THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Thing on a string 5 Listening device? 9 ___ bag 14 One of several on a big rig 15 Poet Teasdale 16 Brother of Prometheus 17 * Especially memorable, as a day 19 Burner holder 20 Garbage transporters 21 * Campground amenity 23 Beings, in Bretagne 25 A dress line 26 Pictionary company 29 It’s carbonated 33 * Feature of a carpenter’s level 36 Valley with many cabs? 37 Last: Abbr. 38 Naval base builders 41 [ Damn, this is annoying!] 42 Gamboling spots 44 * Beef alternative in many countries 46 Gamblers use them 49 Low- end 50 Many a mobile device, briefly 51 186,000 miles/ second, for light 53 * Basic china color 57 Courage 61 Hit musical set in Buenos Aires 62 “Don’t wait for me to proceed” … or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? 64 Arrest 65 Writer Sarah ___ Jewett 66 Eugene O’Neill’s “___ Christie” 67 Dummy Mortimer 68 Breather 69 Quaint affirmative

DOWN

1 Criminals may be behind them 2 Corner office type 3 Designer Gucci 4 Big name in retirement community development 5 Suffix with human 6 Company that invented newsreels 7 They can be crushed for a pie crust 8 It may be thrown at a corkboard 9 Ruined, as dreams 10 ___ Empire ( land of Suleiman the Magnificent) 11 What fireflies do 12 Handed over 13 River to the North Sea 18 Stage when an animal is in heat 22 HBO rival 24 Spa amenity 26 Fisherman’s takes 27 Alvin of American dance 28 Mex. misses 29 Oracle 30 Website parts 31 O of the magazine world 32 Part of G. O. P. 34 Dismissive cries 35 Wall St. debt deal 39 Villa d’___ 40 A Williams sister 43 Heavenly gatekeeper 45 Seized the opportunity 47 One of eight English kings 48 ___- jongg 51 Mall tenant 52 Drudges 53 Hospital capacity 54 Kiln 55 Dark time, in ads 56 Prince of opera 58 Actor Auberjonois 59 Some shuttles 60 Dutch export 63 Part of a soccer goal