NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Like some basketball shots and unwanted calls
8 Slangy turndown
11 Law man
14 Woo
15 ___ crossroads
16 “… fish ___ fowl” 17 Markswoman dubbed “Little Sure Shot” [1977]
19 Male swan
20 Site of two French banks
21 Free from
22 Prefix with center
23 High lines
25 Variety of pool [1982]
27 2017 N.C.A.A. basketball champs 30 Opposite of a gulp
32 Rapidly spreading over the internet 33 Mushroom or balloon
35 Group that takes pledges, informally 38 Massage target?
39 Capital city with only about 1,000 residents [2016]
44 Stew morsel
45 “Right away!”
46 Geraint’s wife, in Arthurian legend 47 Understand
49 Rallying cry?
51 “Gloria in Excelsis ___” (hymn) 52 Landlord’s register [1996]
56 Ring on a string
58 Columbia, for one
59 Winds down in a pit?
61 Boise’s home
65 President pro ___
66 Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down 68 ___-la-la
69 Get a good look at
70 Country north of Latvia 71 Hankering
72 70-Across, e.g., formerly: Abbr.
73 TV’s “Maverick” or “Gunsmoke”
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1 They may be strapless or padded 2 Solo
3 Luxury hotel chain
4 Oscar winner for “Hannah and Her Sisters”
5 Prepares to be knighted 6 Prefix with tourism 7 Sweetie
8 Nita of silent films
9 Used as the surface for a meal 10 Antihistamine target
11 400 meters, for an Olympic track [2012]
12 Commotion
13 Clay character in old “S.N.L.” sketches
18 They’re related
24 Search (through)
26 1996 Foo Fighters hit 27 “That’s awful!”
28 Hunters’ org.
29 Superloyal employee [1971] 31 Crackerjacks
34 Oscar winner for “Hannah and Her Sisters”
36 Caste member
37 Means of avoiding an uphill climb 40 Blankets for open-air travelers 41 Series ender: Abbr.
42 Run out of power 43 Commotion 47 Courageously persistent 48 Noted colonial silversmith 50 Bank jobs
53 Follows orders 54 Deadbeat, e.g.
55 Tennis call
57 Buffoon
60 Eurasian duck
62 Teen woe
63 Wig, e.g.
64 Pearl Buck heroine 67 Helpfulness