NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

NO. 0504

ACROSS 1 Harsh cries 6 Biblical verb 10 Doorway components 15 Meddlesome sort 16 Playhouse locale, perhaps 17 “___ Mio” 18 Shouted casual greeting 19 Bellyache 20 Actor who won comedy and drama Emmys for the same role 21 “Miss Manners,” for one 22 Pillar 24 Beersheba’s region 25 Ticked off 27 Make shipshape, as a ship 29 “Ain’t gonna happen!” 30 She, in Salerno 31 Jell-O pudding flavor 33 “Curiously strong” mint 36 ___ a soul 38 Like albinism 40 ___-Caps (Nestlé brand) 41 White-haired 44 Winter driving hazard … or a literal hint to four squares in this puzzle 46 Béarnaise ingredient 47 Cone producer 48 Russian river to the Arctic Ocean 49 Close, in a guessing game 51 Spreads outward 53 Wardrobe malfunction 55 Incur cellphone charges, maybe

59 Hit 2002 animated film 60 Headliner 62 Arctic plain

64 Very low-risk investment, familiarly 66 11/11 68 “Que Sera Sera” singer, 1956

69 Film composer Morricone 70 Accountant’s stamp 71 Ancient Greek market 73 One collecting money on the sidewalk? 74 Something to clear up? 75 Spicy cuisine style 76 Novel writing 77 A snifter has a short one 78 Lots of disputin’ from Rasputin?

DOWN

1 What a dowsing rod or a slingshot has 2 Jumper cable connection points 3 They might come in packs 4 Patrol wagon 5 It’s out of this world 6 WWW programming code 7 Waken 8 Group effort 9 Salon shade 10 “Mad Men” femme fatale 11 “Aye,” e.g. 12 Cobra fighter 13 Extorting from 14 Helping hound 23 Like natural gas and carbon monoxide 26 Pianist Cliburn 28 They’re pushed on planes 32 Seacrest of “American Top 40” 34 It might precede a pickup line 35 Frankfurter 37 Up to the task 39 Audio equipment brand 41 Crunch time helper, maybe 42 Comics character who was perpetually 19 43 Involve unwillingly 45 Waterfall 50 Generous, affable sort 52 Counts (on) 54 Weasel word? 56 Quirky sort 57 Dormant volcano near the Turkish/ Iranian border 58 Ancient pyramid builders 61 Snacks served with cerveza 63 Many a Mormon 64 Time’s partner, informally 65 It’s passed on 67 Footnote word 72 Wise ___