The New York Times crossword puzzle
Note: The five rows of shaded squares reveal an unusual feature of this puzzle. Across 1 See blurb
6 Batteries in mice 9 * Bonzo
and others 15 She went to Haiti in a Cole Porter song 16 Ballpark fig. 17 Et ___ 18 “The Lion King” soundtrack composer 20 Hang on to 21 Boarding
pass info 22 Angsty
music genre 23 Divest ( of) 24 Gesture that might be made with a wink 25 See blurb 28 Opposed 32 “And how!” 33 *“And so it ___” 34 Patriotic women’s org. 35 Jack who played Sgt. Friday 39 Sound like a jackass 40 See blurb 42 PHX airport
locale: Abbr. 43 Actress Kendrick of “Pitch Perfect” 44 Summer hrs.
in Chicago 45 * Fabric with a cheapsounding name 47 “CSI”
workplace 50 Fresh gossip,
with “the” 51 See blurb 55 Long- snouted fish 56 Title for 18- Across 57 Au ___
( menu phrase) 58 Novelist
Waugh 62 “Star Wars” knight, informally 64 Only a little 66 Fix, as a pump 67 ___ generis
( unique) 68 Therefore 69 *“You just
missed!” 70 Item held by the king of diamonds 71 See blurb
Down 1 Barely manages, with “out” 2 Lowland,
poetically 3 Singer James
or Jones 4 Thigh- slapper 5 Nikkei index currency 6 Chocolatier’s lure 7 * Can’t stomach 8 Go astray 9 1950s-’ 60s hit with the lyric “Ah, you made me love you / Now, now, now, now your man is come” 10 Paid
attention to 11 “The Addams
Family” cousin 12 Had in mind 13 Previous arrest,
on a rap sheet 14 Like some
light hair 19 Ballet leaps 23 Showed again 25 Form 1040 ID 26 Newswoman
Bakhtiar 27 “Hold it —
hang on!” 28 “Fernando”
group 29 HGTV personality ___ Yip 30 Eddie ___, subject of “The French Connection” 31 World capital whose name means “gardens” 36 Fish- eating
raptor 37 Stand- up’s routines 38 [ Wrong answer!] 40 Couch potato 41 “Right away!,”
in the O. R. 44 China holder 45 Reunion group 46 Rogue computer in “2001” 48 M and N, in
pronunciation 49 * Elegantly designed trinkets 51 Greek marketplace of old 52 Motown
or Decca 53 Light beam
splitter 54 Adorable one 58 AAA part: Abbr. 59 Ilsa ___, “Casablanca” character 60 “Behold!,”
to Caesar 61 “Believe” Grammy winner, 1999 63 Try to win
over 64 Intel org. 65 Cry of
discovery