N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle

Across

1 ___ of the Apostles 5 Ending with neo- or proto10 Pushing conventional limits 14 Blade in the pen 15 Strip of fabric used for trimming 16 Low ground, poetically 17 Rock’s ___ Inch Nails 18 Habitual customer’s order, with “the” 19 Clothes presser 20 Layers of sherry-soaked torte, homemade custard and fruit served chilled in a giant stem glass 23 Dreadlocked ones, informally 24 Comical “Dame” 25 “Kilroy ___ here” 28 Give off, as vibes 30 Summary 32 ___-December romance 35 Ice cream and sponge topped with meringue and placed in a very hot oven for a few minutes 38 Oodles 40 Singer with the site imaginepeace.com 41 Boxer Max 42 Steamed-for-hours, aged-for-months concoction of treacle, brandy, fruit and spices, set afire and served at Christmas 47 Fabric purchase: Abbr. 48 Teacher’s plan 49 Uncles, in Acapulco 51 ___ contact 52 Units of resistance 55 Ham-handed 59 What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively 62 Command-Z command 64 Actress Watts 65 Kardashian matriarch 66 Fool 67 Latches (onto) 68 Land of Blarney 69 Ones who are splitsville 70 Lauder of cosmetics 71 “Phooey!”

Down

1 Ed of “Up” 2 Set traditionally handed down to an eldest daughter 3 Tiny bell sounds 4 Willowy 5 German kingdom of old 6 Growing luxuriantly 7 Severe and short, as an illness 8 Glass fragment 9 Gates of philanthropy 10 Voldemort-like 11 “Hesitating to mention it, but …” 12 Mop & ___ 13 Itch 21 da-DAH 22 Pass’s opposite 26 “___ and answered” (courtroom objection) 27 Constellation units 29 Walloped to win the bout, in brief 31 Chew the fat 32 Sugar ___ 33 Locale for urban trash cans 34 Sam Cooke’s first #1 hit 36 Come to a close 37 “I dare you!” 39 Designs with ® symbols: Abbr. 43 Lowdown, in slang 44 Drive mad 45 Salade ___ 46 Club game 50 Lollipop 53 “Square” things, ideally 54 “Git!” 56 “West Side Story” seamstress 57 Mini, e.g. 58 Positive R.S.V.P.s 60 Error report? 61 J.Lo’s daughter with a palindromic name 62 Manipulate 63 Kill, as an idea