THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Airport with many connecting flights 4 Marquee names 9 Small jazz band 14 Dr. J’s first pro league 15 Screeching baby? 16 Some frozen drinks 17 Neither’s partner 18 Compliment for a fruit-ofthe-month club? 20 Duds 22 Gettysburg opponent of Lee 23 Bus driver on “The Simpsons” 24 Compliment for a planetarium? 26 Recipe amt. 28 Money to tide one over 29 Compliment for an airline? 34 Rebound, as a billiard shot 36 Go round and round 37 Genetic messenger 38 Big bang maker, informally 39 72, at Augusta National Golf Club 40 Stradivari’s teacher 42 Building add-on 43 “Dragon Ball Z” genre 45 Original “American Idol” judge with Randy and Paula 46 Compliment for a steakhouse? 48 British buddy 49 Breakfast grain 50 Compliment for a GPS manufacturer? 53 Where something unpleasant sticks 56 Throng 59 Rickman of the Harry Potter films 60 Compliment for a charcoal seller? 63 Addams Family member 64 Toss about, as petals 65 Maestro’s stick 66 Grant source, for short 67 Poke fun at 68 “Why ___ you in bed?” 69 Mind-reading skill, for short

DOWN

1 Chillaxes 2 Destroyer destroyer 3 Air show maneuver 4 Trinity member 5 Like some beach volleyball teams 6 ___ ego 7 Country’s McEntire 8 Dutch burg 9 Org. in “Homeland” 10 Cousins of squids 11 Pepperoni or sausage 12 Slug 13 Scandinavian capital 19 Dissuade 21 Leopold ___, “Ulysses” protagonist 25 Brazilian dance popular in the 1980s 27 Eye-catching 29 ___ Kilpatrick, exmayor of Detroit 30 Dublin’s land 31 Bouncer’s place 32 “For ___ us a child is born” 33 Suffering 34 Ruminate (on) 35 Up to the job 36 ___ room (site of postdebate political commentary) 41 Roadster from Japan 44 “False!” 47 Less than 300 dots per inch, commonly 48 Grammynominated rapper with the 2002 hit “Oh Boy” 50 “Don’t forget to ___” 51 Slalom obstacles 52 Ready to be drawn 53 Skin abnormality 54 Mechanical learning 55 Distinctive quality 57 Org. for the New York Liberty 58 Light years away 61 Ram’s mate 62 Suffix with differ