The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Sigh of satisfaction 4 Longtime SeaWorld attraction 9 University of Florida athlete 14 Less than forthcoming 15 Yakked and yakked
16 Get hitched hastily 17 “The wart stops here” sloganeer 19 Suit coat feature 20 “Cimarron” novelist Ferber 21 Impolite looks 23 Leonardo da Vinci’s “___ Lisa” 24 Zoom up 25 Civil rights activist with a Harlem thoroughfare named after him 27 Disposable drink receptacle popular at parties 31 For 32 Mine cart contents 33 Cutting-edge technology? 35 Masters of meditation 37 So-called “millennials” 40 White-feathered wader 42 Squander 43 New Deal inits. 44 Dungeons & Dragons monster 47 Copycat’s drink order 51 Keyboard shortcut for “undo,” on a PC 54 Ireland, to an Irish poet 55 Stow, as cargo 56 Birds’ bills 59 It begins on Ash Wednesday 60 7'1" Shaquille 62 March Madness quartet … or, collectively, the second parts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across? 64 Creator of Yertle the Turtle 65 Treasure cache 66 General at Gettysburg 67 Made a mistake 68 Health teacher’s subject, informally 69 Consumed
Down 1 What a keycard provides 2 Jinx 3 Book with psalms 4 Sign indicating a sold-out performance 5 Transport by truck 6 Actress Hathaway 7 Internet connection device 8 Do a Christmas morning activity 9 Solidify 10 San Antonio mission 11 Branch of mathematics concerned with Möbius strips and Klein bottles 12 Body scan for a claustrophobe 13 Takes a breather 18 One with a shortened sentence 22 Camera type, in brief 26 State animal of South Dakota 28 Synagogue singer 29 Function 30 ___ capita 34 Like most vegetables at a salad bar 36 Personal identity 37 Majesty 38 Parlor ink, for short 39 Suffix meaning “approximately” 40 Fence off 41 Awful pun 45 Stick up 46 Chin dimples 48 Colored part of the iris 49 Ballroom dance that originated in France 50 Menu selection 52 Poke fun at 53 Kinshasa’s country, formerly 57 Fort ___ (gold depository) 58 Put money in the bank 61 You’ll trip if you drop it 63 Took the reins