The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Drive follower 5 Flower part 11 Gilpin of “Frasier” 15 Some cross-country flights

16 Path to an Oscar?

17 Foe of Snoopy 18 “Peace, y’all!” 20 ___ flu 21 Syracuse athletes, once 22 Tropicana plant 23 Ingredient in a classic gin martini 25 Mate’s consent 26 Big acronym in Hollywood 29 A.F.L.-___ 30 Salad items picked at the midpoint of their maturity 34 Path in a hit 1939 film 39 Cyberaddresses 40 Run ___ of 42 Libretto listing 43 Lambeau Field pro

46 DC Comics hero with a magic ring 49 What you may have that I can’t?

50 A traffic jam may change it, for short 52 Wrangler rival 53 Villainous army in a 1968 Beatles film 57 Some shopping restrictions 59 University of Delaware mascot 62 Some luxury cars

63 In a slump 67 Flowery writing 68 Hero decorations 69 Prince album that was #1 for 24 weeks 70 Luxurious 71 Accepts a perceived flaw with pride 72 Check out Down 1 “Go, ___!” 2 Chicago’s ___ Park 3 Horse leader? 4 What gets the show on the road, for short? 5 “Boo!” shouter 6 Having hardly any spice

7 Start of a new year 8 Fueling concern, in brief 9 Fair-hiring inits., as for L.G.B.T. workers 10 Grp. called in when things go off the rails? 11 Minister’s office

12 Stop on Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited 13 Tornado sound 14 Stonewall and

others 17 Dyeing art 19 Ocular infection 24 Old transportation agcy. 25 H.S. course in which students might read Cervantes 27 Emergency cry from a pilot

28 The “me” of “Despicable Me”

30 ___ crawl 31 The Gay Nineties, e.g. 32 Wield

33 Bag, in product names 35 “___ say!” 36 Material collected in Minecraft 37 Publicize 38 L.G.B.T. activist Savage

41 Toll

44 Crop up 45 Start to cry? 47 Home to every M.L.B. club whose name starts with “A” 48 Adjective-tonoun changer 51 Then: Fr. 53 ___ v. Ohio (landmark case barring illegally obtained evidence from being used in court) 54 Prefix with skeptic

55 Big scenes 56 Manhattan area north of TriBeCa 58 Prefix with discrimination 59 Den ___, Nederland 60 Boy’s name that’s a fruit spelled backward 61 Chilean child 64 Small number 65 Rooter 66 Miracle-___