NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Means of

supervision? 9 Co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize 15 Kisses and hugs 16 “I can ___” 17 What can strike

up a tune? 19 Tiny bit of

concern

20 Saint associated with the Russian alphabet

21 ___ jure (by the

law itself: Lat.) 24 Discover

fortuitously 26 Rail

construction 29 “Buzz off!” 30 Florida city in the middle of “horse country” 31 Soft shade 32 Pioneer in instant messaging 33 Fire (up) 34 Watch from the

shadows, say 35 Industrial

support

37 Easy mark

39 As it happens 40 Critical

41 Silent ___ 42 Small grouse 43 Refreshers 44 Unlike

filibusters 47 Shelter from a

storm, perhaps 48 Negotiation site that led to the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize 49 Appropriate 50 Draft

teammates? 51 Mythological

lyrist

53 Fictional narrator whose first name is a fruit

55 Epitome 61 Wireless network necessity 62 Toon with a brother named Castor

63 Oxford pad, e.g. 64 Locale in SW

France

Down

1 Beyond steamy 2 Boy’s name that

means “king” 3 Rose by another

name? 4 “Anybody

there?!”

5 Fair 6 Accompaniment for a bottle of rum

7 Beautiful and

rare

8 Chaz, to Cher 9 ___ Game, annual event on the second Saturday of December 10 Raise 11 Everything

considered 12 Occasion for Druids to gather at Stonehenge 13 Absorbed 14 Winter festival 18 Grandes ___, part of France’s higher education system 21 Reiterated

refusal 22 Admissions to a

counselor 23 Network of nerves in the abdomen 25 Rarer than rare 27 Keep on

keeping on 28 Stop for a bit 36 Employ for lack of better options 37 Place to pick up

litter? 38 Comeback that sounds like a “Star Wars” character 45 Without

incident 46 Alchemist’s

offering 47 Flimflammers 52 His brother was

no keeper 54 One end of the

narthex

55 Prefix with

-assic 56 Countless

lifetimes 57 Keystone figure 58 Who wrote “All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream”

59 Pipe cleaner 60 High rails