The New York Times

No. 0609

ACROSS

1 Universe

7 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 Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Sunday crosswords from the last 50 years: 1-888-7-ACROSS.

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