The New York Times

No. 1116

ACROSS

1 Key above Caps Lock 4 Depletes, as of energy

8 Goes on the offensive 15 Suffix with expert 16 “___ the case!” 17 Many an evergreen 18 With 63-Across, “The end” … or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across 20 Sometimes it’s “not an option” 21 Stella ___ (beer) 22 Sculler’s tool 23 ___ score (400 to 1600)

24 Prefix with bot 25 Author of “The Bell Jar” (1963) 30 Sending a Slack message, say 32 Secure, as a boat 33 NPR host Cornish 34 “___ away!” (“Hit me!”)

35 Paths of lobs 37 Actress Mirren 38 Author of “Black Beauty” (1877) 41 Sealy competitor 43 Bit of fishing equipment 44 Many a college prof

47 Difficult tooth for a dentist to fill 48 Help (out) 50 Mystical energy fields 52 Author of “Wuthering Heights” (1847) 55 Slugger Sammy in the 1998 home run chase

56 Bit of fishing equipment 57 Prey for a barracuda 58 “You don’t even want to know” 60 Question of apathy

63 See 18-Across 65 Guaranteed 66 Met highlight 67 Earn the most votes, say 68 Abhors

69 Some August births

70 Inc., abroad

DOWN

1 Fairy queen in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 2 Hindu retreats 3 Many a character in Kerouac’s “On the Road” 4 Enthusiastic Spanish approval 5 Collect in volume

6 One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically 7 Weekly show famously filmed in Studio 8H, in brief 8 Secret relationship 9 Small crown

10 El ___ (nickname for the Mexican national soccer team) 11 Falcons, on a scoreboard 12 Vigorous campaign 13 Protein in horns and hair

14 Keep one’s anger at a low boil 19 Yogi Bear or Fred Flintstone 22 Egg: Prefix

26 It often has a gym and pool

27 The “1” in a 15-1 record

28 Dish associated with the Valencia region of Spain 29 Slow period 31 Overhead support for interstate signs

36 Tiny messenger 37 ___-haw 38 Asia’s ___ Sea 39 Popular name for an Irish girl 40 Swollen mark 41 “Can’t say who” 42 Snooty

44 N.F.L. all-star game 45 Makes an enthusiastic attempt

46 Wrong turn in a maze 47 Repaired 48 American Kennel Club list 49 Former Time Warner partner 51 Leningrad’s land, for short 53 Visorless cap 54 Letters heard after “cow,” “pig” and “horse”

59 “___ the night before Christmas …” 61 Chalk one up? 62 Horace’s “___ Poetica” 63 Narrator of “On the Road” 64 Charlemagne’s domain: Abbr. Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Sunday crosswords from the last 50 years: 1-888-7-ACROSS.

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