N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Decides one way or the other 5 Assemble in a field, say 9 Like know-it-alls 13 “Look out!” 14 x, y or z follower 15 Tuned in 16 Turn over 17 Studio figure 18 TBS show starting in 2010 19 StarKist competitor 21 Mean something 22 Lover boys 23 Polish target 25 Egg ___ 26 Keeping elbows off the table, e.g. 29 Was idle 30 Utah ski town 32 “The Simpsons” character who wears a bow tie at work 33 It’s often rough: Abbr. 35 Risk mutual destruction, say 37 Question raised by four squares in this puzzle? 39 Coop material 43 Depression-___ 45 Part of a workout routine 47 “Madness in great ___ must not unwatch’d go”: “Hamlet” 48 Be out for a bit? 51 A bit sharp, maybe 54 Show with a record 200+ Emmy noms 55 Chattahoochee River city 57 Astronomers’ sightings 59 Fabric store purchase 60 Person getting up there in years 64 Move furtively, in a way 65 Facts and figures 66 Stack of sheets 67 Tick off 68 Series curtailer: Abbr. 69 Letters on a stamp 70 ___ car 71 What blinks on a telephone may signify: Abbr. 72 Choreographer’s concern

DOWN

1 Where all-terrain vehicles go 2 It’s hit with a mallet 3 First, second and third, exactly 4 BART : San Francisco :: ___ : Philadelphia 5 Legal hurdle? 6 Scraps 7 “y = 2x,” e.g. 8 Subject of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” 9 Faint 10 Guide 11 Muse invoked in “Paradise Lost” 12 How the boat goes down the stream, in a children’s song 15 Highway adjacent to a throughway 20 Run smoothly 24 Galena, for one 25 Deplete (of) 27 Common cue 28 ___ jacket 31 A raised hand might indicate it 34 Derek Jeter, for the Yankees 36 Noted Warner Bros. toon 38 Aching 40 Most nuts 41 Deserter of a cause 42 Subj. for a diplomat, maybe 44 Aesop character 46 Some foreign correspondents 48 Island capital named for a European royal house 49 ___ diet 50 Word 52 What two people may ride in 53 “Le Coq ___” 56 Had a 58-Down, e.g. 58 Bug 61 Stable stuff 62 ___ party 63 Plan for achieving a long-term goal