Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- edited by will shortz

ACROSS 1 TV’s “Top ___”

5 Be abrasive

10 One on a U.S. penny 14 Pause

15 Apply, as lotion 16 Moon unit?

17 Troop group 18 Modern-day remake of

a Robert De Niro film? 20 Lands on a couch, say 22 Indians’ home: Abbr. 23 Part of EGBDF 24 Jessica of “Fantastic

Four”

26 Fine cotton 28 Modern-day remake of

a W. C. Fields film? 33 Overnight flight 34 Brief blow

35 South African golfing

great

38 Kuwaiti leader 39 Whopping

40 Relative of a musette 41 Carson not known for

his monologues 42 Completely busted 44 Goat coat 46 Modern-day remake of a Bing Crosby film? 49 Snooping 50 Gardner who wrote “The Case of the Negligent Nymph” 51 Canine command 54 Word derived from the

name of a Belgian town 56 F.D.R., Churchill and Stalin’s last meeting place

60 ... and something to eat while watching the remakes

63 Slant

64 Rock’s Jethro ___ 65 Guy with a lot of bookings?

66 Gentle tune

67 Make litterproo­f? 68 Emo emotion 69 Animals that provided hair used in Chewbacca’s costume

DOWN

1 Give it up, so to speak 2 Toss

3 Little red monster 4 Sticky strip

5 French vineyard 6 Wheel adornment 7 Member of the first family

8 What may have a dog leg to the left or right? 9 Squelch

10 Computer that accurately predicted Ike’s 1952 election 11 Where a congregati­on congregate­s 12 App customer 13 “Bloody” queen 19 Please ___ (invoice stamp)

21 What good comics do 25 Tournament pass 27 Bouncer’s checks, for short?

28 Long march

29 Prefix meaning “half” 30 “All in the Family”

mother

31 Feeling of anxiety

32 It’s stuck on a grill 36 Cut above the flank 37 Southern Slav

39 T.S.A. screening 40 “That so?!”

42 Film lovers may run in it 43 Half of a towel set 44 Deface

45 Kind of boid that

catches the woim? 47 Like cheap toilet paper 48 Aches (for)

51 Barracks barkers: Abbr.

52 Grumbly “Are you still sleeping?” response 53 Pop

55 Video game with a square ball

57 Sci-fi princess 58 Lecture

59 They might emerge on hilltops

61 A peck in a park is one, for short

62 “As if!”

 ??  ?? To mark the 75th anniversar­y of the New York Times crossword, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword and regular Times puzzle contributo­rs that will appear periodical­ly through the year. This...
To mark the 75th anniversar­y of the New York Times crossword, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword and regular Times puzzle contributo­rs that will appear periodical­ly through the year. This...

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