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The New York Times Magazine Crossword 37 38 40 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 3 4 20 5 21 25 By Kevin G. Der/ Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz 29 30 35 36 When this puzzle is completed, the circled letters will form a path (start- ing in the shaded circle) spelling out the puzzle’s theme. Each long Down answer contains a hidden city, reading in order from top to bottom, not nec- essarily consecutively. The location of the city, and its number of letters, are indicated. 34 35 36 2 A tale of many cities Answers on Page 21 1 5 9 12 20 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 32 1 ACROSS Exactly Obama vis-à-vis Columbia Deg. from Columbia Much-anticipated nights out Company with a fleet Prefix with watt Window shopper’s cry Like the roots of democracy Mario’s brother, in gaming Breeding ground Eventually became Relative of a kite Proofer’s mark “O, never say that I was false of heart …,” e.g. “Not only that …” Used a pouffe Language whose own name is repre- sented as Once, old-style Competitor of Petro-Canada Laura who wrote and sang “Wedding Bell Blues” Join “That’s a ____” Stuck in a mess? “Ain’t gonna happen” Heart Imminent Local theater, slangily Ones in an annual hunt Ulan-____ (capital of a Russian republic) Vehicle with a folding top Suffix with stink Fulda tributary Jack’s partner Cousins 66 Goes for the gold? 67 Not quite right 69 Alternative to metal 70 Goddess in “The Tempest” 71 Win at auction, say 72 Warrior in the “Discworld” fantasy books 73 Small force 74 Form a coalition 76 Jokesters 77 Personnel list 78 ____ chi ch’uan 79 Travelers at the speed of light 80 Former Jets coach Ewbank 81 Tavern menu heading 82 One with a stiff upper lip? 83 Speed-skating champion Kramer 85 Captain’s spot 87 Kind of adapter 89 Act the rat 91 It’s folded before a meal 93 Dodge Aries, e.g. 95 “Walk ____” (1964 hit) 97 Red Rock dweller 99 Magazine mogul, familiarly 102 “Pretty Maids All in ____” 103 The sun’s “10th planet,” once 104 Half of a Senate vote 105 “This looks bad” 106 Singer ____ Rose 107 Barber’s supply 108 Routine response? 109 Kyrgyz province 110 Trite 112 Needle holder 113 ____ Paradise of “On the Road” 114 Was bankrupt, say 115 Blue shade 117 Stupefy 118 Like some missed pitches 119 Stupefy 120 Baritone in “The Mikado” 121 Dyspepsia reliever 122 All at the start? 123 Home of the Big 12’s Cyclones 124 One who’s behind 126 Solomonic 128 ____ colada 130 Plantation machines 132 Holes in Swiss cheese 133 Grasps 135 “The Night Circus” author Morgenstern 137 Chicago mayor Emanuel 139 Yamaha Grizzly, e.g., for short 142 Trunk part 144 Pond or sand trap 146 One of the Jackson 5 147 “____-haw!” 148 Long-running event? 152 “Et voilà!” 154 One following an order 156 Countermanded 157 Verdi’s “____ tu” 158 Power-play result, often 159 Pope’s vestment 160 They’re blown at some weddings 161 Yahoo! alternative 162 Do a body scan? 163 Meanie DOWN 1 With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle’s theme 2 Shipmate of Spock 3 Brooklyn Heights school [U.S.; 3,9] 4 Yank 5 En route, as a tanker 6 Relaxing [U.K.; 6] 7 Host of the first World Cup, 1930: Abbr. 8 Michael of “Reservoir Dogs” 9 Spooky sounds 10 1988 Bon Jovi hit [India; 6] 11 Words said with a sigh 12 Witchy woman 13 Others, in Oaxaca 14 1996 Geena Davis thriller [China; 4,4] 15 Mountain ____ (soft drinks) 16 What chemists find attractive? 17 Cookie holder 18 “Dig in!” 19 ____-Cat 21 Leans 27 As an example 31 PBS craft show for 21 seasons [U.S.; 3,4] 33 Sci-fi narcotic 39 Military trial for a misdemeanor [India; 7 8 61 62 66 67 38 47 48 56 74 78 79 80 84 85 92 93 102 103 109 113 114 115 119 120 121 132 148 149 150 41 42 43 51 60 64 65 70 71 89 97 90 98 99 105 110 116 152 111 112 117 118 122 123 130 131 137 138 139 140 141 146 147 153 158 160 161 162 100 101 106 128 129 157 8] “Get it?” [Japan; 8] Send off Popular party feature Often-illegal turns, informally “Hmm, gotcha” Wolfe of mystery Sugar suffixes Benjamin Mitchell heroine Firehouse catching fire, e.g. “Someone Like You” singer, 2011 Overdo it at dinner Two-masted craft Dr. of hip-hop Ones pressed into service in the kitchen? [Egypt; 4] 76 Spitball, e.g. 40 59 88 156 41 42 43 45 47 49 51 52 53 55 57 59 68 73 75 19 82 144 145 151 18 81 135 136 142 143 17 77 96 126 127 133 134 16 76 104 108 125 75 87 107 124 58 69 95 39 50 57 86 94 15 34 49 63 68 14 28 37 55 13 24 33 73 91 12 32 72 83 11 27 46 54 10 23 31 45 53 9 22 26 44 52 6 154 155 159 163 77 84 86 88 90 91 92 94 96 Mens ____ (legal term) Asseverate Ambulance destinations, for short Anatomical sac Book before Esth. Event often in a front yard Passage between buildings Stream ____ Tate, onetime English poet laureate 98 Secretariat’s org. 100 Send off 101 Pilots 108 One-liner, e.g. 109 Stable bagful 111 Gets broadcast 112 McGregor of “Big Fish” 116 Dream 125 A neighbor 127 “Kind of” ending 129 Rainbow color 131 “Ta-ta” 134 Lyric poem 136 Eager, informally 138 Overflow seating area 140 “Coffee, ____ Me?” 141 See 1-Down 143 Longfellow bell town 145 “Um, pardon …” 148 Rabble 149 A.I. woman in 2015’s “Ex Machina” 150 Std. 151 Old game console inits. 153 Dress (up) 155 1990s Indian P.M. Kids can apply for grange summer camp Let’s Go Birding in Oregon State Parks! LONG BEACH, Wash. — The Long Beach Grange will provide four students, 8 through 15 years old, with a summer camp experience. The camperships will be held at Camp Morehead on the Long Beach Peninsula from July 12 to July 18. The camp will feature a week of fun activities including music, hiking, swimming, spe- WARRENTON — Do you have an appreciation for birds and want some experience on how best to see them? Or are you an ex- perienced birder wanting to help with bird surveys? Here’s your chance to join Let’s Go Birding! Birding activities are free and birders 8 years old and older are welcome (children 8 to 14 must be cial programs, games, crafts and junior Grange instruction. It is not necessary for chil- dren or their parents to be Grange members to register for camp. The prospective camper needs to write a letter of interest to Long Beach Grange. Other requirements, for the four select- ed students, will be a completed registration form and a signed medical permission slip from the parents. Letters need to be sent in by June 10, to Long Beach Grange Camperships, P.O. Box 582, Long Beach, WA, 98631. Appli- cants will be contacted by June 15. Call Gale Ahrens at 360-642- 4691 for questions. accompanied by a parent/guard- ian). Loaner binoculars are avail- able for up to 10 birders. Bring your own binoculars if available Starting in June, Sunset Beach State Recreation Site and the Fort to Sea Trail will be the site of weekly bird surveys and month- ly surveys will continue at Fort Stevens State Park. The surveys will monitor the bird species that are utilizing the park from season to season, and will be conducted weekly for an entire year. The survey will take around two hours and will cover several diverse habitats along the trail. For ques- tions contact Park Ranger Dane Osis 503-861-3170 ext. 41 or at dane.osis@oregon.gov May 28, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 17