NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across 1 Meows : cats :: ___ : dogs 5 Locale 9 “Me too” 14 “F”onag as gauge 15 Downright nasty 16 Dark, as a room 17 Where ships go 18 Ship’s pole 19 Bright night lights 20 Gershwin composition in United Airlines ads 23 Fort Collins sch. 24 City south of Utah’s Arches National Park 25 “That’s overly personal about yourself, don’t you think?!” 27 Lively, as colors 31 Person who regularly cleans his plate? 34 ___ of Sandwich 36 Pillage 37 Perfects, as one’s skills 39 Person about town 42 “___ words were never spoken” 43 Fret (over) 44 Classic clown name 45 Bro’s sibling 46 “Naked” rodent 49 Genre of 50 Cent and André 3000 50 Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred ___ Wood 51 Not share 53 Ascending in economic class 60 Put in a row 61 “Mon___! ”(Frenchcry) 62 Stratford-upon-___ 63 Walked like an expectant father, say 64 Slippery fish 65 Griffin who created “Wheel of Fortune” 66 How singers should sing 67 “Collect $200 after passing Go,” e.g. 68 “Toy Story” boy … or, with the circled
letters, a hint to 20-, 39- and 53-Across
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1 Way off 2 Surge of adrenaline 3 Sideshow act that features “the smallest performers in the world” 4 Three Stooges’ hits? 5 Bullets, informally 6 Enjoy literature 7 Simple 8 “Star Trek” warp drive fuel 9 Lie on the beach 10 16 oz. 11 Baseball’s Felipe 12 See 13-Down 13 With12-Down, “Gimmethat!” 21 Hyundai’s Santa Fe or Tucson 22 Sine qua ___ 25 Exams 26 Like about 15% of New Zealanders 28 Bedridden, say 29 Winter Olympian who may go
90 m.p.h. 30 Mail deliverer’s assignment 31 1992 Clint Eastwood western that won
Best Picture 32 ___ toast 33 Military initiative that seeks to influence
the enemy’s mind, informally 35 Falsehood 38 Planet, to Shakespeare 40 Attractive companion on the red carpet 41 Old “Up, up and away” carrier 47 Bobby who won three straight N.H.L.
M.V.P. awards 48 Howe’er 50 Words before “You shouldn’t have” 52 Only U.S. president whose surname is
more than 50% vowels 53 ___ Bator, Mongolia 54 What may help break the ice 55 Stead 56 Raise one’s voice 57 Ponder,with“on” 58 Word before“have mercy !” 59 One of the seven deadly sins 60 Abbr. in a military address