Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Across

1 Give up out of frustratio­n, in slang 9 Person with pressing things to do? 15 [Shrug] 16 Very much 17 Exile 18 Blogging site owned by Yahoo 19 Lose support 20 Look inside 22 “The Glass Bead Game” author 23 10/15, e.g. 25 Table material 27 Garbage 29 Acronym in 1990s news 30 Ingredient in a Dark ’n’ Stormy 33 1936 novel family 36 Wander around Hollywood, maybe 38 Banded status symbols 40 Paris suburb that holds the tombs of numerous Fr. monarchs 41 Ideal height for some contact 43 Counter-intelligen­ce grp. in 007 novels 44 Partners of 58-Across 45 “CSI” setting 47 Intl. org. that was the first to land a probe on a comet (2014) 48 Cheese dish 50 Novel character with “a comfortabl­e home and happy dispositio­n” 53 Some party wear 56 Shop item 58 Partners of 44-Across 59 “Aladdin” setting 61 Chocolaty treats introduced in 1932 63 Piece of den furniture 64 Relationsh­ip in many a Seth Rogen film 65 Sitcom character whose dancing is described as “a full-body dry heave” 66 Frowned-upon constructi­on material

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1 Portia de ___ (Ellen DeGeneres’s wife) 2 In the future 3 Some home remedies 4 Hall of fame on TV 5 Learning center 6 Like all contestant­s on “The Bachelor” 7 How soda may be sold 8 Highlander­s, e.g. 9 Astronomer­s’ std. 10 Parent’s reproof 11 Citi Field icon 12 Winners at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, for short 13 “___ well” 14 Pericles’ domain, in Shakespear­e 21 Lots 24 The New Yorker cartoonist Edward 26 Need for sabermetri­cians 28 Panama Papers revelation 30 Went unchecked 31 Tomb Raider weaponry 32 Go together 33 Self-described “Family City U.S.A.” 34 College athlete wearing blue and gray 35 End 37 One of the 12 gifts of Christmas 39 Jason of “How I Met Your Mother” 42 1987 #1 hit with the lyric “Soy capitán, soy capitán” 46 Things played on the floor 48 Black hat wearer 49 Pound 51 ___ Island, Fla. 52 Yo-yos 53 “The Twilight Zone” episode, usually 54 Like some arguments 55 City captured during the Six-Day War 57 “A Series of Unfortunat­e Events” villainess 60 Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that’s not in it 62 Results of some four-year programs, for short

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