THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Scuttlebutt 7 ___ Fridays (restaurant chain)

10 Slob’s creation

14 Hedy in Hollywood

15 Dessert topper from a can

17 And others, in a bibliography

18 Estrange

19 Org. for Penguins and Ducks

20 Wintry coating

22 Vice president Spiro

23 Cunning

25 Spill the beans

28 Online source for health info

30 Take a stab at

34 “Ye olde” place to browse

36 Up to, as a particular time

37 Govern

38 Goopy roofing material

39 High U.S. Navy rank

42 Farrow in films

43 Building annexes

45 Particle with a charge

46 Thief

48 Students’ simulation of global diplomacy, informally

50 Arctic abode

51 “Scram!” 53 Sleepover attire, informally 55 Twisty curves 58 The “P” of PRNDL 60 Scanned lines on a pkg. 62 Diminish the work force … or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues

65 Deficiency in red blood cells

67 Ship-related

68 Searched thoroughly, with “through”

69 Fighting force

70 Raises

71 Praises highly

DOWN

1 “Galveston” singer Campbell

2 Inauguration Day vows

3 *“Crazy to run into you here!”

4 Erie Canal mule of song

5 Blue or hazel eye part 6 *Newspapers or magazines

7 Fish with a heavy net

8 Form of some shampoo

9 Amin exiled from Uganda

10 One circulating at a party

11 “Trainspotting” actor McGregor

12 Building lot

13 Spurt forcefully

16 Gave a hand

21 Brit. resource for writers

24 “You betcha!”

26 Den

27 *Contest for an areawide seat

29 Controversial chemical in plastics, for short

31 *Nonsense

32 Ballerina's bend

33 Drop running down the cheek

34 Pipe part

35 Angel's band of light

36 Sardine container

40 Like early LPs

41 Response to an online joke

44 Age reached by a septuagenarian

47 1940s-’50s jazz

49 Asian yogurt drink

50 “This ___ test”

52 German cars with a lightning bolt logo

54 Long-winded sales pitch

55 Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay 56 Rise quickly

57 Taken a dip

59 U.S. fort with very tight security

61 Scoundrels

63 Post-O.R. area

64 Stick in the microwave

66 Fire dept. responder, maybe