Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 ___ Blackburn, Tennessee's first female senator 7 Stay-at-homes?

13 They may be iced for a

hoppy birthday party 15 Maker of sweet eggs 16 “In a Silent Way”

trumpeter [~3:5] 18 Mohammed bin Thani was the first one for Qatar

19 Amazingly enough 20 ___ Annie of

“Oklahoma!” 21 Rendezvous (with) 22 Stumblebum

23 Word with shot or

happy

24 Close

25 Some unaccredit­ed universiti­es, derisively [~57:1]

28 Singer Amos

30 Animal whose teeth are the strongest substance in the natural world 31 Makeup shades that

match skin tones 34 Robotics motor 36 Eves' counterpar­t

38 1947's ___-Hartley Act 40 Hardly parsimonio­us, in

a saying [~1:454] 45 Steal

47 “Ratatouill­e”

protagonis­t

48 It may be iced for a

happy birthday party 49 People based in Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona

50 Glowing lines

51 Stefani ___ Angelina Germanotta a.k.a. Lady Gaga

53 Diamond data

54 What you have to do to interpret the answers to 16-, 25- and 40-Across

57 Signs up

58 “Maybe”

59 “You sure about that?” 60 Ones tackling their

home work

DOWN

1 “Yeah? And what if I don't wanna?!”

2 Food, quaintly

3 Trusted

4 Garment that appropriat­ely rhymes with “court”

5 Basted edge

6 Ulterior motives

7 Role for Paul Mccartney in the Beatles

8 Is calculatin­g, say

9 Magic org.

10 “Veep” co-star Clea ___

11 Like the left side of the aisle, traditiona­lly

12 Reddit moderators, e.g., in brief

14 Endured

15 El Greco and others

17 ___ Bell, Emily Brontë pseudonym

23 Lula da ___, former president of Brazil

25 Free from

26 When doubled, a 2010s dance

27 Good cheer

29 Good card game for the inebriated?

32 Suffix with ranch

33 Treaded winter vehicles

35 “You betcha!”

37 Bias

39 Like the cream of the crop

40 Apple store employee?

41 Overhauled

42 Supreme god of ancient Egypt

43 “So true”

44 Felt

46 Sign of late February

49 How a controvers­ial topic might be debated

51 Work well together

52 Aéroport d'___

55 Lx W x H

56 Country music's ___ Young Band

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