NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bouquet holder

5 Leaf-gathering tool

9 Org. that distributes music royalties 14 “Sports Center” channel

15 Better than ___

16 Hole digger’s tool

17 *Annual event displaying agricultural products

19 Japanese beer brand 20 Unexpressed

21 Children’s author ___ Asquith

23 Dog biter

24 ___-friendly (green)

25 *Spilling a drink or eating all the guacamole, say

27 Rhythmic pattern

30 Junior ___, 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker

31 Rock grp. with the 1977 song “Rockaria!”

32 Sun or planet

34 Socially assertive types

38 Original Beatles bassist ___ Sutcliffe 39 *Candy from a candy machine 41 Miner’s haul

42 Hauling

44 Fold-up bed

45 Item in a caddie’s bag

46 Bread served with vindaloo 48 Rangers or Flyers

51 *Attack from the sky

55 One might end with .org 56 Roulette playing piece

57 Envision

58 Low voice

61 A hot one might be trending 63 Narrow escape … or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? 66 Met performance

67 Brother mentioned more than 70 times in Genesis

68 Nonstick cookware brand 69 Extend, as a membership 70 Peeved

71 Dreamcast console maker

DOWN

1 Word after life or bulletproof

2 “The Thin Man” dog

3 *In a daze

4 Lead on

5 Official with a whistle, informally 6 Screen siren Gardner

7 Knightley of “The Imitation Game” 8 Flubs

9 “___ and ye shall receive”

10 Add some style to

11 Monte ___ (gambling haven) 12 Parisian goodbye 13 Punishment-related

18 School founded by King Henry VI 22 Covertness

25 Request at a hair salon

26 “You folks,” in Dixie

27 “___ la vie”

28 Midlevel voice

29 Middle-aged women with eyes for younger men

33 Original “Monty Python” network 35 *Vacationer’s container for valuables 36 Length x width, for a rectangle 37 Appear to be

39 Pesky flier

40 Of the highest rank

43 Motivate

47 Siblings’ daughters

49 It lets things slide

50 Expanses of land

51 One in a cast

52 “If there’s any justice!” 53 Become edible, as a fruit 54 Ashton Kutcher TV role

59 Metal refuse 60 Widemouthed pot

62 Sound like a crow

64 Rowboat propeller

65 Take legal action