The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Easy mark 4 Air Force One

honcho 8 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller 14 Overseer of corp. accounts 15 Start all over 16 Start of a rumor 17 “In what way?” 18 Gulf State

leader 19 Despise 20 2012 John C. Reilly animated film 23 Prefix with 28-Across 24 N.Y.C. home to works of Picasso 25 Musical improv 28 Jet 31 Pop the

question 34 Kabayaki fish 36 Main part of a

monocle 38 Conductor

Zubin ___ 39 2012 Quentin Tarantino western 43 Columbus’s

hometown 44 Student aid 45 Its score is reported on some univ. applications 46 Demi or

Julianne Moore 49 Colleague of Roberts and Scalia 51 Gridiron

positions: Abbr. 52 Historical 54 Ages and ages 57 2010 James Mangold action comedy 61 Popular

sleep aid 64 River through

Florence 65 Space station

until 2001 66 Knitted item

for a baby 67 Gambling

mecca 68 Arabic name

meaning “high” 69 ___ movies (8-, 20-, 39and 57-Across, in a way) 70 Sharp 71 Org. named in WikiLeaks documents Down 1 Beginning or end of “Athena” 2 Prior to, in poetry 3 Electricity producers 4 Like school for toddlers, in brief 5 Notes after do 6 It has Cut, Copy and Paste commands 7 Swordsman of

book and film 8 Notable one in

a community 9 Butchery or

bakery 10 “You betcha” 11 Subject of many a viral video 12 Letters for a

prince 13 William Collins’s “___ to Evening” 21 ___ Mustard (Clue character) 22 Roadie’s tote 25 “The Big Lebowski” co-star 26 Autumn bloom 27 General at

Gettysburg 29 Pond growth 30 Prefix with

conservative 32 Muscat native 33 Bank of China

Tower designer 34 Mystery award 35 Kick out 37 Comedy/variety

show since ’75 40 Fish ___ fowl 41 Front hallway

item 42 Prince with

21 Tonys 47 Small piano 48 Droop 50 Kennedy aide

Sorensen 53 Jet fighter? 55 Finalizes, with

“down” 56 Gulf War

ally 57 Toy with

a tail 58 “Forget it,

Friedrich!” 59 Rice on a shelf 60 Lunch time,

maybe 61 Things that exercisers crunch 62 “You mean

me?” 63 La Paz’s land:

Abbr.