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Beata Beatrix by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872 ----------------- Saturday, August 22 , 2009 Puzzle by Karen M. Tracey, edited by Will Shortz Across -- 1. Spook’s break-in, BAG JOB ; 7. Gallery, CORRIDOR ; 15. Deafening, ABLARE ; 16. Co-composer of the “Prophecy Theme” in “Dune”, BRIAN ENO ; 17. Like some wages and wastelands, FROZEN ; 18. Fractions of a gourde, CENTIMES ; 19. Muffed on the green, FOOZLED , e.g., to manage clumsily; bungle; 21. Kyle’s baby brother on “South Park”, IKE ; 22. They occur when things are all tied up, briefly, OTS ; 23. Quick flights, LAMS ; 24. Herd : horse :: knot : TOAD ; 26. Asian royal, RANEE ; 28. Very unpopular model, EDSEL ; 30. Very unpopular worker, SCAB ; 32. It might get rolled off, LINT; 33. Assemblée législative, SENAT ; 35. Blue Light brewer, LABATT ; 37. Olympic gold medalist who was a “Dancing With the Stars” champion, KRISTI YAMAGUCHI ; 41. One barely living?, NUDIST ; 42. Reference abbr., ET SEQ ; 43. Home of the Viking Ship Museum, OSLO ; 44. Enthused, AGOG ; 46. Kid that has a nap, SUED ; 50. “ WHEN’S the last time…?”; 52. Fresh, ANEW ; 54. Physical, e.g., EXAM ; 55. Razor handle?, BIC ; 56. Creed component, ISM ; 58. Italian city with an annual music festival SANREMO ; 60. Betters, ENHANCES ; 63. Plumlike fruit, LOQUAT ; 64. Cut short in performing, STACCATO ; 65. Place for many a piano, LOUNGE ; 66. Was close to failure, TOTTERED ; 67. The Sierra Nevada Minarets, e.g., ARETES . Down -- 1. Cause to be stuck, BAFFLE ; 2. In wide circulation, ABROAD ; 3. Depressions, GLOOMS ; 4. Swingers’ get-together?, JAZZ SESSION ; 5. Russian oblast or its capital, OREL ; 6. “By the Waters of Babylon” author, 1937, BENET ; 7. Where Alex Trebek worked as a newscaster, CBC ; 8. Brand of 17-Across food, OREIDA ; 9. Setting for 37-Across, RINK ; 10. Critic, RATER ; 11. Ristorante suffix, INI ; 12. One who may get dispossessed?, DEMONIAC ; 13. Agent’s cut, maybe, ONE TENTH ; 14. “Beata Beatrix” painter, ROSSETTI ; 20. “I’m all ears!”, DO SAY ; 25. Mythological hunter, ACTAEON ; 27. Home of the annual Gathering of Nations powwow, the world’s largest celebration of Native American culture, ALBUQUERQUE ; 29. Response of assent, LET’S ; 31. Panama’s San BLAS Islands; 34. New York congresswoman NITA Lowey; 36. A long stretch, AGES ; 37. Have the most reliable info, KNOW BEST ; 38. Undertake precipitately RUSH INTO ; 39. Yak, IDLE CHAT ; 40. You can get them on the house: Abbr., MTGES ; 45. It passes through a pollen tube, GAMETE ; 47. Dramatic order to leave, EXEUNT ; 48. Hit to the wallet, DAMAGE ; 49. Doesn’t play conservatively, EMOTES ; 51. From, SINCE ; 53. When repeated, Columbia feeder, WALLA ; 57. Cutting-edge development?, SCAR ; 59. American-born queen, NOOR ; 61. Performance piece?, ACT ; 62. Green stuff, SOD . ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated . Click on image to enlarge. Puzzle available on the internet at THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Crossword Puzzles and Games If you subscribe to home delivery of The New York Times you are eligible to access the daily crossword via The New York Times - Times Reader, without additional charge, as part of your home delivery.
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