The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Something cut by a lapidary 4 Lineup at a truck stop 8 Stunned, in a way
13 There was much of it in Shakespeare 14 Head of Harpo Productions 16 Conscious 17 Cry of disgust 18 Relative of a raccoon 19 Many eyes are upon it, informally
20 & 22 Mid-20thcentury giant in 59-/62-Across 24 Appear that
way 26 Direction in España 27 Bag, in commercialese 30 Port in southern Italy 32 Secret knowledge 34 Counted toward the totality of 39 Turns (off)
40 Things exchanged between brides and grooms 41 Hit for 20-/22-Across (1969 or 1977) 43 About half of a regular soccer field 44 William and Mary, e.g. 46 Flag 48 Coffers 50 “Haughty Juno’s unrelenting ___”: Aeneid 51 Old TV knob abbr.
52 On 55 Adjusts one’s sight
59 & 62 See
20-Across 63 Shade of blue 65 Martin Luther King Jr. had one
67 Fill for a schooner 68 Actor who was People magazine’s 1992 Sexiest Man Alive 69 Cabinet department 70 ___ Arbor
71 Pastime for Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin 72 Tore
73 Soft component of fleece?
Down
1 Blunders 2 First woman to receive her own New York City ticker-tape parade (1926) 3 Native Arizonan 4 Moon or Mercury 5 N.Y.S.E. debut 6 Understand 7 Spoof 8 Secret spillers 9 Conscious 10 Thai dip 11 Squeeze (out) 12 German “the” 15 Duncan ___ 21 Some clouds 23 Old film dog
25 Western city known as “Family City U.S.A.” 28 Bone cavities 29 Casey of “American Top 40”
31 Bit of bucolic verse 33 Country house 34 Small songbird 35 Where to find an American in Moscow? 36 1960s TV character who often said “Surprise, surprise, surprise!” 37 ___ Jima 38 First automaker to offer seatbelts as an option (1949) 42 Coin collector’s interest 45 Beans and rice
47 Like some glasses 49 Alphabet trio
53 Ford contemporary 54 Line on an auto shop invoice 56 One spared by God in a Bible story
57 Who wrote, in a classic children’s book, “It is hard to be brave … when you’re only a Very Small Animal” 58 Something that might be stolen while a crowd watches? 60 Supply for General Mills 61 Garner 63 G.O.P. grp. 64 Cry of awe 66 Disposed of, in a way