NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

NO. 1218

ACROSS

1 Soothes 6 Aquarium buildup 11 Edmonton’s province: Abbr. 14 TV replay technique 15 Hold power, as a monarch 16 Neither’s partner 17 “Water Lilies” painter 19 Lab eggs 20 Rock concert blaster 21 Nerve cell part 22 Dust Bowl migrants 24 Beach toy with a handle 26 June, in the L.G.B.T.Q. movement 29 Pacific source of odd weather 31 Like the paths of satellites 32 Impressionist Edgar 33 Muslim pilgrim 35 Snoop (on) 36 Profited 40 Place for salt on a margarita glass 43 Yale students 44 Opposite of losses 48 Simultaneously 51 Negative about 52 Computer programmer, disparagingly 55 Brusselsbased defense grp. 56 Revered one in a tribe 57 Indian bread 59 “Fancy that!” 60 Public health org. 61 Personal struggles … or, literally, features of 17-, 26-, 36- and 52-Across 65 Sailors’ yeses 66 Deliberately hurtful 67 French thanks 68 “Fuhgeddaboutit!” 69 At one’s fingertips 70 Poet Nash

DOWN

1 Flew the coop 2 Like Chippendales revues 3 Marking, as windows on Halloween 4 Large egg producer 5 Cream ___ (beverage) 6 Knight’s wear 7 Téa of “Madam Secretary” 8 Tom Collins ingredient 9 Important datum for Social Security eligibility 10 Place in a crypt 11 Ceremonially names 12 Light, friendly punch 13 With audacity 18 Fair with booths 23 Fish in an ornamental pond 25 Neeson of “Taken” 27 Martial arts centers 28 “___ go bragh!” 30 Covert govt. org. 33 Mythical beauty whose face “launched a thousand ships” 34 French friend 37 Floor model 38 Source of arrogance 39 Jaw-dropping opening? 40 Nascar devotee 41 “Shoulda listened to me …” 42 Frantic rush 45 “Briefly …” 46 Never ever 47 Strands, as at a ski lodge 49 Wearable souvenir, informally 50 Powerball winner’s cry 51 Twosome 53 Attacked from below the hip 54 At the crack of dawn, say 58 Jules Verne captain 62 Gun lovers’ org. 63 Taker of religious vows 64 Ryan of “Sleepless in Seattle”