Ottawa Citizen

N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

- BRUCE VENZKE AND VICTOR FLEMING / WILL SHORTZ

Across

1 Heart tests, for short 5 Los ___, N.M. 11 “Go team!” 14 Sci-fi princess who appears as a hologram 15 Nincompoop­s 16 Poem of praise 17 *TV installati­on not requiring an antenna 19 Singer Zadora 20 How warehouse stores buy 21 Dad, mom, bro and sis 22 ___ Xing (road sign) 23 Does a little housekeepi­ng 24 *Crime involving a Nigerian prince, maybe 26 List-ending abbr. 28 Comment like “Come on, you know you want to” 29 Nafta, for one 33 Intends (to) 35 Cry from a petulant child 38 Urges on 40 Rollerblad­er’s protection 42 Make fun of 43 Diggs of “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” 45 Yanks’ Civil War foe 46 “That ___ funny” 48 Product detail, briefly 50 *Electric Slide or Cotton-Eyed Joe 53 Completely puzzled 58 Vests don’t cover them 59 Three times, in a prescripti­on 60 The “E” on a baseball scoreboard 61 Popeye’s Swee’___ 62 *Tall, skinny sorts 64 Commercial prefix with vision 65 Hag 66 French girlfriend 67 Friend 68 Attacks from all sides 69 Binds … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the six starred clues

Down

1 Legendary Spanish hero 2 Reeves of “The Matrix” 3 Barry, Robin and Maurice of the Bee Gees 4 “Here’s to you!,” in Toulouse 5 Running ___ 6 “Skip to My ___” 7 Movie that’s not likely to be shown in a multiplex 8 Bicuspid neighbor 9 Smallish computer storage unit, for short 10 Concorde, e.g., for short 11 *Signature Muhammad Ali ploy 12 French goodbye 13 Listened to 18 “Nothing ___ will do” 22 Bureau compartmen­t 24 What a belt encircles 25 Pâté de ___ gras 27 Parlor ink, for short 29 Responsibi­lity of many a house sitter 30 Firefighte­r’s tool 31 *Protective medieval gear 32 Chucks out 34 Modern alternativ­e to the telephone 36 Snatch 37 Scores in the end zone, for short 39 Pull apart 41 Born: Fr. 44 Attribute 47 Rat (on) 49 Nutrition unit in pasta, informally 50 Enjoy immensely 51 “The Faerie Queene” woman whose name means “peace” 52 Poindexter­s 54 Halloween option 55 “Same goes for me” 56 Bert’s bud on “Sesame Street” 57 Nincompoop­s 60 “Sunny-side up” order 62 Weep aloud 63 Singer ___ King Cole

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