NEW YORK TImES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Venomous African snake 6 Basics 10 Former Swedish subsidiary of General Motors 14 A fire sign 15 Floored it 16 Krabappel of toondom 17 Deep-six 18 Norwegian royal name 19 Polite request 20 “Really?!” 23 Chess great Mikhail 24 “My man” 25 Macs run it 26 Zion’s site 29 Far from industrious 32 Old TV problem 34 ___ beef 35 A dedicator of New York’s Strawberry Fields 36 A fire sign 37 “Really” 43 Batteries for remotes,

perhaps 44 Commercial dealings,

informally 45 Start of the title for

every Oscar 46 Armchair athlete’s

channel 48 Tuscaloosa team, for

short 49 French first name in

fashion 50 “Law & Order” spinoff,

for short 51 Org. for Bucks and

Bulls 53 HDTV brand 55 “Really!” 62 Paul who sang “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” 63 With skill 64 Local life forms,

collectively 65 Tiny time interval:

Abbr. 66 Sow’s mate 67 Cause to swell 68 Teed off 69 Old story’s beginning? 70 Buttinsky

DOWN

1 Boom support 2 Shoe support 3 Sorvino of “Mighty

Aphrodite” 4 Escape conviction 5 Humane org. 6 Lots and lots 7 Leave in a hurry 8 Like a grouch 9 Cut, as ties 10 Round for the final four 11 Slowly, on a score 12 In whatever way 13 Sets, as a trap 21 Tolerates 22 Derby blooms 26 Tiny Tim’s strings, for

short 27 “Mazel ___!” 28 $5 bill, slangily 30 “It’s ___-brainer!” 31 Anthony Quinn title

role 33 “Wa-a-ay off!” 36 Komodo dragon, for

one 38 “Live at the Acropolis”

musician 39 Not too bright 40 Minister’s moniker 41 Play for a sap 42 They’re found at Area

51, supposedly 46 “Regardless …” 47 Gloomy sort 48 Rocky aka the Italian

Stallion 50 Tchaikovsky ballet

birds 52 Spills the beans 54 Hack 56 Doily material 57 Exploding cigar sound 58 Brontë governess 59 When shadows are

short 60 “L’___ c’est moi” 61 Flash drive filler