Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols
ACROSS 1 “Star Wars” High
Council member 11 Co. leaders 15 Writing desk 16 Realize 17 Where the Walking Piano scene in “Big” was filmed 18 Toy since ancient
times 19 Laughs 20 Text giggle 21 ZzzQuil
competitor 23 Military actions 25 Spanish uncle? 26 Action toys since
1964 29 Discombobulated 31 Single dose? 33 It’s often made
at parties 35 Part of a suit 37 Unlikely to bite 38 Join for a session 40 Base path? 41 Proper 53-Down 43 Many a single 45 Ds, in the key of
C46 Sum is a form of
it 48 Like many salons 49 Chance to hit 51 Country 53 Chemical bases 55 Word with wire
or water 56 Gambling
initials 59 Once-venerated
bird 60 Homeric island
dweller 63 Agreement
with a refusal 64 Wait follower 65 Kid 66 No longer
fashionable DOWN 1 Buckley who covered Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” 2 Son of Rebecca 3 Anti-rodent brand 4 Return letters 5 Most popular boy’s name in 44 of the last 100 years 6 Foxhole absentees,
so it’s said 7 Scattered 8 __ Maria 9 Goes thataway instead of thisaway 10 Do a city planner’s
job 11 Absent-minded A.A. Milne title character 14 Informal glasses 22 Extinct birds 23 Seven-time All-Star third baseman Scott __ 24 More
thirst-inducing 26 The sun, for one 27 Classic film words
of self-revelation 28 TV hero who famously kissed 52-Down 30 Bones’ partner 32 Bygone messager 34 Feels off 50 Musical count 52 See 28-Down 53 Improper
41-Across 54 NYC gallery
district 56 Plains tribe 57 Trillion: Pref. 58 Fictional rabbit’s
title 61 Address bk. info 62 Pulitzer poet
Lowell