NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Thrown skyward 7 Parent of a zorse or a zonkey 12 “Fresh Air” network 15 Knuckle to the head 16 Lop-___ 17 “Hostel” director Roth 18 *It’s divided into four zones in the contiguous U.S. states 20 React to a stench, maybe 21 One end of a fairway 22 Carne ___ (burrito filler) 23 Eight-year member of Clinton’s cabinet 24 Common school fund-raiser 27 *Coup d’état, e.g. 29 Blood-typing system 30 What a line drive lacks 32 “… ___ ye be judged” 33 *Incidental chatter 37 Stain on one’s reputation 41 Home of the Buccaneers 42 Knuckleballer Wilhelm 44 Have ___ (avoid blame) 45 “You’ve convinced me!” 47 *Handouts to theatergoers 49 Regatta gear 51 Flight info, briefly 52 End to “end” 53 *Make retroactive 57 Russell of “Black Widow” 60 Site with Daily Deals 61 Fare for Oliver Twist 63 Hoodwink 64 Great Society inits. 65 Statistical achievement in basketball … or what the answer to each starred clue is 69 Fraternity letter 70 As late as 71 Breath mint in a tin 72 Hyphenated ID 73 Half of the letters in this answer’s row 74 “Of course, that’s obvious”

DOWN

1 Young ___ (tots) 2 Container for 6Down 3 Where forgotten umbrellas may accumulate 4 Vice president before Ford 5 Half a 45 6 Chai ___ 7 Sleep indicator in a British comic strip 8 Really get to 9 Like some showers 10 Many movies with built-in audiences 11 Ending with Gator 12 More than half of Israel 13 It lacks depth 14 Extreme hardship 19 Full of school spirit 23 Corkscrew-shaped pasta 24 Prickly pears, e.g. 25 James ___ Garfield 26 Remained idle 28 Founded: Abbr. 31 Sound of a wooden shoe 34 Like a haunted house 35 Restaurant dish that patrons may make themselves 36 “American Sniper” subject Chris ___ 38 Person who can do no wrong 39 Stubborn sorts 40 Totally disoriented 43 Act the snitch 46 Chinese New Year decorations 48 “Fargo” assent 50 Walks like a peacock 53 Big swigs 54 Arafat’s successor 55 New Orleans cuisine 56 Ragtime pianist Blake 58 France’s ___ des Beaux-Arts 59 Defeats handily 62 Some add-ons 65 Expected in 66 Word repeated in “___ in, ___ out” 67 Polygraph detection 68 Some desk workers, for short