The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 TV network whose logo is an eye 4 Singer Mitchell who wrote “Woodstock” (but didn’t attend) 8 Whole 14 The “A” of I.P.A. 15 Former Israeli P.M. Ehud 16 ___ Tunes (Warner Bros. cartoons) 17 Epoch of rare distinction 19 Tool for the Grim Reaper 20 Opposites of true believers 21 Optima and Cadenza car company 22 “If only ___ listened …” 23 Archie’s wife on “All in the Family” 24 Topic of a happy annual report 27 ___ Pieces 29 Celestial Seasonings product 30 Greet with humility
31 Jul. follower 33 Dow Jones stat. 35 Shocked response 36 Something circled on a calendar 40 Second-largest Hawaiian island 42 Aperitif with black currant liqueur 43 ___ Paulo, Brazil 44 Darkest part of a shadow 46 Bro, e.g. 48 Concepts not meant to be questioned 53 Period of supreme courage and achievement 56 One-named rap star 57 To and ___ 58 Fact-gathering org. 59 Do a perfunctory performance 61 Substituted “math” for “mass,” say 63 When TV viewership peaks … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 53-Across 64 Timeless, to Shakespeare 65 Houses in Havana 66 TV network whose logo is a peacock 67 Puts back to 0, say 68 X-ray ___ (gag gift) 69 “We all ___ little mad sometimes”: Norman Bates
Down 1 More evasive with the truth 2 Marilyn Monroe, notably 3 Something you reach out and take? 4 Author Austen 5 Toothbrush brand 6 Bothers the conscience of 7 Eisenhower, informally 8 Borden milk mascot 9 Like a diet lacking bread or pasta, for short 10 Etch A Sketch or yo-yo 11 Blocking someone’s path 12 Puts back in the oven 13 Visine application 15 Tousled look of the recently woken 18 Counterparts of dahs in Morse code 21 Scoundrels 25 In apple-pie order 26 Mind-body exercise 28 Sit and mope 32 Performer with a fan 34 One finally done with finals? 36 Kiss like an Eskimo 37 Land of Blarney 38 Duo plus one 39 Idle drawings 40 Part of a car’s exhaust system 41 “You agree with me?,” informally 45 Goal for a mountaineer 47 Trumped-up charge 49 Fortitude 50 Beating at chess 51 With hands on hips 52 ___ Falls, N.Y. 54 Neap and ebb 55 Uplift 60 Big movie format 62 ___-K (early schooling) 63 Mac alternatives