NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 He wrote “In the fight between you and the world, back the world” 6 Spanish hand 10 Making a crossing, e.g. 14 “Do we have to keep doing this?!”

15 It’s California’s fault 17 *Bass part in Beethoven’s “Choral” Symphony?

19 Strike with a pickax? 20 1982 Loretta Lynn song with the lyric “It’s not easy to deceive you” 21 Sleazo

22 *Result of a lot of drinking in the army? 27 Yarn that stretches? 30 Classic Jaguar

31 “___ has no use for free

speech”: Julius Caesar 33 Brock in Cooperstown 34 Fastening pin

37 *A couple of prisoners after an escape from Leavenworth? 40 On the move 41 Request

42 Neighbor of Burundi 43 *Dracula, after

stuffing himself? 45 Looies’ subordinates 46 Subj. for some

bilinguals

47 Clothes line

48 Caste member 49 Muralist José María ___ 51 *Plan for a midafternoon nap? 58 Parlement assent 60 All-time career record-holder for strikeouts 61 Western tribe

62 What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues 68 Obsolescent recordings

69 “Mercy me!”

70 Not as

71 Fell (to)

72 Moth-eaten, e.g.

DOWN

1 Food cart offering 2 Plaza for Plato

3 Trio in Plato’s “Republic”

4 Press ___

5 Need for making soap from sap? 6 Family group

7 Paid (up)

8 “Ain’t gonna happen” 9 Single

10 Met demands? 11 Forward

12 “Let’s ___!” 13 E-cigarette’s lack 15 Number for 9-Down

16 Party org. once chaired by Tim Kaine 18 Track team member 23 Hail

24 Court artist’s output 25 Worshiper of C-3PO in “Return of the Jedi” 26 Arizona’s Glen Canyon, for one

28 Fleece

29 Accords, e.g. 32 Disavow

34 Places that may

have blackboards 35 Worth having 36 Bypass arteries? 37 Number of World Series rings for Yogi Berra as a player 38 Newly painted

39 0°

41 Sport in a ring

44 Big ref. work

45 Refuse

50 African capital, lake or gulf 52 Alternatives to paninis

53 N.L. East player 54 Scroogeisms

55 In the boonies 56 Chopin piece

57 Very, very small 59 Bridal line? 62 Hoedown date

63 The French way? 64 Winner of 11 World

Series, for short 65 Dweller on the Mekong 66 “Not so great” 67 Vainglory