NY Times Puzzle No. 0609
ACROSS
1 7 Universe Like a future
doctor’s studies
13 Land of rustic innocence
15 More obviously sad
16 Be under the weather
17 Wilbur Wright’s brother
18 Item in a game of jackstraws
20 Unit in a superintendent’s bldg.
22 Runaway success
23 San Francisco area, with “the”
26 Close-fitting headwear
29 Tiny peeve
30 Banded marble
32 Attempt to fix something and inadvertently make the situation worse
35 Spring mo.
36 Reaction to a gut punch
37 Go easy on the criticism
44 See 52-Across
45 Pack animal
46 Like Sadie, in a Beatles song
48 Madison Square Garden, e.g.
50 “Dude!”
51 Superscript number for a cube
52 With 44-Across, band with the #1 hits “Bad Medicine” and “Livin’ on a Prayer”
53 Dandy
55 Test for a future Ph.D.
57 Summer hrs.
58 Join (with)
62 Be an enthusiastic dweeb, with “out”
64 Restrict
65 “Get a ___!” 68 Brontë’s “Jane ___”
69 Make into law 70 Like the star on Texas’ flag 71 Soldiers’ meal 72 Pulls hard 73 Community gym org.
DOWN
1 School lunchroom, informally
2 Shipment to a
refinery
3 Coronation rod,
in Britain
4 Country between Algeria and Burkina Faso
5 Of lyric poetry
6 Jockey’s wear
7 Capital of
Western Australia 8 Sitarist Shankar
9 Guitarist Clapton 10 Place to get a dairy treat
11 Unagi, e.g.
12 Rap’s Dr. ___ 14 Bryn Mawr grad, e.g.
15 Throw at
19 Bother
20 Bother 21 Something to do to a balloon or a wheelie
24 Cash box, for short
25 “Getting to
___” (guide to negotiating)
27 Darth Vader’s original given name
28 Stare stupidly
30 Missing letters?
31 Popular kids’ game … or a hint to 18-, 32-, 37- and 58-Across
33 Maryland delicacy
34 Snapshot, informally
37 Matador charger
38 Comic book debut of 1963, with “The”
39 Court call?
40 Rink great Bobby
41 Breaststroke move
42 Annual
White House Correspondents’ dinner, jocularly
43 Flames that have gone out?
44 Sharp punch
47 Until now
49 In the back, nautically speaking
51 ___ Conference 54 Informal greeting 56 Monopoly payments 59 Squeaks (out) 60 Yemen neighbor 61 Nasty, as a fight 62 Beauty
63 Real looker?
66 End of a co. name 67 Stew tidbit