THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

No. 0201

When this puzzle is completed, the 10 circled letters, read from top to bottom, will spell a name associated with 39- Across. Across 1 * Peddle 5 Prefix with “mom” in 2009 news 9 Bay State sch. 14 Tommie of the

Miracle Mets 15 * Christmas carol

starter 16 Soil enricher 17 Gorillas and

others 19 Manhattan’s ___

Place 20 “No joke!” 22 * Storied also- ran 23 January 1 sound 26 Intersected 27 Grapefruit

choice 29 * Managed ___ 31 Coeur d’___ 33 Vietnam- era

protest org. 34 Meriting a

“Q. E. D.” 37 Article in rap

titles 39 Classic novel of 1,000+ pages … or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues 42 Columnist

Hentoff 43 Earring shape 46 45 ___ 49 Contrarian’s

retort 51 * Center 52 Brown in the

funnies 54 Best Buy buys 57 “___ who?” 58 * Place to moor 59 “Give me an

example!” 62 Oscar winner

Tatum 64 “You’re fired!” speaker, informally 68 Slowly, on a

score 69 * Valentine

sentiment 70 “___ it my way” 71 Test for quality 72 River of

Flanders 73 * Chocolate

brand Down 1 Broomstick rider 2 Cabinet dept. 3 Elfin 4 New Zealand parrots 5 Midway Airport alternative 6 Napoleonic leader? 7 Palm product 8 “Why not?!” 9 Thurman of “In Bloom” 10 Overly romantic 11 Places for rites 12 Wrote for an

orchestra 13 Tatters 18 Pro ___ ( for

now) 21 Drink brewed

naturally 23 Angel dust 24 Item in a thole 25 Ship’s

christening spot 28 Joy of “The

View” 30 Olympic skating champion Lysacek 32 Resulted in 35 Run out of town

on ___ 36 Drives home, as

runs 38 “Back in Black”

band 40 Personal

bugaboo 41 Bow- toting god 44 Prospector’s find 45 Brand of movable collectibles 46 Soda brand

since 1905 47 7- Down and

others 48 Whizzes 50 Without muss or

fuss 53 Ranch in “Giant” 55 Java or C++

whiz 56 Hostess ___

Balls 60 Units now called

siemens 61 Queen Wheat City of Oklahoma

63 Myrna of film

65 Hubbub 66 Tyler of “Jersey

Girl” 67 Presidential

monogram