NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

NO. 0322

Across

1 F ail big-time 5 T o any degree 10 Cash caches, briefly 14 “Garfield” drooler 15 Art oo-___ 16 P an handler 17 ___ Raton, Fla. 18 Cle ar, in a way 19 Oncepopular roadside chain, familiarly 20 L osing some love handles, say 22 “Y es sir” overseas 24 Manhatt an neighborhood next to SoHo 26 ___ bear 30 Maxim magazine’s intended audience 31 Ar ouse, as curiosity 36 F rench female friend 37 The “common” sort is said to be not so common 39 Yawn-provoking 40 Walmart competitor 42 Fiji competitor 44 Wher e scrubs are worn, for short 45 “Maz el ___!” 47 Floor coat 48 Boso x great Carl, familiarly 49 The y’re never away 52 P et lovers’ org. 55 Precollege exams 56 Car radio button 60 Tinie st bit 62 C ommercial ending with Water 63 Botanist’s specialty 64 O ne way of ordering things, like all the consonants in rows three, six and nine 67 Une xpected hit 68 Jus t as good 69 S ister fastfood chain of Carl’s Jr. 70 Br owning’s “How Do I Love Thee?” and others

Down

1 Common clown name 2 Consume too much of, in brief 3 Sheet rock? 4 Rosary part 5 P uff ___ 6 Golf reservation 7 O rg. shifted to the Dept. of Justice in 2003 8 Eases 9 Sudoku solver’s need 10 Arthritis symptom 11 SpongeBob or Scooby-Doo 12 Selfconfidence, slangily 13 Her shey toffee bar 21 “Give ___ rest!” 23 E asy mark 25 Title rat of a 1972 film 26 Bruc e Lee’s role in TV’s “The Green Hornet” 27 L ongtime Sudanese president ___ al-Bashir 28 Pu ts on TV 29 One of six for an insect 32 Fingers, as a perp 33 Wher e ships get loaded 34 Bone below the elbow 35 Part of QE2: Abbr. 37 Def eat soundly 38 R ed-coated cheeses 41 D. D.E.’s charge in W.W. II 43 Timber feller 46 Suns et prayer service 47 Ne w York’s ___ Glen State Park 49 Dis cussed, with “out” 50 Tr ot or canter 51 Calif ornia’s ___ Sea 52 Cut drastically, as prices 53 Big name in windows 54 Lark 57 Wavy-patterned fabric 58 C oncern for a fall gardener 59 Thick locks 61 3M product 63 Be a toady 65 Sting er 66 Workplace for some veterinarians