NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Note: The five rows of shaded squares reveal an unusual feature of this puzzle. ACROSS

1 See blurb 6 Batteries in mice 9 *Bonzo and others 15 She went to Haiti in a Cole Porter song 16 Ballpark fig. 17 Et ___ 18 “The Lion King” soundtrack composer 20 Hang on to 21 Boarding pass info 22Angsty music genre 23 Divest (of) 24 Gesture that might be made with a wink 25 See blurb 28 Opposed 32 “And how!” 33 *“And so it ___” 34 Patriotic women’s org. 35 Jack who played Sgt. Friday 39 Sound like a jackass 40 See blurb 42 PHX airport locale: Abbr. 43 Actress Kendrick of “Pitch Perfect” 44 Summer hrs. in Chicago 45 *Fabric with a cheap-sounding name 47 “CSI” workplace 50 Fresh gossip, with “the” 51 See blurb 55 Long-snouted fish 56 Title for 18-Across 57 Au ___ (menu phrase) 58 Novelist Waugh 62 “Star Wars” knight, informally 64 Only a little 66 Fix, as a pump 67 ___ generis (unique) 68 Therefore 69 *“You just missed!” 70 Item held by the king of diamonds 71 See blurb

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1 Barely manages, with “out” 2 Lowland, poetically 3 Singer James or Jones 4 Thigh-slapper 5 Nikkei index currency 6 Chocolatier’s lure 7 *Can’t stomach 8 Go astray 9 1950s-’60s hit with the lyric “Ah, you made me love you / Now, now, now, now your man is come” 10 Paid attention to 11 “The Addams Family” cousin 12 Had in mind 13 Previous arrest, on a rap sheet 14 Like some light hair 19 Ballet leaps 23 Showed again 25 Form 1040 ID 26 Newswoman Bakhtiar 27 “Hold it — hang on!” 28 “Fernando” group 29 HGTV personality ___ Yip 30 Eddie ___, subject of “The French Connection” 31 World capital whose name means “gardens” 36 Fish-eating raptor 37 Stand-up’s routines 38 [Wrong answer!] 40 Couch potato 41 “Right away!,” in the O.R. 44 China holder 45 Reunion group 46 Rogue computer in “2001” 48 M and N, in pronunciation 49 *Elegantly designed trinkets 51 Greek marketplace of old 52 Motown or Decca 53 Light beam splitter 54 Adorable one 58 AAA part: Abbr. 59 Ilsa ___, “Casablanca” character 60 “Behold!,” to Caesar 61 “Believe” Grammy winner, 1999 63 Try to win over 64 Intel org. 65 Cry of discovery