New YOrk TimeS crOSSwOrD

ACROSS

1 “___ yourself!”

6 Crayfish feature 10 Figure of the underground economy? 15 Fresh air’s opposite? 16 Well positioned (for) 17 Barrel part 18 “Waiting for Lefty” playwright

19 Many a toy train track 20 Variable estimated by

pollsters

21 Kid’s transport, literally 24 Drove off

25 Night class subj.

26 Cells for new generations

27 Sch. with campuses in Brooklyn and Brookville 28 ___ steak (British term for a sirloin cut) 31 Unrenewed, as a subscription

34 Les États-___

36 Present location, when

visiting the boondocks 39 Graph section, literally 45 Secret application,

perhaps

46 “False face must hide what the false heart doth ___”: Macbeth 47 Nonmeat choices at a deli counter

50 With 55-Across, preservative for fine wood furniture

53 Laila of the ring

54 Many meses in México 55 See 50-Across 58 Mass figure 60 Military headquarters, literally

65 Hacking target 66 State firmly

67 Biblical book duo 69 Salon procedure 70 Designer Wang 71 Descriptor of many statesmen 72 Brawl

73 Stream disturbance 74 Edges up to

DOWN

1 “Dude!”

2 Cold War threat 3 Dealer’s query

4 Big brand of kitchen

knives

5 Eve who wrote “The

Vagina Monologues” 6 Swamp critter

7 Early historian of

ancient Rome

8 Quickly

9 “The Shape of Things to Come” author 10 Brief period in nuclear physics: Abbr. 11 Modest response to a compliment 12 D.E.A. agents, informally 13 Change through time 14 Like favorite literary passages

22 Part of the URL for 27-Across 23 Popular afternoon talk show 24 “You lowdown, no-good bum,” e.g.

29 One-track

30 Sets (down)

32 “The supreme ___ of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”: Sun Tzu 33 Corner office, maybe 35 R.B.I., for one 37 Accelerated pace

38 In the pink

40 Actor Stephen

41 Basis of some

insurance fraud 42 Amazon menace 43 What “ex-” means 44 Duplicate 47 Obsolescent communications devices

48 Severe malaise

49 Like “n” and “r,” in phonetics 51 Kerfuffle 52 Popular puzzle invented in Japan

56 Words on some blood

drive stickers 57 Enjoyed immensely 59 Like “Dancing With the

Stars” dancers

61 Basic concept 62 Nondairy substitute 63 Jerry Lewis’s “Nutty Professor” was an early example of one

64 Overcast

68 Most AARP members:

Abbr.