NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 East Asia gambling locale 6 Loses strength 11 Grocery chain inits. 14 Start of a dieter’s brag 15 Like krypton 16 Down for the count, for short 17 Deputy marshal at 62-Across 19 Close down 20 Initial progress 21 Peyote 23 Track star with an apt name 25 Healing lotion 26 Uneasy sensation 31 Wishful place? 33 Potato chip brand 34 Bring together again 36 Cuisine heavy in rice and spices 38 Kind of republic 39 Toy in a crib 42 See 60-Down 44 Detect

45 Be hot under the collar 47 San ___, Italy 49 Banks of Chicago 50 Broadway backer 52 Punishment that might follow a summons 54 Earthy colors 56 Some fish bait

61 Club for swingers 62 See 28-Down … or a punny description of this puzzle’s circled answers? 65 In the mode of 66 Silly sorts 67 It may be stolen on a movie set 68 Crunchy lunch order 69 Schindler of “Schindler’s List” 70 Pends

DOWN

1 Prefix with summer 2 Gazillions 3 Designer Chanel 4 Queens’s ___ Stadium 5 However, in a tweet 6 Tall and supple 7 Out of gear 8 Commanded 9 Disneyland transport 10 Ocular woes 11 Outlaw at 62-Across 12 Cheer before “Beat Army!” 13 Confuses 18 Court setup? 22 Private, often 24 “Everyone needs a little ___” (cable channel slogan) 26 Wall St. trader 27 Grant-making grp.

28 With 62-Across, renowned 1881 event that lasted about 30 seconds 29 Angry boxer, e.g. 30 Baseball’s Martinez 32 Logan of “60 Minutes” 35 Expo 37 Actor Gyllenhaal 40 Him, to Henri 41 Saison sur la Seine 43 Cool, in dated slang 44 Handle 45 Thick-trunked tree 46 Ready at any time 48 Cocktail at brunch

51 Set loose 53 Bottom-ofletter abbr. 55 “___ Funny That Way” (classic song) 57 Nibble (on) 58 Sea predator 59 State bird of Arizona or South Carolina 60 With 42-Across, coolness of mind 63 Cartoon cry 64 Guitarist Paul