N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Country invaded in 2003 5 H.S. math class 9 Legendary music club in Lower Manhattan, informally 14 Suffix with refresh or replace 15 Parks of Alabama 16 Spartan serf 17 *V.I.P.’s security agent 19 Resort island near Majorca 20 The Rams of the Atlantic 10 Conf. 21 Scholarship money 22 *Nintendo hand-held 24 Disgorges 26 Actress Campbell of “Scream” 27 *Place to plug in a USB cable 33 “Ditto” 36 Utters, informally 37 Does the honors for Thanksgiving dinner 38 Short-sheeting, e.g. 40 Snoring sound 42 Tuscan city 43 Sees eye to eye (with) 45 52, in old Rome 47 Long, single take, in filmmaking 48 *Multiplex, e.g. 51 Stew morsels 52 Exchange vows at the altar 56 *NATO’s smallest member, population-wise 60 Stock listings: Abbr. 61 Ariz. neighbor 62 Sacha Baron Cohen character 63 *Where a newspaper’s biggest stories go 66 Actress Gaynor of “South Pacific” 67 “E pluribus ___” 68 “So ___ walks into …” 69 Fall of winter 70 What a ponytail partially covers 71 There’s no place like it … or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue

DOWN

1 Fill (with) 2 Corporate shuffle, for short 3 Love interest of Pacey on “Dawson’s Creek” 4 Amt. 5 “What’s right is right” and others 6 Rocky ___ 7 Haifa’s country: Abbr. 8 Doohickey 9 Monstrous creatures 10 French newborn 11 Smoothtalking 12 Schmo 13 “___ With Me” (Sam Smith hit) 18 Purrer in Peru 23 Opposite of sans 25 Act starter 26 Shows some affection 28 Dispenser candy 29 Religious abode 30 Baker’s need 31 Artist Magritte 32 Romanov ruler 33 Often-filtered messages 34 Jason’s ship 35 ___ Levy, Buffalo Bills coach in the Hall of Fame 39 “Don’t quit!” 41 1980s Pakistani president 44 W.W. II-era British gun 46 Treater’s phrase 49 Enjoyed oneself 50 Wind tile in mah-jongg 53 Insect stage 54 Use Goo Gone on, perhaps 55 Daisy variety 56 Some old PCs 57 Snake’s shape 58 Art Deco notable 59 Loaf (around) 60 Government overthrow 64 Single-stranded molecule 65 Part of a tuba’s sound