NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Emancipation Proclamation prez 4 One of the

senses 9 Sound from a would- be test cheater 13 Apple

computers 15 Ancient land in

Asia Minor 16 The Bruins of the

N. C. A. A. 17 Colorful top often worn with a lei 19 ___ and cons 20 “Attack, Bowser!” 21 Part of a grove 23 Night of

anticipation 24 Tel Aviv skyscraper that was the first to be built in the Mideast 28 ___- splitting

( really loud) 29 ___ de Janeiro 30 Holy sanctuary 31 “Absolutely,

amigo!” 33 Yep’s opposite 36 Played a part 37 Long, tranquil period ushered in by the emperor Augustus 40 “That’s a shame” 43 Roasting rod 44 Fire, as from a

job 48 Kit that may include colored pencils and a stencil 50 ___- tac- toe 52 “That’s all ___

wrote” 53 Orbiter from

1986 to 2001 57 Links org. 58 Grow weary 59 Sticky secretion 60 Paying close

attention 62 Ancient dream of humanity that’s hinted at by the starts of 17-, 24-, 37and 53- Across ( in Hawaiian, Hebrew, Latin and Russian, respectively) 65 “Lucky Jim”

author Kingsley 66 California’s Santa

___ Derby 67 Went kaput 68 Where dirty

dishes pile up 69 Impoverished 70 Help with the

dishwashing, say

Down

1 Accumulates 2 “South Pacific”

show tune 3 Fuel- efficient

vehicles 4 “___ the season

…” 5 “___- la- la!” 6 Bring together 7 High, wispy

clouds 8 Critics who can’t

be pleased 9 Kitten : cat ::

___ : dog 10 “Oh darn, I give

up!” 11 Ljubljana

resident 12 Used a stun gun

on 14 Poet/ illustrator

Silverstein 18 God of love 22 Joel Coen’s filmmaking brother 25 Coquette 26 British

wastelands 27 Killer whales 32 Bridge declaration when not bidding 34 Partner of Snap

and Crackle 35 Gives off, as light 38 Skilled 39 Going ___

( fighting) 40 Pete with seven Wimbledon championships 41 Paper- folding

craft 42 Put on one’s seat

belt 45 “Let me reiterate

…” 46 Finer in quality 47 Defeater of

Nixon in 1960 49 Disputed island

in the China Sea 51 Incessantly

complain 54 Witch 55 Shiver- inducing 56 Ticked ( off ) 61 “For shame!” 63 Inc., in England 64 Period on Venus that’s longer than a year on Venus (!)