The New York Times Crossword in Gothic: 12.03.11

The Tomb of Fefi at the Saqqara Pyramids - Fefi depicted with his mistress

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Puzzle by David Quarfoot / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Timberlands, e.g., SNOWBOOTS; 10. Cow, DAUNT; 15. Chocolate source, CACAO TREE; 16. G.P.A. helper, EASY A; 17. Grammy-winning pianist born in the U.S.S.R., EMANUEL AX; 18. Makes it, LASTS; 19. Cooler, PEN; 20. Onetime fad doll, TROLL; 21. Implied, TACIT; 22. Just so, TO A T; 24. Big name in tableware, ONEIDA; 26. East End abode, ‘OME; 27. Split, END IT; 29. Bank, SAVE; 30. O, e.g., ALER; 31. Realized, REAPED; 33. Unafraid, FEARLESS; 35. Ryan of “Boston Public”, JERI; 37. Weapon of old, SNEE; 38. Saqqara attractions, PYRAMIDS; 42. One of a familiar septet, EUROPE; 46. Go-getter, DOER; 47. Contractors usually have them, VANS; 49. Briefly visit, POP IN; 50. “Pore JUD Is Daid” (“Oklahoma!” song); 51. Marsh denizens, HERONS; 53. Ship, SEND; 54. Bright spots, ATRIA; 56. Nice place for studying?, ECOLE; 58. PX shopper, NCO; 59. Unstable particles, MUONS; 60. One who storms off, maybe, SORE LOSER; 62. “The Other Side of Oz” autobiographer, EBSEN; 63. U.C. Irvine athletes, ANTEATERS; 64. Biblical spot?, SEEST; 65. Polite acceptance, YES PLEASE.

Down — 1. Symbol of power, SCEPTER; 2. “Like what, say”, NAME ONE; 3. Song that ends “Protégera nos foyers et nos droits”, O CANADA; 4. Weary-looking, WAN; 5. Spell, BOUT; 6. County NE of El Paso, OTERO; 7. Group that sang the 1962 hit “The Wah Watusi,” with “the”, ORLONS; 8. Tasseographer’s bit, TEA LEAF; 9 Tabloid topics, SEX LIVES; 10. Source of some blues, DELTA; 11. Tiny battery, AAAA; 12. 2000 terrorist target, USS COLE; 13. Popular news site, with “.com”, N Y TIMES; 14. Sommeliers, at times, TASTERS; 23. Place of change?, TIP JAR; 25. Silas of the Continental Congress, DEANE; 28. Overflow, TEEM; 30. Some Oldsmobiles, ALEROS; 32. DRIVE home; 34. Start another tour, RE-UP; 36. “It seems to me …”, I DARE SAY; 38. “The Children of Men” novelist, P D JAMES; 39. Company sold in 2006 for $1.65 billion - 21 months after it was founded, YOUTUBE; 40. Aid when going to court, RED ROSE; 41. Syrupy treat, SNO-CONE; 43. Far-out locale, OPEN SEA; 44. They’re gripping, PINCERS; 45. O.K., ENDORSE; 48. Derisive acts, SNORTS; 51. Wants, HASN’T; 52. Drop off, SLEEP; 55. California’s Mission Santa INES; 57. Commercial name that means, literally, “skyward”, EL AL; 61. Taxonomic suffix, OTE.

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