NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

No. 0911

ACROSS 1 Piquant garnishes 6 Female friend, to Felipe 11 Guffaw syllable 14 Top dog 15 Unseen title character in a classic play 16 Previously 17 Bird in the hand? 19 Headstone letters 20 R&B singer with the 2006 hit “So Sick” 21 ___ vez (once: Sp.) 22 Art often of marginal quality? 24 Snake in the grass?

27 Rarer than rare 30 Bourbon and Beale: Abbr. 31 Time off, informally 32 English architect Jones 34 Grab a stool, say 35 Head Stone? 38 Come up in the world? 42 Proofreader’s “leave it in” 43 Omicrons’ predecessors 44 Signed 45 “___ ever occurred to you …?” 47 Inseparable 49 1960s campus org. 50 Throw in the towel? 54 Die-hard fan’s cry 55 Question of introspection 56 Provides pieces for 60 Fumble or stumble 61 Ace in the hole?

64 One of three figures carved on Georgia’s Stone Mountain 65 Gone from the plate 66 Lewis who sang the theme for “Avatar” 67 Acid 68 Mortimer ___, dummy voiced by Edgar Bergen 69 Shutterbug’s setting

DOWN 1 Former CNN anchor Paula 2 “Night” memoirist Wiesel 3 Nimble, especially for one’s age 4 2000s Fox drama set in Newport Beach 5 Elegiac 6 Transportation safety workers, e.g. 7 Fable’s end 8 Cards at a club, say 9 Olive oil and fish oil are high in them 10 When a nautical day begins 11 Screwdrivers, e.g.

12 Like gymnasts 13 One handy with a lariat 18 When repeated, a club game? 23 One who’s “out” 25 Starting on 26 Home of the Blarney Stone 27 What some eyeglasses lack 28 Basic subj. for a surgeon 29 Like some terriers 33 Upscale Swiss ski resort 34 Palindromic nickname 36 Included in an email chain 37 Converse competitor 39 Big name in stain removal 40 Baptism, e.g. 41 Stadium ticket specification 46 Checks (out) 47 Onetime pop star Donny 48 Neo-___ (film genre) 50 Stink 51 Some funeral arrangements 52 Not so risky 53 Rowdy ___, lead role on TV’s “Rawhide” 57 Real scream 58 Part of MSG 59 Cinch 62 Hwy. 63 Visitor from the planet Melmac