Technophilia

By Arthur Rothste in and George Barany

George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Arthur Rothstein is a software pathologist and plumber in San Francisco. Some 45 years ago, they were teammates on the Stuyvesant High School Math Team. For more about this specific puzzle, including links to the answer and a “midrash,” visit http://tinyurl.com/technoNSpuz. More Barany and Friends crosswords are at http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle.

Across
1. One in Bonn
5. Mil. status after 20 and out
8. Tesla wannabe
12. Baseball writer BusterTechnophilia_grid_June_2015_Natural_Selections
13. With 14-Across, HP HQ
14. See 13-Across
15. YouTube sensation
17. Ratio phrase
18. DDE’s wartime command
19. Internet felony
21. Flying Cloud and Speed Wagon, e.g.
23. Consoled
24. “Hurry up!”
26. Accounted for the container weight
27. Govt. contracting agency
30. Played ten frames
32. Letters from the morgue
33. Wine: Prefix
34. “You’d better believe it”
35. Snappy answer
38. Whistle blower?
39. Monogram of Beat novelist and adding
machine heir
42. “Wild Thing” group
43. Soft & ___ (former Gillette product)
44. Henry VIII’s second and fourth, and
28-Down’s first
46. Companion of Baker and Charlie
47. Flockhart of Ally McBeal
49. Pop style of France Gall and Françoise Hardy
51. Cable type
54. 42 gal., to OPEC
55. Love god
56. Pleasure palace for gadgeteers
59. Purely academic
60. Groupon offer
61. Stand-up
62. Paul who composed Johnny’s theme song
63. Cardinal letters
64. Library ID

Down
1. Celebrity at Facebook or Twitter
2. Hotel amenity
3. Humanities benefactor: Abbr.
4. Word div.
5. Spot that’s never seen
6. Foe of Spider-Man
7. Cheered up
8. Nixon’s defense secretary
9. Boris’s “bride” of 1935
10. Aleutian island
11. Vittles
12. Finished
13. Early Palm device
16. Startup investors
20. Yellen’s realm
22. Convinced
25. Early 8-bit game console
27. Search-rank deceiver
28. Larry Page’s co-founder
29. Echidna lunch
30. Angry character in popular game
31. iTunes deliveries
36. Babe Ruth’s league-leading stat in 1916
37. Circus boy Tyler
40. Brief excerpt
41. Bill Gates to Paul Allen, once
44. Alpine flower
45. Bathtub beverage maker
47. Jai alai basket
48. Rickenbacker, e.g.
50. Computer juice: Abbr.
51. Govt. crisis responder
52. Big ___, colloquial term for mainframe
computers
53. 20th century reading device
57. Bio. or chem.
58. How-___ (guides)