N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Vacationing, say

5 Blue

Ribbon brewer

10 “___ Rabbit,” 2019 Oscarnominated film

14 Mexican money 15 Justice who replaced O’Connor 16 Slangy prefix meaning “super” 17 One who goes a-courting 18 Befitting a king or queen 19 Homes for cubs

20 Child, to doting parents 23 Offshoot of punk music 24 “That being said …” 25 Classic Hunter S. Thompson novel, familiarly 34 Set of values 35 U.K. lexicon 36 “Rubber Duckie” singer on “Sesame Street” 37 Vaper’s buy 38 Palmer with an “army” 40 German chancellor ___ von Bismarck 41 Strategy during the 2003 invasion of Iraq

44 Dot over an “i” or “j” 46 Singer with the 1994 hit “You Gotta Be”

49 Prefix with freak or warrior 50 Dispute between Wikipedia page updaters 54 ___ whiskey 55 “Fiddling” emperor 57 “Nothin’ doin’!”

58 On an even ___ (steady) 59 Ambivalence … or a hint to 20-, 25- and 41-Across 64 Novelist Ahern with the best sellers “PS, I Love You” and “Love, Rosie”

65 Made privy to

67 Doesn’t stop performing 68 Place to graze

69 As a minimum 70 Suffered from cramps, say DOWN 1 Police alert, for short 2 Eensy 3 “Stat!” 4 “I agree” 5 Presidential absolution, as for a Thanksgiving turkey 6 Out of the wind, at sea 7 Nickname for Angel Stadium, with “the” 8 Pal of Kyle and Kenny on “South Park”

9 “See? Just as I said!” 10 Takedowns at dojos

11 Toe the line 12 Actress Aniston, in tabloids 13 Stitching sites, briefly

21 Apple introduced in 1998 22 Ballerina’s springing jump

25 A.T.M. expense 26 “… yadda, yadda, yadda” 27 Ignoring the record of past events 28 Square figure? 29 Dunham of “Girls” 30 Father of Thor

31 Period during which a throne is vacant

32 Minor gripe 33 Prefix with political or physics 38 Completed perfectly 39 Icelandic saga

42 When repeated, a World Cup chant 43 ___ Lingus 44 Highest point value for a Scrabble tile

45 Winter sidewalk application 47 Weedy vacant lot, e.g.

48 Moray, for one 51 Newborn

52 ___ Bo (workout system) 53 Pups

56 Kind of daisy 58 Makes socks, e.g. 60 “Frozen” snow queen 61 God: Sp.

62 ___ year (2020, for example) 63 Celebratory words before “boy” or “girl”

64 Tax whiz, for short 66 Homer’s neighbor on “The Simpsons”