The New York Times
ACROSS
1 Home of Busch Gardens 6 Birthstone for many Libras 10 React in astonishment 14 Sprinkle with holy water, say 15 Antiquated “not” 16 Igor Stravinsky’s “Fair lady, gracious gentlemen,” e.g. 17 With 26-Across, quote from 4-/60Down 20 Inexperienced, as a recruit
21 Some tax shelters, for short 22 Leather processing professional 23 Pluto’s Egyptian counterpart 25 Razz
26 See 17-Across 29 Chanel perfume 30 Can’t live without 31 Fraternity letter 34 & 38 Star of
4-/60-Down 40 Loo
41 Hype
43 Keen on
44 Main character in
4-/60-Down
48 H.S. science class for ambitious students 51 Become too old to qualify 52 Sound of a fife 54 Winning the booby prize
55 ___ Tomé and Príncipe 58 Director of 4-/60Down, which was released on 9/8/60 61 Advantageous mtge. deal 62 Jack of all trades, master of ___ 63 Midwest air hub 64 ___-Z (classic Camaro) 65 Mimic 66 Lassoed
DOWN
1 Skier’s aid 2 Duchess of ___ (Goya subject) 3 Ask for Friskies, maybe 4 “Gangnam Style” performer 5 Pilgrimage destination in central Italy 6 Like macho pushups
7 Ardor
8 “Falsehood can hold out against much in this world, but not against ___”: Solzhenitsyn 9 Uber alternative 10 Somersaulting dive
11 Sports venue 12 Trigonometry’s law of ___
13 San Diego player 18 Rite with a mohel 19 Like movies that are more adult than PG-13, maybe 23 “Pick me! Pick me! I know!”
24 Part of the process 26 College in New Rochelle, N.Y. 27 1970s-’80s sketch comedy show 28 ___-haw 29 Berkeley school, informally 31 Fork point 32 Unwelcome picnic guests 33 Sponsor of many a Bob Hope show, in brief
35 Peter with eight Oscar nominations (but no wins)
36 “… ___ a lender be”
37 City and county of Arizona 39 Singer Eartha 42 Quotable bit on a movie poster 44 ___ acid (aqua fortis)
45 Like Felix Unger vis-à-vis Oscar Madison 46 Variety of pear 47 Stephen King or Ellery Queen 48 Space Invaders console
49 One propelling a raft, maybe 50 Superb, on Broadway 53 Novelist Ferber 55 “General Hospital,” e.g.
56 Field unit 57 Approved 59 Short flight 60 Comic Margaret