NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Some gobblers 5 Part of a fashion
ensemble, maybe 9 Checkout
procedures 14 Black-bordered
news item 15 Plot-listing datum 16 Bindle toters 17 2001 best seller about competitive Scrabble 19 Scarlett’s suitor 20 Prefix with
Freudian 21 Bridal path 22 Tiny bits 23 Without ___
(riskily) 24 Interpreter of
omens 26 Japanese “soft art” (max opening score of 92 points) 29 Sounds of censure (max opening score of 80 points) 33 Where to hear “Bravo!” and “Brava!” 34 Fathoms 35 Author Levin 36 Courtroom team:
Abbr. 37 While away 39 “God is the perfect
___”: Browning 40 Alternative to “x,”
in math 41 Quark’s place 42 Feather in one’s
cap 43 Totally inept sorts
(max opening score of 104 points) 45 Ran off, in a way (max opening score of 94 points) 47 Fare that may be
rolled 48 In the thick of 49 Sewing kit item 52 Column style 54 Napkin’s place 57 Wonderland cake
message 58 What you’d need to play 26-, 29-, 43- or 45-Across 60 Some hotel
lobbies 61 Newport Beach
isle 62 A.C.L.U. part:
Abbr. 63 Financial
resources 64 M.Y.O.B. part 65 Guinness word
DOWN
1 Mini-metro 2 Light wind? 3 Barcelona’s Joan ___ Foundation 4 Norm: Abbr. 5 Is inconsistent 6 1974 Mocedades hit whose English version is titled “Touch the Wind” 7 One-named singer who married Heidi Klum 8 Stops for a
breather 9 Fun house noises 10 Partner in crime 11 Help in crime 12 “___ problem!” 13 Former Air France fleet members, for short 18 Fruity soda brand 23 What snobs put
on 25 Abbr. before a
founding date 26 Steinbeck family 27 On the observation deck, say 28 Volkswagen model
since 1979 30 Wounded Knee
tribe 31 Sweet filling, in
product names 32 Full, and then
some 34 It has its setting 37 Editor’s override 38 “It could happen” 39 Lumber along 41 Cousins of
rhododendrons 42 Balloon’s undoing 44 Magnify an online
map 45 Setting of Kubla
Khan’s palace 46 Key of a Bach
“Bourrée” 49 Baseball part 50 Cracker topper 51 ___ vez (again:
Sp.) 53 Mixed bag 54 Car that may have
a bar 55 Some brews 56 Smart-alecky 59 Pompom’s place