N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One or two tablets, say 5 Lead-in to punk or Cuban, in music 9 Adjust, as an alarm clock 14 “___, Brute?” 15 Sand wedge, for one 16 Justice Kagan 17 Classic activity for family night 19 Card groupings in canasta 20 Barbershop quartet voice 21 Tent, backpack, hiking shoes, etc. 23 Money execs 24 Carson’s predecessor on “The Tonight Show” 26 Bad thing to go flat 28 Serving in a bowl with milk 32 Resistance unit 33 Sicilian volcano 34 Colorful pond fish 35 Imbecile 37 Girl group that’s also the name of a cable channel 39 “___ Mia” (1965 #4 hit for Jay & the Americans) 43 One of two parts of a shirt

46 “He was,” in Latin

49 ___ and cheese 50 Periodical format not much seen nowadays 55 Like a pet dog from a pound 56 Radius, for one 57 Meyers of “Late Night” 58 Frisbee, e.g. 60 “On the Waterfront” director Elia 64 Suppressed 66 Comment of resignation applicable to 17-, 28- and 50-Across? 68 Agreeing (with) 69 Acorn producers 70 Actor and bridge expert Sharif 71 Something to believe in 72 Perlman of “Cheers” 73 Luau tuber

DOWN

1 What many college students accrue 2 Siouan people 3 Lee of Marvel Comics 4 Moon of Jupiter 5 Insurance giant bailed out in the Great Recession 6 Like potpourri 7 Home of the Circus Maximus 8 Without intermission, as a play 9 Period of sleep with dreaming 10 Crowdwowing 11 Pic from a stick 12 “Bewitched” witch, in 1960s TV 13 Mortarboard trim 18 Male duck 22 Deer hunter’s trophy 25 Rear, at sea 27 Competitor of the Essex or Hupmobile 28 Weave’s partner 29 Greek “P” 30 Expressive rock style 31 Westernmost state capital in the contiguous United States 36 Gotham City hotline 38 Seafood item often served with a lemon wedge 40 “Who ___?” (amnesiac’s query) 41 Did a 5K, say 42 Quickest tennis point 44 Dirt road feature 45 Talking horse of ‘60s TV 47 “It’s ___” (“O.K. for liftoff”) 48 Scuba necessities 50 Volkswagen sedan 51 Dream up 52 T-shirt material 53 Letter to the ___ 54 Fanatical supporter 59 Political figure granted asylum by Anwar Sadat 61 Product of the Coors Brewing Company 62 A ways away 63 Leader whose death sparked the Year of the Four Emperors 65 Shrimper’s accessory 67 Baggage checker at the airport, for short