NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 *Not pointed … and the start of an eight-step word ladder

6 Pinheads

11 It may be coddled 14 Perez who was nominated for an Oscar for “Fearless” 15 *Say impetuously 16 Follower of “me” as a statement and “you” as a question

17 He said “What Washington needs is adult supervision” 18 Ballet support 19 With 45-Down, some drawing rooms 20 *“Paul ___: Mall Cop” (2009 comedy) 22 No longer in bed? 24 Ranted (at)

27 The “L” in this store’s logo hints at the store’s name 28 Temper, as metal 29 *Announce with

great fanfare 30 Grandpa Walton,

for short

31 “Guy’s Big Bite”

Food Network host 33 N.F.L. QB Carr 37 Articulated

39 *Feature of a

24 and 36-Down 41 Tailor-made

42 What comes in waves? 44 Cake finishers

46 Kauai keepsake 47 *Rock band with six #1

British hits in the 1970s 49 The “se” in per se 51 Popular Jazz Age

instrument

54 Sea creature with

eight arms

55 Cabbage or kale 56 *Throwing ___ (dissing

someone publicly) 58 Bit of cream

59 Ice pad?

61 Going to experience 65 She, in Portuguese 66 *Not be a pig

67 Earth tone

68 Operated

69 Eye woes

70 *Pointed … and the end

of the word ladder

DOWN

1 “My man” 2 Upshot?

3 Winner of 46 gold medals at the Rio Olympics 4 Spry 5 Fortunetelling aid 6 Rep. or Dem., e.g. 7 Blind side?

8 Big ___

9 Book slips 10 Flight attendant 11 Cyber Monday business

12 Stuff oneself 13 Ancient barbarians 21 Forgo the teleprompter, say 23 Pentathlon needs 24 Item with a 39-Across 25 End of ___

26 Not getting along (with) 27 Part of a water park 29 Aid after a neck

or ankle injury

32 Skip over

34 Filled again, in a way 35 Mayella ___,“To Kill a

Mockingbird” character 36 Item with a 39-Across 38 Smooth cotton thread 40 Jong who wrote

“Fear of Flying”

43 The Rebels of the S.E.C. 45 See 19-Across

48 Land

50 Landfill emanation 51 Milk source 52 Marsupial without a tail 53 Kind of renewal

56 Teed off

57 Dirt movers

60 Set (down)

62 Govt. loan backer

63 Top defenseman of all time, per

The Hockey News 64 Workout unit