New york times crossword
ACROSS 1 Damage beyond repair 6 Talk trash about 10 Cheerleader’s handful 14 Jong who wrote “Fear of Flying” 15 Amy Winehouse, vocally 16 Obama’s stepfather ___ Soetoro 17 Ice cream parlor orders 18 Marx with a curly wig 19 Still competitive 20 Belch fumes, say 22 “Holy smokes!” 23 Genius Bar staffer 24 Ultraliberals, to ultraconservatives 27 Ian McKellen’s role in “X-Men” movies 30 Instagram upload, for short 31 Busy hosp. sites 32 Soviet labor camp 35 Game fish that can breathe air 39 Place to board a bus or train 41 Certain mailing address, for short … or a hint to 14 squares in this puzzle 43 “___ Means I Love You” (1968 top 10 hit by the Delfonics) 44 Underworld boss? 46 Places for channel surfers 48 Long of “Alfie,” 2004 49 Underworld boss 51 Mixed martial arts cage shape 53 One doing a locker room interview 58 ___ Clooney, human rights lawyer 59 Survey 60 Marsupial with a grasping tail 64 Barely ahead 65 Bird in Egyptian hieroglyphics 67 It may be at the end of one’s rope 68 Fizzling fireworks 69 Explorer Hernando de ___ 70 Atlas close-up 71 Goddess with cow’s horns 72 Merino mothers 73 Pre-1917 autocrats
DOWN 1 Something to keep in a band? 2 Taken in tablet form, say 3 Work with a plow 4 Do something about 5 End of a relay race 6 Scroogian exclamation 7 Alternative to Dollar or Budget 8 Leave in financial difficulty 9 Dr. Seuss book that introduces phonics 10 Like cartoons on the editorial page 11 Claude who painted water lilies 12 Coppers 13 Clothes closet pests 21 “Dig in!” 25 Hershey’s caramel candies 26 Take a load off 27 Rx items 28 Geometry calculation 29 Woman’s erogenous zone 33 Blood-typing letters 34 Like a lot 36 Summoned, as a butler 37 Salk vaccine target 38 Tandoor-baked bread 40 Like boorish behavior 42 Craft knife brand 45 “Street Dreams” rapper 47 “Hurry up!” 50 Relative of a dolphin 52 Firebugs’ felonies 53 Mecca native 54 Selfimportant, as an ass 55 “Amazing” magician 56 Nudge rudely 57 Always saying “please,” say 61 Baseball’s Slammin’ Sammy 62 ___-friendly 63 “Miracle” team of 1969 66 Call to the Coast Guard