CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

12 9 4 1 Moo Low-level employment Starz Police __ competitor pork 16 14 15 Sweet “No “Don’t argument” text make __ 17 hard!” Drew (in) 18 Backwoods possessive 19 “__, Brute?” 20 Some ski lifts 21 “It is the __, and Juliet is the sun”: Romeo 22 “How cool!” 24 Former JFK lander 25 “Burnt” pigment 26 Comic strip woman who married Irving 27 Baja bear 28 Mac 29 Language suffix 30 Prefaced 33 Au pair’s subj. 34 Many Olympic events 35 Wolfs (down) 40 Vistula River city 46 Chef’s hat 47 Little untruth 50 Ewe-ish? 51 Uncertainty 52 Master 53 Medieval weapons 54 Completes a road test maneuver ... or the answers to starred clues, as arranged 57 Game before the finals 58 Doughnut finish 59 Analogy words 61 __ II razor 62 One wearing gloves to work 63 Poolroom array 64 Tax form IDs 65 Pipsqueak 66 Omar of “House”

DOWN

1 *It may be political 2 Starbucks purchases 3 Lake Placid, vis-à-vis New York City 4 Jazz vibraphonist Jackson 5 Spritzer mixer 6 *Period in the Age of Reptiles 7 Intimation 8 Blossoms-to-be 9 Subject to court judgment 10 Common paella ingredients 11 *New Orleans time zone 13 *Deep __ 15 *Main idea 23 Skinny toon Olive 25 Mysterious craft 31 Stammering sounds 32 Disapproving sound 35 Criterion: Abbr. 36 37 Craftsmen by Atlantis the barrel? dweller paid of comics 38 Protocols 39 Greek cheese 41 Tomato variety 42 Greed 43 Creates, as a fuss 44 Ragtime dance 45 Director Craven 47 Uncultivated, as farmland 48 Mountaineer’s aid 49 Richard of “Law & Order: SVU” 55 Pride parade letters 56 Heist puller 57 City map parts: Abbr. 60 CIA predecessor