The Riverside Press-Enterprise
The New York Times Crossword
By Neil Shook
ACROSS
1 Fella
4 Digits carried in
long division
8 Lightens up?
13 A, as in Avignon
14 Baby’s first word,
maybe
15 Lacking pigment
16 Frequent object of
doting attention
18 Stunk
19 Gift for a budding
architect, maybe
20 _ _ _ of the Union
21 Shocking fish in
the Amazon
22 Dental concern
24 “Here’s a short summary,” in internet lingo
27 What Santa doesn’t get much of on Christmas Eve
29 UPS competitor
30 Alto or soprano
31 Union of Hollywood performers, for short
33 Begin, as an
adventure
35 Govt. prosecutors
38 Material for an
interior renovation
40 Quash
41 Best-case
scenarios
43 Blouse or tee
45 Fashion designer Kamali “That’s my ___!” (“I’m up!”)
46
48 Of the kidneys
52 Health resorts
53 Attired like Batman or Superman
55 Hand (out)
56 Extinct birds of
Mauritius
58 Words that start a
game of tag
60 Volcanic peak ruled by Sauron in “The Lord of the Rings”
62 Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle’s shaded squares
63 “I’ll wait to hear
from you”
64 ___ Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason
65 Gerund suffix
66 Soft leather
67 _ _ _-do-well
68 General on a
Chinese menu
DOWN
1 Some military
brass?
2 Pull off a spool
3 Long-eared hound
4 3:1 or 5:2, e.g.
5 Unadorned
6 Readied for
publication
7 Disconsolate
8 “Not guilty,” e.g.
9 Partner in crime
10 Have a crush on,
cutesily
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11 Suffix with benz
12 Turf
15 Showily bohemian
17 Middles of Mr.
Potato Head faces
20 Actress Hayek
23 Destroys, as a dog might a stuffed animal
25 Pest control brand
26 Tear up
28 Lakshmi who wrote the memoir “Love, Loss, and What We Ate”
30 Bravery
32 “Despicable Me”
protagonist
34 Classic sandwich
order, in brief
35 Puts on
36 Each
37 Sit on, as a seesaw
39 Some recreation
ctrs.
42 Over-the-hill
lament
44 Three-time Cy Young winner Martinez
47 Long-eared pal of
Pooh
49 “You can’t leave
this way” sign
50 U.F.O. crew
51 “Move it, already!”
53 Arrive
54 Arthur Conan ___
57 Part of a mosque,
typically
59 Transportation company headquartered in San Francisco
60 Hosts, for short
61 Letter after sigma
62 What’s rolled to get from Free Parking to Go to Jail, in Monopoly