NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 With 21-, 30-, 49-,

61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts “Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle …” 7 At most

11 Peter the Great, for one 15 Take out

16 Orchestra tuner 17 Smart, in a way 18 Turkish inn

19 Frequent “S.N.L.” role

for Beck Bennett

21 Part 2 of the quote 23 Category in pitching’s

Triple Crown, in brief 24 Exam for a wannabe

A.D.A.

25 Piolet, e.g.

28 Surveying unit

30 Part 3

34 Like two-thirds of

Fibonacci numbers 36 Microwaves

37 Flatow of public radio 38 Major-league manager

Kapler

41 Do some lexicography 44 Sicken with sweetness 45 A barb might cause it to

deflate

46 When to take a foliage

tour

47 Liberty Mutual

commercial mascot 49 Part 4

53 Sounds at pounds 56 “Same” 57 Senate rebuke 59 Black ___

61 Part 5

66 Casual ristorante 68 U.S. Navy builder 69 Ticked off

70 Dolly’s last name in

“Hello, Dolly!” 71 Whispered name in

“The Raven”

72 Sue Monk ___, author of “The Secret Life of Bees”

73 Pull a fast one on 74 End of the quote

DOWN

1 Very short time 2 Suckerfish that

attaches itself to sharks 3 Line in an old series of

Apple commercials 4 N.Y.S.E. listing: Abbr. 5 Was verklempt from

pride

6 What members of the Church of the Subgenius parody religion claim to be descended from

7 First Campbell’s Soup flavor, introduced in 1895

8 Piece that often

includes a D.O.B.

9 Raw fish dish

10 Start of an idea

11 From that place 12 Arizona State University

mascot

13 Compass creation 14 GPS calculation: Abbr. 20 Careful effort

22 Coral reef

26 Sleekly designed, for

short

27 See through?

29 Good eggs?

31 Rap’s Lil ___ Vert 32 Saw print

33 Modern pentathlon

event

35 It’s called “le jour J” in

France

38 Start of an idea 39 Palindromist Jon of “Sit

on a Potato Pan, Otis!” 40 Shipbuilding place 42 Chicago transports 43 Winter malady 44 Mongrel

46 Openly disregard 48 “Rent” role for Idina

Menzel

50 Plundered

51 Go (for)

52 Biblical verb ending 54 Rare weather phenomenon that’s white, unlike its colorful cousin

55 Area of expertise 58 One of the subjects of the book “War of the Currents”

60 Helm

62 Driving test, of a sort 63 Cookie with creme 64 DVR brand

65 Johns, to Scots 66 Disapproving sound 67 Lyon king