NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 ___ Express (Boston-to-Washington connection)

6 Site of Zeno’s

teaching

10 Prefix with -logical 14 Close-fitting head

covering

15 Congers, e.g.

16 Salmon at a deli 17 Some evidence

collected for trials 19 Birdbrain

20 Texting alternative 21 Boatloads

23 Police, informally

26 Part of a doctor’s visit 27 Blizzard results

28 Lyrist of myth 30 Lead-in to dog

or horse

32 Made a fast stop? 33 Towel

35 Tel ___

37 The works

40 ___ Mae (bond) 41 Scruff

42 Madre’s hermana 43 Wall-E’s love in “Wall-E” 44 Submarine commander

of fiction

46 It’s often played

before playing

48 Rule, informally 49 Solidify

50 Tranquil

51 “Hurray!” 53 Question before a name is repeated 55 Circuitry connectors 56 Standard equipment

on most cars 59 Website with

step-by-step tutorials 61 Solidify

62 A little behind 63 Bad-mouth

65 Pasta used in soups

and salads 66 Maker’s mark? 71 Asian vessels 72 Tolkien character 73 Turkish money 74 Reason to see an ophthalmologist 75 Need for a modern pentathlon 76 High-tech package delivery method

DOWN

1 Do some arithmetic 2 One side of a debate 3 Word after many a president’s name 4 Zap, in a way 5 *Baseball, according to some

6 Old photo tones 7 *“A likely story!” 8 “Hurray!” 9 Longtime Syrian strongman 10 Sense 11 Warm winter coat contents … or what is present in the answer to each starred clue? 12 Give the boot 13 Vows

18 Upper limit, for short 22 *Dystopian novel set in the year 2540 23 Book that a bookkeeper keeps

24 Achieve great success 25 *Sports legend who was an M.V.P. for eight consecutive seasons 29 Boatload

31 Director DuVernay 34 Sense

36 Hoppy brews 38 Mortgagor, e.g. 39 Unlikeliest to be bought 45 Do some lawn work 47 Grueling Olympic

race, for short 52 Melodic

54 “Now that makes

sense!”

56 Retards

57 Deck with 78 cards 58 Its symbol is ORD 60 Elect (to)

64 Genre for “Chinatown”

or “The Big Sleep” 67 Whelp

68 One side of a debate 69 Solo on the silver screen 70 Cornell-to-Yale dir.