THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rebound

6 Lady ___ Ashley, Jake Barnes’s love in “The Sun Also Rises” 11 Interregnum 14 Chilling

15 Like the planets beyond the asteroid belt 16 Chemical suffix 17 Rooftop heist? 19 Travel org. with an eTix app

20 “If you ask me,” to texters

21 Org. that discourages traveling 22 Flowerless plants 24 Diamond club 25 Some roles in the Jack Benny film “College Holiday” 27 Marathon leader? 28 Dateless, say 30 Handle engineer duties? 32 Bird that has one long talon on each foot for fighting 34 Pear variety

35 Preschooler 36 Last at Daytona, say 40 N. H. L. team that became the Hurricanes in 1997

42 “Mazel ___!”

43 "No ___" (" I'm fine") 45 My Chemical Romance genre

46 Della or Picabo? 49 Openings at a day spa? 53 Jewel case insert 54 Bright lights

56 Response to

“Madam,

I’m Adam” that is itself a palindrome 57 Alaskan bear

59 ___ favor

60 Reindeer in “Frozen” 61 “Wheel of Fortune” buy 62 Sandwich shops? 65 Study

66 Orchestra tuners

67 Pull some strings?

68 “Listen ___!”

( Cockney cry)

69 “Forget it!” … or a hint to 17 -, 30-, 46- and 62- Across 70 Gripes

DOWN

1 Premium Cuban cigar 2 Category in a guessing game

3 “You betcha!”

4 Number above “Operador” on un teléfono

5 La Méditerranée, e. g. 6 Tackle box item

7 Start of a children’s rhyme

8 It lasts trois mois

9 Contract period

10 Events for prospective pro athletes

11 Idaho, with “the” 12 Toward the front, anatomically

13 Group rallied by

Mao Zedong 18 Fish at a Hawaiian barbecue

23 Nikon product, for short 25 One who has concrete plans for the day?

26 ___ globe

29 Fresh out of the box 31 Queens stadium name 33 ___ interface

36 Defense fence 37 Cockney, e. g.

38 Trite

39 Typical college freshman

41 John

44 Home of lanternfish and giant squids

47 “___ gather”

48 Foot, baby- style 50 Election do- over

51 No matter whether 52 Has an inkling

55 Major group HQ’d in Fairfax, Va. 58 2016 animated film “___ and the Two Strings” 60 Wave to a math teacher?

63 Opposite of stern

64 Moonshiner’s vessel