Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TImES CROSSWORD

- by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1, 4 & 9 Sports news of

1919 14 Part of E.N.T. 15 Stand for a sitting 16 Part of a waste

reduction strategy 17, 18 & 19 Toys “R” Us

department 20 Figure in Raphael’s “The School of Athens” 22 Painter’s aid 24 Drawer at a doctor’s

office? 26 Not moved from the

original location 30 Lib ___ (U.K. party

member) 31 Times or Century 33 Some French? 34, 37 & 39 Fredric

March’s last film 41 ___ Gallimard, protagonis­t of “M. Butterfly” 42 Something to

contemplat­e 44 Tributary of the High

Rhine 45, 47 & 48 Like some

student activities 49 Third of November? 50 Like bright red

cardinals 52 Egyptian headdress

feature 54 Children of

___ (descendant­s of

Jacob) 56 Goldsmith, for one 60 Like “Wedding Crashers” or “Bridesmaid­s” 63 A current flows into it 64, 67 & 69 Role that garnered 12 consecutiv­e unsuccessf­ul Emmy nomination­s, 1985-96 70 Brother of Moses 71 Beauty pageant

judging criterion 72 Iraq war danger, for

short 73, 74 & 75 “Invisible” part of a distributi­on list … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme

DOWN

1 Urban cacophony 2 ___ column (constructi­on piece) 3 Toward the back 4 Organic compound with a double-bonded oxygen 5 Isl. south of Corsica 6 “___ mio” 7 Princess known as the Defender of the Elijans 8 Declined, as stocks 9 Composer Dominick whose name means “silver” in Italian 10 Almost reaches 11 Musical syllable before

and after “da” 12 Enzyme suffix 13 “___ Miz” 21 Comparativ­ely neat 23 Racket 25 Feds 27 Model 28 Aquarium fish 29 Program presenter 31 N.F.L. record-holder

for consecutiv­e starts 32 Embarassin­g spelling

mistake? 34 Fountain name 35 Spells 36 Sign with an arrow 38 Mangle 40 “Tales of the City”

novelist 43 Make-up person? 46 Ute or Cree 51 What’s put before the

carte? 53 New York’s ___ Island 55 “Backdraft” crime 56 Wing it 57 Bygone gas brand 58 “Take ___ breath” 59 Uncool 61 Spanish appetizer 62 Get an ___ effort 64 Get one’s point

across? 65 Suffix with arbor or

ether 66 ___ Lanka 68 “___ Beso”

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