THE NYT CROSSWORD

Note: The five rows of shaded squares reveal an unusual feature of this puzzle.

ACROSS

1 See blurb

6 Batteries in mice

9 *Bonzo and others

15 She went to Haiti in a Cole Porter song

16 Ballpark fig.

17 Et ___

18 “The Lion King” soundtrack composer

20 Hang on to

21 Boarding pass info

22 Angsty music genre

23 Divest (of)

24 Gesture that might be made with a wink

25 See blurb

28 Opposed

32 “And how!”

33 *“And so it ___”

34 Patriotic women’s org.

35 Jack who played Sgt. Friday

39 Sound like a jackass

40 See blurb

42 PHX airport locale: Abbr.

43 Actress Kendrick of “Pitch Perfect”

44 Summer hrs. in Chicago

45 *Fabric with a cheap-sounding name

47 “CSI” workplace

50 Fresh gossip, with “the”

51 See blurb

55 Long-snouted fish

56 Title for 18-Across

57 Au ___ (menu phrase)

58 Novelist Waugh

62 “Star Wars” knight, informally

64 Only a little

66 Fix, as a pump

67 ___ generis (unique)

68 Therefore

69 *“You just missed!”

70 Item held by the king of diamonds

71 See blurb

DOWN

1 Barely manages, with “out”

2 Lowland, poetically

3 Singer James or Jones

4 Thigh-slapper

5 Nikkei index currency

6 Chocolatier’s lure

7 *Can’t stomach

8 Go astray

9 1950s-’60s hit with the lyric “Ah, you made me love you / Now, now, now, now your man is come”

10 Paid attention to

11 “The Addams Family” cousin

12 Had in mind

13 Previous arrest, on a rap sheet

14 Like some light hair

19 Ballet leaps

23 Showed again

25 Form 1040 ID

26 Newswoman Bakhtiar

27 “Hold it — hang on!”

28 “Fernando” group

29 HGTV personality ___ Yip

30 Eddie ___, subject of “The French Connection”

31 World capital whose name means “gardens”

36 Fish-eating raptor

37 Stand-up’s routines

38 [Wrong answer!]

40 Couch potato

41 “Right away!,” in the O.R.

44 China holder

45 Reunion group

46 Rogue computer in “2001”

48 M and N, in pronunciation

49 *Elegantly designed trinkets

51 Greek marketplace of old

52 Motown or Decca

53 Light beam splitter

54 Adorable one

58 AAA part: Abbr.

59 Ilsa ___, “Casablanca” character

60 “Behold!,” to Caesar

61 “Believe” Grammy winner, 1999

63 Try to win over

64 Intel org.

65 Cry of discovery