Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

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1 Sleepover attire, briefly 2 “Impressive!” 3 x’s positive value in the equation 2x = 4x2 – 2 4 Low-level law firm employee 5 Forgo 6 Questionna­ire choice 7 Egg on 8 Disposable lighter brand 9 Himalayan beast 10 Goldie Hawn comedy or Leonard Cohen documentar­y 11 Hairy Halloween costume 12 Where Boeing was founded 15 Water holder for a farm animal 17 Like Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz 20 N.Y.C. museum, with “the” 21 Mac competitor­s 22 Snitch 23 Path for Western settlers 24 Prize money 25 Guitar legend Clapton 27 Couldn’t say no 30 Slight problems 31 Units of power saved, in modern lingo 33 E.T. vehicles 34 Bathroom items that might be confiscate­d by the T.S.A. 35 Materializ­es 36 Go-to guy 39 Fleur-de-___ 40 Break bread 42 Boatload 43 “Brave New World” author Huxley 45 Audacious 46 “Terrific!” 48 Female friend in France 50 Upper limit 51 Words of praise 52 Fell for a joke 53 “___ Got You Under My Skin” 54 Parent’s emphatic order 1 [It’s gone!] 5 Visit on a whim 10 ___-relief 13 Folk singer Mitchell 14 Heart chambers 15 Accessory for Sherlock Holmes 16 Combat trauma 18 Real estate measuremen­t 19 Made more bearable 20 Center 21 Exam monitor 24 Leave quickly, as from a parking spot 26 Comedian who said “In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem” 27 Offended 28 Zilch 29 Dutch painter Jan 30 Indian wedding garb 31 “Great” boy detective 32 Baseball field maintainer­s 35 Run ___ 37 What the Roman goddess Fortuna controls 38 Nimble 41 Sweeping movie shot 42 Restaurant order specificat­ion 43 Hank of “The Simpsons” 44 Casino V.I.P. 46 Larghissim­o, among all musical tempos 47 “The Smartest Guys in the Room” company 48 Tony winner McDonald 49 ___ Clooney, lawyer often seen in tabloids 50 Place for kitchen scraps, such as those starting 16-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across 55 Apt rhyme for “invade” 56 Farewell in France 57 DVR pioneer 58 Weekly show broadcast from Rockefelle­r Center, for short 59 Jury members 60 Goulash, e.g.

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