THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Start of a Latin 101 conjugation 4 Eastern Mediterranean port since ancient times 9 “Take Care” rapper, 2012 14 Sessions, e.g.: Abbr. 15 Total 16 “I am ___, hear me roar” 17 Dough in hand, redundantly 19 Clued in 20 Big name in 1950s presidential campaigning 21 Full of shadows 23 Scotch topper 24 Juicy fruit 25 State capital near Lake Tahoe 27 Course reversal 29 Chick’s tail? 30 Class with many unknowns: Abbr. 32 Brand with “Old World Style” 34 Klutz’s utterance 38 Person who’s ready and able to help … or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle 43 Lead-in to girl 44 Off-base sort? 45 School’s end 46 Tomato variety 50 Got under the skin of 52 Gym activity that works the pectorals 56 Quiet place to pray 59 Org. that encourages flossing 60 Many a Wall Street Journal graphic 61 Like much state fair fare 62 Little bud 64 Last one in, say 66 Calendario start 67 Love to pieces 68 Chowder head? 69 ___ Hannah of “Blade Runner” 70 Not so hot 71 Sin

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1 Acronym on Beyoncé records 2 Gettysburg general 3 Chargers’ action 4 First name at Woodstock 5 “I’d like to buy ___, Pat” 6 Spanish steps? 7 ___-de-lis 8 Actress Milano 9 Johnson also known as “The Rock” 10 Ticket info 11 Prized Italian instrument 12 Gold standard 13 “In the practice of tolerance, one’s ___ is the best teacher”: Dalai Lama 18 Rodgers’s partner, in song 22 Sent to the canvas, for short 25 Bonkers, in modern lingo 26 Some “American Greed” subjects, for short 28 Big coffee server 30 1977 album with the hit single “Deacon Blues” 31 Great deal 33 Spanish article 35 Leaning column 36 Mini-spacecraft 37 Bad name for an anger management counselor? 39 Traffic cop, for short? 40 Resealable bottle feature 41 ___ d’oeuvres 42 “Benevolent” fraternity member 47 “Would ya look at that!” 48 Dash abbr. 49 Genesis landing site 51 Get through hard work 52 Sweltered in the sun 53 Minneapolis suburb 54 Third-place finisher in 2000, 2004 and 2008 55 Diminish by degrees 57 Bob with the Silver Bullet Band 58 Yard tool 61 Farm store purchase 63 Wine descriptor 65 TNT part