The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Filming device, for short
4 Men’s Health or Women’s Health, for short
7 Sticks (to)
14 Mined rocks
15 Years that one has lived
16 Presidents and prime ministers
17 Gun advocacy grp.
18 It flows from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal
20 Piece of sports equipment with strings
22 First-___ (best)
23 Back-to-school mo.
24 Relaxation
28 Greek goddess of the hunt
30 Reference point during a piano lesson
33 Coke or 7Up
34 Bring into the company
35 Summer zodiac sign
36 “If memory serves …”
40 Nada
43 Black gemstone
44 Bulletin board fastener
47 Firm, as pasta
49 Fully illustrated, as a novel
52 Work of Shakespeare
53 “Norma ___” (1979 film)
54 German article
55 Where heads of the Pacific are found?
60 $$$
63 PBS-funding org.
64 Singer Flack with the 1973 hit “Killing Me Softly With His Song”
65 Serve that nicks the net
66 Paving goo
67 Reached the golf course standard
68 CPR sites
69 Tax org. undergoing some “reform” in this puzzle’s circled squares
Down
1 Iran-___ (1980s scandal)
2 Behind in payments, after “in”
3 Did intentionally
4 O. Henry’s “The Gift of the ___”
5 Court great Andre
6 Blues and rock, for two
7 Actor Guinness
8 Schoolroom assignment
9 Relative of a rabbit
10 Revised, as copy
11 Gun, as an engine
12 “But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight …”
13 Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr.
19 Cumberland ___
21 “Boy, do
I ___ drink!”
25 Nothing’s opposite
26 “Didn’t I tell you?”
27 Green: Prefix
29 Worker with a trowel
30 Prop you might drop
31 Savings for the golden years, for short
32 Airline whose name is a Greek letter
34 Evil spell
37 QB miscue: Abbr.
38 Loaf that might have seeds
39 Place to pin a pink ribbon
40 Stick in the microwave
41 Sick
42 Holding hands or kissing on the street, for short
45 Italian red wine
46 Actor Greg of “Little Miss Sunshine”
48 Hole for a lace
49 Use mouthwash
50 Rob who directed “The Princess Bride”
51 Evergreens with fragrant wood
53 Big outdoor gear retailer
56 Senior party?
57 Mex. title that’s an anagram of 58-Down
58 Old Russian title that’s an anagram of 57-Down
59 Old Concordes, in brief
60 Hosp. V.I.P.s
61 Awed reaction
62 Certain Wall St. acquisition, for short