Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 “Ask ___” (newspaper advice column) 4 Bounce, as off a pool table cushion

9 Actress Hayek

14 Deer with no antlers 15 Singer with the bestsellin­g albums “19,”“21” and “25”

16 Bringer of rain

17 Jan., Feb., Mar., etc. 18 Absolutely adored

20 What a weekly has once a week

22 Police action

23 The police, metaphoric­ally 27 Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 28 Destinatio­n for European hikers 29 Versatile blackjack card

32 Reach by addition 34 Rocket-building company since 2002 37 Body art that might be revealed by hip-hugger jeans

41 ___ de Tocquevill­e, author of “Democracy in America” 42 Oscar-winning

Berry

43 Like 43, e.g.

44 Destiny

45 Senior’s org.

49 “Uh-oh”

53 Hardcore Chinese party adherent 55 “Aida” composer 56 Like a millennial who‘s a huge fan of 1960s-’70s music, it’s said

60 Help out

61 Source of revenue for many states

62 Dot on a computer screen

63 Ticked off

64 Test before buying, as clothes

65 Daring base runner’s goal

66 Foxy

DOWN

1 Confesses (to)

2 Kind of pork at a Chinese restaurant 3 Polite assent

4 ___ Carr, best-selling author of historical thrillers

5 Hubbub

6 Fire (up), as an engine 7 Part of a World Cup chant

8 Finishes in the top three, say

9 Treat disdainful­ly 10 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright

11 Clark’s crush at the Daily Planet 12 Mixed-breed dog

13 Main source of online revenue

19 One more than bi21 Available to all, as a bathroom

24 Petting zoo babies 25 Beauty products chain 26 Era-defining

29 ___ of Congress

30 Elon Musk, for 34-Across

31 Prefix with skeleton 33 Ocean State sch. 34 Canonized pope of the fifth century

35 Buddy

36 Relaxed

37 Language related to Thai

38 Like 1960s-’70s music 39 Joined in matrimony 40 Green Hornet’s sidekick

44 Aperture settings

46 J.J. who directed

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

47 Kind of tire

48 2000s stage name for rapper Sean Combs 49 Lone Ranger’s sidekick 50 Flirt with at a bar, say 51 “Am ___ out of touch?” 52 Nearly plotz with pride 53 Othello, for one 54 Bohemian

56 Sandwich whose initials have been rearranged in five other ways in this puzzle 57 Flaming

58 Lumberjack’s tool

59 Spill the ___ (reveal sensitive informatio­n)

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