N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 West Coast law force, for short 5 Insurer whose name rhymes with “quack” 10 Q-tip, e.g. 14 Regions 16 Where the Dolphins play 17 Prey for cats 18 Characters in a play, formally 21 Unit of corn 22 Loopy from drugs 23 Some herding dogs 24 Monarch renowned for his wealth 28 N.Y.C. subway inits. 29 Down Under hoppers, informally 30 Overlook rudely

33 Ice cream treat 36 Veer, as a ship 37 Miracle-___ (garden brand)

38 & 39 Doomsayer’s assertion … or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across 42 Santa ___ winds 43 “How stupid of me!” 46 More tidy 47 Trail mix 49 Japanese noodle 50 61, in old Rome 51 College team from the land of Lincoln 57 How TV series DVDs may be sold 59 DNA sequence 60 Gen ___ (millennial forerunner) 61 Yom Kippur War clash 65 Response from a greatly amused texter 66 Better aligned 67 Goes way, way up 68 Bellow 69 Comic Bruce with a foul mouth 70 Big Board inits.

DOWN

1 Stows, as cargo 2 Pianist Claudio 3 Gem strung on a necklace 4 Beaver’s construction 5 Mexican friend 6 Popular Friday feast 7 Once around the track 8 Soul: Fr. 9 Ringling Brothers offering, once 10 Round-thecampfire treats 11 Going off script 12 Smoothie “superfruit” 13 “Subjects” of a queen, not a king 15 Like the climate of the African desert 19 Like some auto windows 20 “Like father, like ___” 25 Beach washer 26 Breathtaking snake 27 Specification on an airline ticket 31 Desire 32 Physics Nobelist Niels 33 Without a date 34 “You might think so, but …” 35 Grave, as injuries 39 Queued 40 Strictly platonic 41 Hammer’s target

43 Bit of an ellipsis 44 Japanese sash

45 Do a surfing maneuver 48 Glock, for one 49 Jewish village of old

52 Dr. Scholl’s padding 53 Architect Frank

54 No, in pig Latin 55 Comes closer 56 “And Still ___” (Angelou volume) 57 With competence 58 Uncreative bar order, with “the” 62 Metal before refinement 63 When said three times, a Beach Boys hit 64 Charged particle