NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Classic name for a poodle 5 Branded cotton swab 9 Much-prized golden statuette 14 Black, in poetry

15 ___ Bell

16 Tract of low-growing shrubs 17 Locale for a traditional Japanese ceremony

19 Source of pancake syrup

20 Toll units for semis

21 Israeli gun

23 Lead-in to fall

24 Slip of paper to take to the grocery 28 Louis who developed a rabies vaccine 31 High-five sound

32 Yoko who loved John

33 Places with lions and giraffes

36 Sushi bar eel

39 The Masters and others

43 Sign in a broadcast booth

44 ___ John letter

45 Part of the body that’s stubbed 46 Marsh grass

48 Risky bridge play

51 Classic Austrian pastry 55 Homophone of 46-Across 56 ___-la-la (song syllables)

57 Rubs the wrong way

61 Actress Zellweger

63 Message clicked on by an online buyer … or a hint for 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across 66 Obvious

67 “Hold the ___” (deli order) 68 Build-it-yourself furniture chain

69 ___ corgi (dog breed)

70 Hunted animal 71 Pre-twentysomething

DOWN

1 Crumbly cheese 2 Mountain goat 3 Stable newborn 4 Consume

5 15 min. of college football

6 Tiny amount

7 Acquire a winter coat?

8 ___ scheme (scam)

9 Unit of electrical resistance 10 Flier that can take off from water 11 Apparel also known as clamdiggers

12 Rand McNally book 13 Scarlett’s Butler

18 Tennis legend Arthur 22 Electees 25 Anise-flavored liqueur 26 Peacockish

27 Down in the mouth

28 “We have met the enemy and he is us” comic strip

29 Ever and ___

30 Green energy source that might go on top of a house

34 Rock with valuable nuggets

35 Not just a glitch

37 Old sporty Pontiacs

38 “So that’s it!”

40 Fly ball catchers 41 Genealogical chart 42 Desert-dry

47 “Spring forward” letters 49 Disney clown fish

50 Draw out

51 Cupid’s missile

52 Pet ___

53 Walk with heavy steps 54 Speed reader?

58 Not real

59 Gratis

60 Lee of Marvel Comics 62 Biblical verb ender

64 Clothes colorer

65 Slinky or Silly Putty