NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Scuttlebutt

7 ___ Fridays (restaurant chain)

10 Slob’s creation

14 Hedy in Hollywood 15 Dessert topper from a can 17 And others, in a bibliography 18 Estrange

19 Org. for Penguins and Ducks 20 Wintry coating

22 Vice president Spiro 23 Cunning

25 Spill the beans

28 Online source for health info 30 Take a stab at

34 “Ye olde” place to browse 36 Up to, as a particular time 37 Govern

38 Goopy roofing material 39 High U.S. Navy rank 42 Farrow in films 43 Building annexes 45 Particle with a charge 46 Thief

48 Students’ simulation of global diplomacy, informally 50 Arctic abode 51 “Scram!”

53 Sleepover attire, informally 55 Twisty curves

58 The “P” of PRNDL 60 Scanned lines on a pkg. 62 Diminish the work force … or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues 65 Deficiency in red blood cells 67 Ship-related 68 Searched thoroughly, with “through”

69 Fighting force

70 Raises

71 Praises highly

DOWN

1 “Galveston” singer Campbell 2 Inauguration Day vows 3 *“Crazy to run into you here!”

4 Erie Canal mule of song

5 Blue or hazel eye part 6 *Newspapers or magazines

7 Fish with a heavy net

8 Form of some shampoo

9 Amin exiled from Uganda

10 One circulating at a party 11 “Trainspotting” actor McGregor 12 Building lot

13 Spurt forcefully

16 Gave a hand

21 Brit. resource for writers

24 “You betcha!”

26 Den

27 *Contest for an areawide seat 29 Controversial chemical in plastics, for short

31 *Nonsense

32 Ballerina’s bend

33 Drop running down the cheek 34 Pipe part

35 Angel’s band of light

36 Sardine container

40 Like early LPs

41 Response to an online joke

44 Age reached by a septuagenarian 47 1940s-’50s jazz

49 Asian yogurt drink

50 “This ___ test”

52 German cars with a lightning bolt logo 54 Long-winded sales pitch

55 Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay

56 Rise quickly

57 Taken a dip

59 U.S. fort with very tight security 61 Scoundrels

63 Post-O.R. area

64 Stick in the microwave

66 Fire dept. responder, maybe