Montreal Gazette

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Mugged for the camera, maybe

8 Site administra­tor

15 Preceder of many N.H.L. games

16 “Oh, did you start already?”

17 0%

18 Some male escorts

19 Org. that sticks to its guns

20 List ender, maybe

22 Oscar-nominated actor Clive 23 Exceptiona­l grade

26 Will matter

29 Time in court

31 One-up, say

35 Red choice

37 Gambler’s hangout, in brief 39 Noteworthy time period

40 Large guard dogs

41 Aches and pains

43 Jump shot’s path

44 Down in the dumps

46 ___ Meyer, principal role on “Veep” 47 Sign on a staff

49 “I agree with both of you!”

51 2009 biopic starring Hilary Swank 53 Apply, as sunscreen

57 Grocery chain with more than 1,900 U.S. stores

59 Chicago airport code

61 That, in Tabasco

62 Like some reputation­s and kitchen towels

65 Sentence containing all 26 letters 68 Many a limo

69 Major retail outlets

70 Feigns sickness to avoid work 71 Much-traveled thoroughfa­res

DOWN

1 Much-painted religious figure 2 Villainous conglomera­te on “Mr. Robot”

3 Deadly

4 Santa ___

5 Waiter in an airport queue 6 Actress Falco

7 Exam for the college-bound, redundantl­y 8 Jokester

9 Onetime London-based record label 10 Intolerant sort

11 Lost steam

12 Food cooked in a cornhusk 13 Preparator­y school since 1440 14 Hi-___ monitor

21 CBS series with a “Cyber” spinoff 24 Bomber letters

25 Medieval laborers 27 Additional­ly

28 Dancer’s horn

30 Bagel choice

32 Stay behind

33 Surface figure

34 Used to be

35 PC combo key

36 Evil intent

38 Hay-bundling machine

40 Small pouch

42 “Mon ___!” (French exclamatio­n) 45 Penn. neighbor

46 Dog with wrinkly skin

48 Like the sun at sunset

50 Uncle, in Oaxaca

52 Cut into small pieces

54 Catcher with a record 10 World Series rings as a player

55 “Let me repeat …”

56 “Enough!,” in Mexico … or a hint to 11 answers in this puzzle

57 Yours, to Yvette

58 Wyatt Earp, for one

60 “___ Yankees”

62 Cardinals, on scoreboard­s

63 Cob of corn

64 E.R. or O.R. figures

66 “Planet Money” network

67 Melted ice cream, e.g.

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