NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Playwright Fugard 6 Airline to Stockholm 9 Narnia nabob 14 SeaWorld attraction 15 Legendary boy king 16 Belt holder 17 Fast-food kitchen fixture 18 A retirement party might toast the end of one 19 Jon of “Two and a Half Men” 20 Anthem preposition 21 Heartthrob Zac 23 Kind of admiral 24 Dancer and Prancer 26 Drill attachment with teeth 28 Like a fully initiated Mafia member 29 Like good soil 31 Place for a chaise longue 32 Culinarian who cries “Bam!” 34 Bunker fill 36 Eastern path 37 Tip, as a hat 39 Brief admission of responsibility 41 “The Racer’s Edge” 44 Sandwich with toothpicks 46 Look for truffles as a pig might 50 Faux 52 National alternative 54 Relative of “Smash!” 55 Most twisted, as humor 57 Common deli order … or a literal occurrence five times in this puzzle 59 “Shoot!” 60 53-Down product 61 Always, poetically 62 Say something bleep-worthy 63 Bran source 64 ___ of Strength (Festivus rite) 66 Firearm, slangily 67 Actress Long 68 “Is there no ___ this?” 69 Longest continental range in the world 70 Director Lee 71 Either of the twin child stars of “Full House”

DOWN

1 “In my opinion …” 2 Time to which you “spring forward” in daylight saving 3 Tractor-drawn fall activity 4 Kipling’s “Follow Me ___” 5 Brought in 6 Non-mono, say 7 Night lights 8 “South Park” boy 9 Capital of Ghana 10 Sharp 11 Wager 12 Another name for “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” 13 “All Things Considered” network 22 Didn’t land, as a joke 25 Dorkmeister 26 Pattern of symptoms 27 Fight-ending letters 30 ___ tai 33 Quadrennial games org. 35 One worshiped in Rome 38 Suffix with pocket 40 In the dumps 41 Opposite NNE 42 Add haphazardly 43 Give careful attention 45 Kingdom on the Persian Gulf 47 Clothes, slangily 48 Complete outfit for a newborn 49 Poet/essayist who wrote “To be great is to be misunderstood” 51 Threaten 53 Kenmore alternative 56 Tender spots 58 “___ ed Euridice” (Gluck opera) 60 Spanish lady 62 Where one might hear oohs and aahs 65 Blowup: Abbr.