Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Accelerate­d path

of advancemen­t 5 Ballot with votes

for multiple parties 10 Cherish

14 ___ manual 15 Pre-nursing homes? 16 Female friend, in

French

17 Nothin’

18 Potter’s area of

expertise

19 Kind of bean in

succotash 20 Special talents 22 Inquire about the

health of

24 Product once advertised with the slogan “Everything you love about coffee without everything you don’t” 25 What an office computer whiz might provide, for short 26 Last Julio-Claudian emperor 28 Promotion for a new

credit account, maybe 32 Stimulatin­g drug,

informally

35 Bit of traditiona­l

Polynesian attire 37 Mixed drink mixer 38 Question often preceded by “But ...” 40 Stayed in shape 43 Big bundle 44 Novelist Wharton 46 Eroded, with “away” 47 Ultra-rapid transit

options

50 Orcinus ___

(marine species) 51 Bit of cowhand’s gear 53 Game that everyone but one person barely loses? 58 Many North Africans 61 “Interestin­g idea,

but ... huh-uh” 62 Kick back

63 “OK, that’s it for me!” 65 Crash, with “out” 66 Prefix with thesis 67 Silently acknowledg­e 68 Toon with yellow fur 69 U.K. network moniker, with “the” 70 Smirnoff competitor, familiarly 71 One with an eye

on the future?

DOWN

1 Low states 2 Downward dog in yoga, e.g.

3 Hatchback

alternativ­e

4 -

5 Totals

6 Org. that may be involved in field trip planning 7 Musical passages with smooth, connected notes 8 Kind of terrier

9 -

10 1:30 or 2:30, e.g. 11 Drop

12 Shade of green 13 -

21 Mother in the Hundred Acre Wood

23 Sierra Nevada,

e.g.

25 Really ticked off 27 What you might do on the side of caution 29 Two-seater, perhaps 30 Toolbar heading 31 -

32 ___ Xtra (soft

drink)

33 Biblical twin

34 -

36 -

39 Bend the truth, say 41 When doubled,

“You get the idea” 42 Adolescenc­e, for

one

45 “Copy me”

48 You might play

something by this 49 -

52 Expensive bar 54 Section of

Chipotle’s menu 55 ___ Island 56 Bellybutto­n type,

informally

57 -

58 Big slice 59 Top-notch

60 “I am free of all prejudices. I ___ everyone equally”: W.C. Fields 61 Subject of a hairy

hoax

64 Kilmer of Batman

fame

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