Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Mag for docs 5 Absorbs, with “up” 9 Attire that may include covering for the feet, in brief 12 Old enough 14 Cool, in dated slang 15 Boy’s name that’s an anagram of 18-Across 16 Key for five Mozart piano concertos 18 Girl’s name that’s an anagram of 15-Across 19 Its worship is condemned in the Bible 20 The ___ things in life 21 Intentions 22 “Just act natural!” 24 Letter-shaped beam 26 Waves may convey a message in this 27 Be an agent for, informally 28 Many-time Grammy-winning cellist 33 Struck (out) 34 “The Golden Girls” actress 36 Initiation, e.g. 39 Bad, bad boss 40 Fairy queen in “Romeo and Juliet” 43 “The party can finally start!” 45 Muse featured in “Xanadu” 47 Worrisome sign around a campsite 52 Fitzgerald known as the Queen of Jazz 53 Get clean 54 Fighting words 56 Swenson of “Benson” 57 Do the opposite of shave … as suggested by the circled letters 58 Letter-shaped fastener 59 User-edited web page 60 Mom on “The Simpsons” 61 ___ milk 62 Sweeties, in modern slang 63 Angry, with “off”

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1 Event for college seniors 2 ___ de coeur (French romance) 3 Plan for shoppers 4 Longtime Sampras rival 5 Heart beater, in bridge 6 “How wonderful!,” sarcastica­lly 7 Paul : U.S. :: ___ : Italy 8 Orch. section 9 Hypothetic­al body in the solar system beyond Neptune 10 “Hidden Figures” co-star Monáe 11 Inhaled, as food 13 Summer in Paris 15 Much-sought-after celeb 17 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones film franchise, for short 20 Big do 23 German rapid transit system 25 Ingredient in a drain declogger 29 Western flick, in old parlance 30 “That’s terrific!” 31 Bruins great Bobby 32 Undergroun­d org. in N.Y.C. 34 Drinker’s party headgear 35 Sport-___ (vehicle) 36 Sounds heard at night near a pond 37 Resolute refusal 38 Fellow you don’t want to be, in a phrase 40 It might require antiviral treatment to beat 41 Still wanted by the police 42 Got on 44 Highway: Abbr. 46 Move into or from an exit row, perhaps 48 Fancy hotel lobbies 49 Strangle 50 New Zealanders 51 Govt. org. dating from the 1930s 55 Big name in cloud computing 57 Potus #43

 ?? PUZZLE BY: SAM TRABUCCO ?? NO. 1114
PUZZLE BY: SAM TRABUCCO NO. 1114

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