NEW YORK TImES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sails fixed to bowsprits 5 Reform Party candidate of 1996 10 What cats often do in

the spring 14 Grounded birds 15 Psychoanalyst Fromm 16 Designed for flight, for

short 17 “It just can’t be

predicted” 20 Sermon subject 21 Vintner’s dregs 22 Some farm machines 23 Puts forward as fact 25 Come-___ 26 “False!” 32 2005 “Survivor” island

nation 35 Guffaw syllable 36 That certain something 37 “I ___ the opinion …” 38 Tumbler, e.g. 40 Rules’ partners, briefly 41 Massage deeply 42 An end to sex? 43 Shake hands (on) 44 “Later” 48 Exclamations of tsuris 49 How bettors may act 52 Easy to prepare, in

ads 55 Part of GTO 56 French possessive 58 Work containing 21

epistles 61 Museum area 62 Tower of ___ (puzzle

with pegs and rings) 63 Sister of Luke, in sci-fi 64 Muscular firmness 65 Like “The Biggest

Loser” contestants 66 Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44and 58-Across

DOWN

1 Movie foes of the Sharks 2 Beatnik’s “Gotcha” 3 Like a well-behaved niño 4 Abbr. retired after Gorbachev’s resignation 5 Pre-euro currency 6 One of the winemaking Gallos 7 Kia subcompacts 8 N.L.C.S. mo. 9 “L.A. Woman” band 10 Figure for a rep to

achieve 11 Whodunit suspect,

perhaps 12 Predatory seabird 13 Follows relentlessly 18 Diplomat Root 19 Post-Carnival period 24 Hangout for teachers 27 Word on Moses’

tablets 28 “Illmatic” rapper 29 Sorry sort 30 Wanderlust, e.g. 31 Life of Riley 32 Reader’s goal 33 Mine, to Mimi 34 Hang loose 38 Question while covering someone’s eyes 39 Left Coast airport

letters 43 Brand owned by

Whirlpool 45 Closing bell org. 46 Some sculptures 47 Headed for sudden

death, say 50 “___ bad moon rising” 51 Surround on all sides 52 Packaging abbr. 53 Louisville’s river 54 Sherilyn of “Twin

Peaks” 55 Blood type

determinant 57 Hartford insurance

company symbol 59 A patron may run one 60 Org. for Tigers, but not

Lions or Bears