Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- edited by will shortz puzzle by: Brian Thomas no. 1211

ACROSS

1 Georgetown athlete

5 Path left behind by a mower

10 Item on a Native American moccasin

14 Genesis garden

15 Sign after Virgo

16 First word in a fairy tale 17 Service organizati­on with a wheel logo

19 10:1 or 3:2 at a racetrack

20 Get up

21 Prison unit

23 Where Siberia is 25 Connecticu­t Ivy

26 Wowed

29 Bird of prey’s claw

33 Domicile with wheels

38 Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were ___”

39 No room at the ___

40 Praising

42 London’s Old ___ 43 Something a strawberry has on the outside

45 Wiseass

47 Neighbor of Jordan

49 Cleans, as a chalkboard 50 Christmas trees

53 Place where a mother might sing “Rock-a-Bye Baby”

54 Action taken by a company in distress

58 Breadth

62 Hawaiian feast

63 They bring music to one’s ears … or a hint to 17-, 21-, 33-, 45- and 54-Across 65 Big vases

66 Rage

67 Surmountin­g

68 “Let’s ___ a Deal”

69 Always telling people what to do 70 Broadway award

DOWN

1 Zeus’ wife

2 Smell

3 Dubious sighting in the Himalayas 4 Prehistori­c Southwest culture 5 Crafty

6 Pagan religious practice 7 Qualified

8 Yours ___ (letter sign-off)

9 “Se ___ español”

10 Kind of logic in which all values are either true or false

11 Prefix with -plasm

12 “Back in Black” rock band 13 Place for a laptop other than a lap 18 Flip, as a property

22 Diner sandwich, for short 24 Notions

26 Not quite right

27 $, € and £

28 Li’l ___ of the funnies 30 Amours

31 In reserve

32 Long, narrow parts of bottles 34 Good engine sound

35 ___ Mae (Whoopi’s role in “Ghost”) 36 Onetime Russian space station 37 Opposite of exit 41 Obtrusivel­y bright and showy 44 Not concentrat­ed, as light 46 Researcher’s wear

48 Televise

51 Program for addicts

52 “___ evil …”

53 Gives up, as territory

54 Juicy fruit with a pit 55 Mystique

56 Tug sharply

57 Veers the other way

59 Word after lock or glom 60 Unpaid intern, jocularly 61 Catch sight of

64 Not mind one’s own business

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