The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Frankenstein’s monster had one on his forehead 5 Crop circle, some believe 9 Mahmoud of

the P.L.O. 14 Lasso 15 ___ child 16 Word sung twice before “hallelujah” 17 One who’s

junior to a jr. 18 Acts the heckler at the Westminster dog show? 20 Commemorative item 22 Busy one 23 “Scat!” 24 Cheeses manufactured in the Mediterranean? 26 D flat

equivalent 28 Cousin of .org

or .com 29 ___ standstill 30 Baseball Hall-of-famer who batted left and threw right 31 Stack in a

mag. office 32 Pondered 34 Furbys and

yo-yos, once 37 Entourages for Odysseus’ faithful wife? 41 Lorna ___

(cookies) 42 Jot (down) 44 “___ Chef” 47 Amusement 48 Long time 50 Blast 51 Quick

smells 53 Ricky Martin and Neil Patrick Harris? 55 “___ dead

people” 56 Cousin of

an ostrich 58 Department

in SE France 59 Expressions of regret from apartment building managers? 62 Icelandic

epic 64 Skipping

syllables 65 Romance/ thriller novelist Hoag 66 Mcdonald’s

founder Ray 67 Intelligence 68 1982 sci-fi film with a 2010 sequel 69 Harmonize,

informally

Down 1 Class of ’12 in 2012, e.g.: Abbr. 2 Confined 3 Flashing sign

in a TV studio 4 What a user goes into for help 5 “Que sera sera” 6 Odysseus’

savior 7 Lumps 8 It lists G.M.

and I.B.M. 9 Long ___ 10 Bit of makeup 11 John of

Led Zeppelin 12 Enthusiasms 13 Online network

admins 19 Not just busy 21 Giving up of one thing for another 24 Half a school yr. 25 Irish equivalent of Edward 27 Source of the all-time best-selling movie-related toy line 30 Quick round

of tennis 33 Cut off 35 Copy 36 Special

delivery?: Abbr. 38 No-goodniks 39 Spelling, e.g.? 40 Continued,

as with a job 43 Some records,

for short 44 Features of

many spy films 45 “I bet!” 46 Tin tossed as

the first Frisbee 49 Sun-maid

tidbit 52 Intuits 53 Dearie 54 Less-thansocial sorts 57 Politico Romney 60 Singer Corinne

Bailey ___ 61 Med. group 63 Va. Tech is in it