N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD

ACROSS

1 Message in Morse code, maybe 4 Collect

9 Lou Bega’s “___ No. 5” 14 Actress Longoria 15 Frank of the Mothers of Invention 16 Like the modern descendants of dinosaurs 17 For each 18 No later than

19 Tightly packed

20 As a whole 22 Some Catholic gift shop purchases 24 Gray in the face 25 Prodigies, informally 27 Alternative to truth? 29 What many people do on weekend mornings

33 Cabinet members, to the president 37 One of many for baking soda

38 Can’t hold back laughter while performing, say … or a hint to the circled letters

43 Karaoke

locale, often 44 Tried to be like 45 Bottomless pits

50 Sign for a soothsayer 51 Homes with wheels

53 “Toy Story” boy

57 Common house style

60 Siren’s wail, e.g. 61 Something to make in an emergency?

62 Having low odds of success 65 Through 66 Rental when moving, maybe 67 Implied, but not stated 68 Away from the bow 69 Requiring nerve

70 Apart (from) 71 Sgt.’s superiors DOWN 1 Brown tone

2 Devices relied upon to a high degree? 3 Actress ___ Michelle Gellar

4 Blue: Sp. 5 “Whew!” 6 Well-suited 7 Steeple

8 They do dos 9 Title for Marie Curie 10 Opposed

(to)

11 ___-golf 12 It might be stolen in full view

13 Small bills 21 L.P.G.A. golfer ___ Ko, the youngest #1 in professional golf history (17 years, 9 months)

23 Fa’s follower 25 Reasons to do something

26 Nickname for a mythical hero

28 Seek, as consent

30 Short stroke 31 “Makes sense to me”

32 One who knows all the answers, maybe 33 “Mamma Mia” group 34 Opposite of colorful 35 Extremely 36 The woman in question 39 Subject of una balada 40 Captain Morgan and others

41 Bass, for one

42 Shortcut for

ships

46 Powerful judicial group, in brief

47 With sound mind 48 Old record co. conglomerate

49 Peloponnesian War victor 52 Sewing machine inventor Howe

54 Like the forces of an armada 55 Move with the current

56 Poet who wrote

“I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree” 57 Drink quickly 58 Most populous Hawaiian island

59 Hurdle for an aspiring atty.

60 The “B” of MB

63 Ecology, e.g.: Abbr.

64 Not be

serious