NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Transporter with sliding doors

5 Saddle accessories 9 Kicker’s target 14 Consumer’s boon 15 “How ___ Your Mother” 16 First lady with a popular recipe for “million-dollar fudge” 17 School founded by Henry VI

18 Refuge

20 Mitt Romney’s wife 21 Pilot’s surroundings 22 Business add-on? 23 Alternative to a gun 25 Futurist

26 Situation with equal losses and gains 27 “Precisely!” 29 Soccer star Chastain with two Olympic gold medals

31 With 44-Across, V.I.P. area represented four times in this puzzle 35 Microsoft offering 36 Fish ___

39 Gavin of

“The Love Boat” 41 What a Möbius

strip lacks

42 Rehm of public radio 44 See 31-Across 46 Capital on an

Asian peninsula

48 ___ Tomb

52 Without modification 53 Jack who was quick

with a quip 57 Odd group of musicians?

58 Extra charge for an airline passenger 59 Shift+5 on a keyboard 61 “This puzzle is relatively easy,” say 62 Not a good example 64 High-quality cotton 65 Like most of Maine 66 Holder of the Obama cabinet 67 Bargain

68 Popular drink

69 Like some cellars 70 Alison Bechdel memoir made into a hit 2015 Broadway musical DOWN 1 Luxuries for

theatergoers

2 Quick break

3 King in “The Tempest” 4 Kylo ___ of

“The Force Awakens” 5 City with a famous

bell tower

6 Collect

7 Author who did part of

his work on Friday 8 Jobs once in

California

9 F.B.I. agent, informally 10 Conjunction in a rebus puzzle 11 Atmosphere 12 Locale of hostile criticism, metaphorically 13 Archetype

19 Cannabis, e.g. 21 Shelter staffer 24 Alternative to “…” 26 Material for Icarus’ wings 28 F.D.R.-created program with the slogan “We Do Our Part” 30 Pittance

32 Base fig.

33 “The Lord of the Rings”

figure

34 Certain whistle

blower

36 Need for drugs 37 De-suds

38 Japanese style

of chicken

40 Palm ___

43 Rapper who famously feuded with Jay-Z 45 “Music for Airports” composer

47 Tiptop

49 Taking the

place (of)

50 Artist LeRoy

51 Sneakily advance

from third

54 Parabolic, e.g. 55 Automaker whose current models all end in “X” 56 Material used in

mummification 59 “The King of Football” 60 Make out

63 Controlled

64 Common email

attachment