THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Inflated senses of self
5 Moisture in the air
10 Flower girl?
14 Muppet with a unibrow
15 Furious
16 The “N” of N.F.L.: Abbr.
17 Coating for fish that you might think would make you tipsy
19 Sound heard in a cave
20 “Cheers!,” in Scandinavia
21 Historical periods
23 Derby or fedora
24 Cinderella’s carriage
28 Hit the slopes
31 ___ v. Wade
32 Cousins of emus
33 Classical paintings
35 Org. that operates the Jupiter orbiter
38 ___-C.I.O.
39 Rough estimates … or what the ends of 17, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are?
44 Slangy “sweetie”
45 Pepper’s partner
46 California wine valley
47 Popular pain reliever
49 Have a part in a play
51 Talk, talk, talk
52 Waiter’s refilling aid
57 Utmost
58 Sport for heavyweights
59 Curses (out)
63 Couple, in a gossip column
65 Overhead cooler
68 Ruler said to have fiddled while Rome burned
69 Superman’s birth name
70 Song for a diva
71 Sprouted
72 Underhanded sort
73 Like marathons and maxiskirts
DOWN
1 Recedes, as the tide
2 Sheldon of “The Big Bang Theory,” for one
3 Cookie that may be dipped in milk
4 Subway standee’s support
5 By way of
6 Works at a museum
7 ___ Philippe (Swiss watchmaker)
8 Cheri formerly of “S.N.L”
9 Aired, as old TV shows
10 Suffix with serpent
11 Host of TV’s “30 Minute Meals”
12 Cornell University’s home
13 Tree huggers?
18 Fuzzy picture
22 One who’s all skin and bones
25 Leonardo da Vinci’s “___ Lisa”
26 Fruits that are a little grittier than apples
27 “That sounds good — NOT!”
28 Cry big tears
29 Maker of autodom’s Optima
30 Words after “Reach Out” in a #1 Four Tops hit
34 Work like a dog
36 Cousin of calypso
37 Quacky insurance giant
40 House of Lords members
41 Scratch target
42 Pollution police, for short
43 Softhead
47 Store window shader
48 ___-day Saints (Mormons)
50 Fork-tailed bird
53 Hockey discs
54 “Wait, let me explain …”
55 French fabric
56 Majestic
60 Big, round head of hair
61 Street through the middle of town
62 Slight problem
64 Cut the lawn
66 Pasture
67 Kind