IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO

No. 0209

ACROSS

1 Cellphones, in

Britain 8 Alone 13 13-Down, in Dresden 20 A debater takes it 21 Jazz count? 22 In that direction 23 One favoring a strong central government 24 ___ Vista 25 Turns in 26 Film terrier 27 Bar order, with

“the” 29 Sadness 31 Narrow cut 32 Move in an ungainly way 34 Mine, in Madrid 36 Cherished by 38 Literary inits. 40 It’s below the humerus 41 Trig. function 42 “Let ___” 43 ___ deferens 46 Dweller on the Red Sea 48 Less than right 50 Crème de la crème 52 1996-2001 show featuring home videos 53 Actress Gardner 54 The People’s Champion 56 “The Battleship Potemkin” locale 57 An O’Neill 58 More appropriate 60 Houston sch. 62 Followers of exes 63 Detour, e.g. 65 Coal distillate 67 Announcer’s aid 69 Plural French word that spells its singular English form in reverse 70 Much of the audience for 6-Down’s show on 2/9/64 73 Trounces 74 “When ___ younger, so much younger …” (“Help!” lyric) 76 More modern, in Munich 77 Relative of a convertible 79 Part of a train from a refinery 82 Servant, e.g. 86 “Why ___ so shy when …?” (“It’s Only Love” lyric) 87 Snack chip 89 Nest on a cliff 91 Author Umberto 92 Dave Clark ___ 94 “___ the time …” 96 Playwright Fugard 97 General ___ chicken 98 Attractive legs, in slang 100 “Yuck!” 101 Actor Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” 102 Bold 103 Stuck, after “in” 104 Queen who fell for Zeus’ swan song? 105 It may be a plot 106 Lone-Star State sch. 107 500 letters? 108 Cause of the witch’s demise in “Hansel and Gretel” 110 ’60s war zone 112 Rice-A-___ 114 Fraternity chapter 116 Big to-do 120 They’re played at un conservatoire 122 Undermines, as support 123 Living in a swing state? 124 Kind of jacket with pockets on the chest 125 Tilted 126 Oxford’s St. ___ College 127 City on the Seine upstream from Paris

DOWN

1 A majority 2 Aware of 3 Craze caused by this

puzzle’s subjects 4 Schoolyard rejoinder 5 Card count in

Caesar’s Palace? 6 Host for this puzzle’s

subjects on 2/9/64 7 Places atop 8 Eban of Israel 9 With 11-Down, subjects of this puzzle 10 Enzyme suffix 11 See 9-Down 12 Rampage 13 Way to go 14 Nickname for this puzzle’s subjects 15 Free 16 Bikini blast, informally 17 Song sung by this puzzle’s subjects on 6-Down’s show on 2/9/64 18 Big rig 19 Lead-in to while 28 ___ creek 30 Dictator Amin 33 Broadway’s ___-Fontanne Theater 35 Promise of payment 37 Frist’s successor as Senate majority leader 38 One of the six counties of Northern Ireland 39 Escort to the door 44 Yes 45 Balanced conditions 47 Band material 48 Park, e.g., in N.Y.C. 49 Wallach of “The

Misfits” 51 Subtitle for “Star Wars Episode IV,” with “A” 53 Just so, after “to” 55 Bakeshop worker 59 Free throw

avgs., e.g. 61 One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with “the” 64 City on the Nile 66 Junior Olympics

org. 68 Certain NASA launch 71 Had a ball at 72 Unpredictable 75 Composer Khachaturian 78 Slave 79 Apes 80 Apes 81 Where this puzzle’s subjects got their start 83 Song sung by this puzzle’s subjects on 6-Down’s show on 9/12/65 84 Earth’s habitable parts 85 Dawnlike 88 Common monthly expense 90 Ladies’ man 93 Prey for a dingo 95 Molly formerly on

“S.N.L.” 96 Like some dessert orders 97 King in 1922 news 99 Hot 102 Instrument depicted by the shaded squares in this grid 107 1965 and 1966 concert site for this puzzle’s subjects 109 Sweeping 111 Soon 113 Be domestic 115 Medical suffix 117 Calendar keeper, for short 118 Medical suffix 119 The “S” of CBS: Abbr. 121 Sci-fi sighting