N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Perennial campaign issue 5 Airplane wing feature 9 Cool, giant sun 14 Taken by mouth 15 Sweat spot 16 Remote control button 17 Grinder 18 Totally focused 19 Brooding worry 20 Big part of the New World

23 It’s pitched with a pitchfork 24 Present oneself falsely 28 Greek island in the Aegean Sea 31 Common supply for a party 33 One cause for an R rating 34 Wagering venue, briefly 35 Like some missiles 38 Onetime Volvo competitor 39 Compromise …ora phonetic hint to this puzzle’s shaded squares 43 Bad temper 44 Flashy 1940s men’s attire 45 Lead-in to bred or behaved 46 Channel for “Conan” 49 ___-Caps (theater candy) 50 Faux ___ 51 Seaside cookout 54 Fast-food chain with a goateed spokesman 56 Flashing light phenomenon 61 Ridiculous 64 Pink 65 Humdinger 66 Arms and legs 67 “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,” e.g. 68 10-Down resident 69 On the nose 70 What’s happening and when, informally 71 Recorded message prompt DOWN 1 Donald ___ Trump 2 ___ Blizzard (Dairy Queen offering) 3 Roseanne of “Roseanne” 4 Animal that hangs upside down in trees 5 Graffiti artist’s tool 6 Rich soil 7 Big name in beauty products 8 Game craze of the late 1980s and ’90s 9 Falcon rocket launcher 10 Yemen’s capital 11 Pull 12 Nativity scene figure 13 Emeritus: Abbr. 21 Country to which Frederick Douglass was a U.S. ambassador 22 Natalie Cole’s “___ Got Love on My Mind” 25 Pack, as a car for travel 26 Napoli’s nation 27 Field where Jackie Robinson played 28 Like the meter in sonnets 29 Ed of “Modern Family” 30 Popular Belgian beer, for short 32 Fictional tree creature 36 Carmel finish? 37 Letters on an AM dial 38 1960s radical grp. 40 Canon model 41 Tinkered (with) 42 “Knock ___!” 46 Intradermal diagnostic, for short 47 Many a lounge 48 Some tennis wear 52 “___ Live” (daytime news program) 53 Kindle material 55 B equivalent 57 Salinger dedicatee 58 Tip of France? 59 Family 60 Idiot box 61 ___-deFrance 62 Put the kibosh on 63 Operator’s org.?