N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. 6 Kazakhstan’s ___ Sea 10 Computer company with the slogan “Explore beyond limits” 14 Embarrass 15 Was a passenger 16 It’s always getting stepped on 17 Sign of life 18 *Vessel with a large hold 20 Camera part 22 “Seinfeld” stock character? 23 *What a family spends together at the dinner table 26 Competitor of Secret 27 Predecessor of the CW 28 Mauna ___ 29 Scout’s shelter 31 Back on a boat 32 Hilarity, in Internetspeak 34 One side of the Pacific 38 *Branches in a storm? 43 6’11” Channing of the N.B.A. 44 Partridge’s tree, in a Christmas song 45 Color TV pioneer 46 Put together, as a team 50 Ham on ___ 51 Singer Scaggs with the 1976 hit “Lowdown” 52 Front of a boat 55 *Its arrival may be signaled by a ding 58 So-called “house wine of the South” 60 What you might use when you say “Giddyup!” 61 Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues 63 Sean who played Mikey in “The Goonies” 66 Band with the hit “Whip It” 67 Pope who excommunicated Martin Luther 68 Elbow, maybe 69 Garden of ___ 70 Puzzlemaker Rubik 71 Strength

DOWN

1 Help at the entrance to a mall 2 Aladdin’s monkey 3 Courage in battle 4 Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dan 5 Plush fabric 6 Eyebrow’s shape, roughly 7 Criticize severely 8 Skillful 9 Peanut, for one 10 One of the A’s in N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. 11 Roomie 12 Woman who sings “Burn” in “Hamilton” 13 Affix again, as a badge 19 Word before air, fire or water 21 Tolerated 23 Hearty drink 24 Willing to do 25 Everyone, in Dixie 30 Give a lickin’ 33 “___ your lip!” 35 First winner of horse racing’s Triple Crown, 1919 36 Disguised, briefly 37 Staring 39 Item that might be fervently wanted by a prisoner 40 Start of an idea 41 President after Grant 42 Encroach on someone’s land 47 “The Simpsons” bus driver 48 “That’s a fine ___ of fish!” 49 Devon cathedral city 52 Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May,” e.g. 53 Had title to 54 Work on a loom 56 Hawk’s hook 57 Maki, temaki or uramaki 59 Black, in poetry 62 Prefix with planet 64 “Now ___ seen it all!” 65 Just-minted