NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Dust Bowl

phenomenon 8 Word with

oyster or rose 11 Chatter 14 “Verrry

interesting!” 15 Facebook co-founder Saverin 17 Total 18 Shades, e.g. 19 Travel option 20 “Grand, ungodly, godlike man” of fiction 22 Latin lover’s

whisper 23 It might avoid a

collar 24 “No ___!” 26 Biblical hunter 27 Last Pope Paolo, numerically 29 Goose : gaggle

:: ___ : knot 30 Hotel room

option 31 Be off 33 Press 35 Hierarchical

level: Abbr. 36 Charmin and

others, for short 39 Started 41 Hi-___ 42 Move like a

29-Across 43 Stipend source 44 “Bewitched”

wife, familiarly 46 Norway’s patron

saint 48 Skedaddles 50 Spin-heavy shot 54 Spin-o-___ (360° hockey maneuver) 55 Commercial

snack cakes 57 Unbelievable,

say 58 A satellite may

be kept in it 60 First name in the 2012 Republican primary 61 Enterprise

counselor 62 Private

performances? 64 Discuss in detail 66 Pull in the

driveway, say 67 Orchestrate 68 Suffers from 69 What cats and

waves do 70 Seafloor

features DOWN 1 Overshadows 2 Traditional Irish

brew 3 Radio format 4 Howl 5 Econ. stat 6 ___ blazes 7 ___ wonder (Tone Loc or Crowded House, e.g.) 8 Apiarist’s facial display 9 Big name in ice cream 10 Offenbach’s “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour,” e.g. 11 Like frying

vis-à-vis baking 12 Unwillingness to

yield 13 New York City

composition 16 Every seven

days 21 See 32-Down 25 See 32-Down 28 “Carmina Burana” composer 32 With 21- and 25-Down, lacking refinement … like this puzzle’s grid? 34 Cracker topper 36 Leaving no

stone unturned 37 One is named for the explorer James Ross 38 Mass junk

mailers 40 Worker’s

advocate 45 “The Bad News

Bears” actor 47 Islam, e.g. 49 “Who cares?” 51 Unisex wrap 52 Shed, with “off” 53 In groups 56 “Octopus’s Garden” singer 59 Utility belt item 63 Actress

Thurman 65 Sign of a hit