By George Barany and Marcia Brott
George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977). Marcia Brott is a human genome researcher by day, wordsmith by night. Both are currently at the University of Minnesota. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to the answer, visit http://tinyurl.com/april1865puz. More Barany and Friends crosswords are at http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle.
Across
1 First name in virology
6 Clear the field
10 Lines that break the fourth wall, perhaps
15 Like some wit
16 Prefix used with some hormones
17 Element in the spotlight?
18 Upside-down “e,” in pronunciation
19 Amor ___ (stoic philosophy espoused by Nietzsche)
20 Swearing words
21 “New York Times” headline of April 15, 1865, Part 1
24 Like some wit
26 When most kids are in first grade
27 Andrews or Edwards: Abbr.
30 “New York Times” headline of April 15, 1865, Part 2
34 El Al hub city
35 Pekoe or Darjeeling
36 Letter from Greece
37 Bollywood actress and one-time Miss World Aishwarya
38 Continental currency
40 Tolled
43 Maker of Zocor and Fosamax
45 1957 Balanchine-Stravinsky ballet
46 Lake where Perry met the enemy in 1813
47 Zaire’s Mobutu Sese ___
48 “New York Times” headline of April 15, 1865, Part 3
53 First name shared by Signores Bugatti and Maserati
54 Goes down or lets up
55 Religious observance coinciding with the news item described in the headline
60 Ready to eat
63 Aristocratic address
64 Backscratcher target
68 Thames school since 1440
69 Crazed Muppet drummer
70 Pop, by another name
71 Like a real vixen
72 Nary a soul
73 Sector with startups
Down
1 Law firm hirees, for short
2 Middle Earth menace
3 Kabuki ancestor
4 Irving Berlin classic from 1925
5 It might come with a club
6 Wildlife preserve, for example
7 West Coast wellness retreat
8 Bear witness
9 Exclusive rights
10 Nerve cell projection
11 Alaska Airlines hub city
12 1099-___ (tax form sent by a bank)
13 Homer Simpson’s contribution to the O.E.D.
14 “Uncanny” trio
22 One way to end a scene
23 Where to get off
24 “What hath God ___?” (early demonstration by Samuel Morse)
25 Medicinal herb named for its colorful base
28 1994 Oscar-winning role for Tom
29 Nickname of Eric Clapton’s iconic Stratocaster
30 “What do you say?” response
31 Often-mispunctuated pronoun
32 Object of a boomer’s protest
33 Coolpix cameras, for example
39 Origin and development of an organism
41 Keats praised one
42 Long in Hollywood
44 Lamb or Bacon
49 “Don’t tase me, ___!”
50 “Star Trek” extra
51 Piece of Silver wear?
52 Court org.
56 Rat Pack nickname
57 Act the butterfly
58 Cowboy quarterback Tony
59 Farsi-speaking nation
60 Whistle blower?
61 Midori on ice
62 “A ___ on both your houses!”
65 Stocking stuffer
66 Org. concerned with Ebola
67 “As if!”
