The New York Times Crossword

By Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz

ACROSS 38 Katey who played

1 Part of some TV’S Peg Bundy Italian church 39 Something that names a ram and a Ram

5 Rights advocacy have in common

org. 40 Atkins, for one

9 “The food of love,” 44 Tackle box

per Shakespeare assortment

14 Territory reached 45 The “O” of 18Down along the Oregon

Trail 46 Said nasty things

15 Pirate’s swill about

16 Feeling the need 48 “We appreciate

to pace, say the contribution” 17 Actress who 53 Shouts of portrayed Scarlett accomplishment O’hara and 54 Complete Blanche Dubois reversals

19 Spring zodiac 55 Church chorus?

symbol 56 Really cool, in

20 Cocktails with dated slang brandy and crème 57 Black-and-white de menthe danger

21 Ape 58 “Ol’ Man

22 Doomed to fail, for River” singer,

short traditionally

23 Co-nobelist of 59 Jeremiad

1978 60 Take a ___

24 Awards that DOWN only one college 1 Expeditions, e.g. athlete has ever 2 Coming to blows, won twice say

29 Some stock in the 3

Indigenous race exotic pet trade in the “Avatar”

31 Cow, often movies

32 Japan’s _ _ _ 4 What Columbus

Castle thought he’d

33 K-O connector reached in 1492 34 Ones getting the 5 Radiant

last word in 6 Old-fashioned

36 Spot for a news source hymnbook 7 Records Country west of 8 “Gross!” Zambia: Abbr.

37

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10 Open on 39 Cheery refrains

Christmas, say from the Seven

11 What a Dwarfs provocateur aims 41 Big-game hunting to do targets in the

12 “Money ___ classic short

object” story “The Most

13 Concern for a Dangerous Game”

dermatologist 42 Most prying

18 World Vision and 43 Aerodynamic

others, for short resistance

21 Utensil for peeling 46 Take a ___

23 Ratfink 47 Holy title in Tibet 24 Soars near the 48 Early Quechua

shore, maybe speaker

25 Steve Martin, 49 What “T” stands Chevy Chase and for in video game Martin Short, in a ratings

1986 comedy 50 Peut-___ (French

26 Away from “maybe”)

27 Source of down 51 High-end camera

28 Scattered, as seed brand

29 Uninspiring 52 Stressor for some

30 Prefix with H.S. sophomores

directional 54 Dip stick?

34 Hot shot?