N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sharp’s counterpart, in music 5 “Livin’ la Vida ___” 9 Stories with many chapters 14 Like rain forest vegetation 15 “Ars Amatoria” poet 16 Story that lets you off the hook 17 Theatrical honor 19 Mountaineering spike 20 Person to exchange letters with overseas 21 Fortune 500 listings: Abbr. 23 Jane Austen novel 24 “Star Wars” role for Alec Guinness 27 Put into operation 30 They: Fr. 31 Zig or zag 32 Lauder with beauty products 35 Little extra attention, as from a repairer, for short 38 Where education is pursued doggedly? 42 “Mad ___” (Mel Gibson film) 43 “It’s a ___ shame” 44 Approximately 45 “You stink!” 46 Sent out, as rays 49 Delivery people? 54 Foundry detritus 55 Environmental prefix 56 Inventor’s quest 60 Chicken raised for cooking 62 “Hush, you!” 64 Big-time football venue 65 Honey-based drink 66 Start to deteriorate, as a cord 67 Put back to zero, say 68 A and Z, in the alphabet 69 Chop down

DOWN

1 Theatrical failure 2 Auto maintenance job, informally 3 X ___ xylophone 4 Where stray animals are taken 5 Darkish, as the interior of a restaurant 6 Sperm targets 7 Approximately 8 Supplemental item 9 Weaken 10 “Futurama” figures 11 U.S. base in 28-Down, informally 12 Detonation of 7/16/45 13 Egyptian peninsula 18 Rhyme scheme of Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” 22 Irving Berlin’s “Blue ___” 25 Teeny-___ 26 Certain utility: Abbr. 27 Quark’s place 28 Havana’s home 29 Image in the “Jurassic Park” logo, informally 33 Biol., for one 34 Guiding principle 35 Legal wrong 36 Misplace 37 Lump of soil 39 Stylized “W” for Microsoft Word, e.g. 40 Wear away 41 Something extremely cool, paradoxically 45 Past 47 Twowheelers 48 Baghdad’s land 49 One of five for composer John Williams 50 Sound loudly, as a trumpet 51 Registers awe 52 “___, All Ye Faithful” 53 Singer/ songwriter Leonard 57 Dublin’s land 58 Actress Patricia of “Hud” 59 “Bye for now,” in a text 61 Singer ___ King Cole 63 Deserving to get gonged