Edmonton Journal

new york times crossword

- edited by will shortz

ACROSS

1 Subcompact 8 Subject to an air attack 14 Well-known, now 16 Big name in guitars 17 Put on a pedestal 18 Lock horns 19 Fall foliage color 20 “Girl With a Hoop” painter 22 Banff wildlife 23 First name in cosmetics 25 Common waiting room viewing 26 Fictional race of the distant future 27 Picasso masterpiec­e with a French title 30 Cousin of a blintz 31 “Hotel Impossible” airer 34 P.M. who won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize 35 Miraculous solutions 36 Friends, in slang 37 Sir William ___, so-called “Father of Modern Medicine” 38 Runs off at the mouth 39 Guitar-making wood 40 Post-tragedy comment 45 Common question after a name is dropped 46 Salad base 49 ___ war 50 Like some warfare 52 Decision debated for decades 54 Worrisome engine sound 55 Fret about 56 Corsairs and Rangers of the 1950s 57 Things in keys

DOWN

1 Op art pattern 2 It flows for nearly 2,000 miles in Asia 3 Big mushroom producer, in brief 4 “___ war”: F.D.R. 5 Frame from a drawer 6 “Jake and ___” (comedy web series) 7 Give a dynamite finish? 8 Form of civil disobedien­ce 9 It’s a lift 10 Bled 11 Kings’ supporters 12 Dropped like a jaw 13 Book before Daniel 15 Office drones 21 Amoeba feature 24 Gives a lift 26 Lubitsch of old Hollywood 28 State 29 Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written 30 Sympatheti­c sorts 31 Gets from A to B instantly 32 Says one can make it, say 33 Well 34 Be in store 35 Means of obtaining private informatio­n 39 Name in many van Gogh titles 41 “Incredible!” 42 Italian wine 43 Guitar-making wood 44 Ones preparing Easter eggs 46 Presumptio­n 47 “___ problem” 48 In public 51 Ending with Manhattan 53 Bugs on the road

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