CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Muscles worked by bench presses 5 Transport de Montréal 10 Queen of the Greek gods 14 “Hmm, how shall ___ this?” 15 Hosiery shades 16 Alternative to Thrifty or Dollar 17 Tributary of the Colorado 18 … for a loop, say / Area that an N.B.A. team has eight … 20 Passage off Gibraltar, e.g. 22 Laughing gas and rust, for two 23 … seconds to clear / Successful detective’s … 26 “S.N.L.” alum Cheri 27 “Fireside chats” monogram 28 “Baby Got Back” Grammy winner Sir ___ 30 Fig. on a W-9 31 Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” 33 Asians who play elephant polo 35 … declaration / Critical computer … 41 John’s running mate in 2008 42 Website for D.I.Y.ers 44 Merino mother 47 Thing to practice percussion on 51 Angsty music genre 52 Soccer superstar Lionel 54 … component / Dreaded words in a video … 56 One-upped 58 Like light beers 59 … arcade / Knocked … 62 “Noob” 64 ___ wave (oscilloscope output) 65 Obsolete repro machine 66 Helped oneself to 67 Did in, as a dragon 68 How confident solvers may solve 69 Results of sacrifices

DOWN

1 Eat, eat, eat, with “out” 2 Like soap operas 3 Like some international exchanges 4 Beatle who sang “Octopus’s Garden” 5 Ruling family of old Florence 6 Levy on polluters, e.g. 7 Play about Capote 8 Marinade alternative 9 World capital on the 60th parallel 10 Something to kick, maybe 11 Gives the slip to 12 Utensils for making hash browns 13 Invites for tea, say 19 Kind of dancer 21 Drive-up convenience 23 Grid org. with a 110-yard field 24 “Hello, Dolly!” singer, informally 25 For grades K-12 29 Dory propeller 32 Crooks’ patterns, to cops 34 Be litigious 36 Nicknames for 41-Acrosses 37 Muff 38 Apply sloppily 39 “Roger that” 40 “Horsefeathers!” 43 Hand-wringer’s emotion 44 Adorn with raised designs 45 Cotton planter’s headache 46 Dead Sea Scrolls writer 48 Oklahoma tribe 49 Home to Henry VIII’s Catherine 50 Pesticide banned in the ’70s 53 Scatter, as seeds 55 Succeed in annoying 57 Moore of “G.I. Jane” 60 “Ich bin ___ Berliner” 61 Prank-pulling sort 63 Good-to-go signals