The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 0726
Across 1 Ones whose business is picking up? 5 Yodeling locale 9 Up until now 14 Mideast
monarchy 15 “Stop procrastinating!” 16 “From your mouth to God’s ears!” 17 * Drink holder
near a sofa 19 Discombobulate 20 Think tank
output 21 * Listing on a
Billboard chart 23 Kit ___ bar 25 Braxton with seven Grammys 26 Instant lawn 27 * Carnival
cruise, e. g. 31 Dept. of
Justice heads 33 Move slowly
( along) 34 * Things that stick out conspicuously 40 Foe of Rocky
and Bullwinkle 42 Deli delicacy 43 Rainbow ___ 44 * Craving for
desserts 47 “Little” girl in “David Copperfield” 48 ___ Four 49 * Tearjerker 51 Fraction
of a joule 54 Huckleberry
Finn carrier 57 “Not
impressed” 58 * Bygone R& B showcase 61 Prancer’s partner on Santa’s team 65 Stun gun 66 * What good ratings for a new show can lead to 68 Girl’s name that phonetically provides the initials to the answers to the asterisked clues 69 Adjust, as
guitar strings 70 Pirate’s quaff 71 Bird on a birth announcement 72 Dick and
Jane’s dog 73 Nordstrom rival
Down 1 “___ Fan Tutte” 2 Surrounded by 3 Requested 4 * Shoplifter,
e. g. 5 Decay- fighting
org. 6 Defensive
tennis shots 7 Charles
Lindbergh, e. g. 8 ___ pad 9 *“Don’t go
anywhere!” 10 “Fancy meeting you here!” 11 Knox and Dix 12 Speed skater
___ Ohno 13 Take some
new vows 18 Winter Palace autocrat 22 Cookout
annoyance 24 “___ a pity” 27 Close kin, for short 28 Sufficient, to a bard 29 Part of
a plot 30 Casual
Friday shirt 32 * Really
safe bets 35 Friend of Pooh 36 Tel. no. a dd- ons 37 N. Y. C. cultural
center 38 Animal in a Wall Street sculpture 39 Irritating subject for an ophthalmologist? 41 * Film words before “Nemesis,” “Into Darkness” and “Beyond” 45 Ski lift 46 With 52- Down,
Sunday entree 50 “Whip It”
rock band 51 ___ Park, Colo. 52 See
46- Down 53 Zeal 55 Eschews food 56 Traffic jam 59 Evil look 60 Small Apple
offering 62 More, in ads 63 Furry Endor
creature 64 Yuletide quaffs 67 Game- match
connector