24 Strike caller 32 What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle 34 Regan’s father 35 French comic actor Jacques

36 What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in another corner of this puzzle 39 Third-largest of

the Hawaiian Islands 41 Composer Charles 46 Domain of a municipal department 47 Extent

48 Wild party 52 Capital of South

Australia 53 Dressed up 54 Dangerous substance that smells like bitter almonds 56 Receiver

with a crystal 58 Org. with an Inspiration Award and an Award of Valor 61 So 62 Big inits. in news 63 Wrath 65 Nationality seen in most of Romania 66 Superman’s father 68 Stat for which Hank Aaron holds the alltime record 69 Common Market

inits.

78 Sport that players are not allowed to play left-handed

80 Nile biter

81 One waiting in

line at an airport 82 Network with “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” 83 Goes out

84 Apple on a desk 85 Pitch

86 Comes clean about 89 Member of a popular package delivery service 90 Mother of Hermes 91 Release

93 Tough job for a mover, maybe 95 “Peter Pan” dog 98 Access an account 99 Convinced of 100 Fuels (up) 101 Angered

104 ____ Weizmann, first president of Israel 106 Dirty mouth? 107 Economy

108 Test taker’s downfall, perhaps 109 “The Maids” playwright Jean 111 Obstacles to teamwork 112 Very long time 113 “Illmatic” rapper 114 People with badges: Abbr.

115 Part of the foot between the toes and the ankle 116 Mr. Turkey

119 ____ mode

120 Mo. in 1962 in which J.F.K. gave his “We choose to go to the moon” speech