The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 0916
Across
1&5 Warm-up circuits for race car drivers 9 Shoppers’ stops 14 Youngest M.L.B. player to hit 500 homers 15 Sports sword 16 Established 17 Negative fastfood review? 19 Scooter ___, former White House adviser convicted in the Plame affair 20 Where shots might be served (or fired) in a western 21 One of 14 in “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” 23 Madison Avenue award 25 Arles affirmative 26 Droopy feature of a cocker spaniel 27 Negative fastfood review? 32 Home of Mount Carmel: Abbr. 33 “Despicable Me” supervillain 34 Julie ___, voicer of Marge Simpson 37 Ending with cyto- or proto40 Make a booboo 42 Emotionally demanding 43 Do after dark 45 Nickname for Maurice 47 Inc., in France 48 Negative fastfood review? 52 Charge (through) 54 Early hrs. 55 “Get outta here!” 56 Cirque du Soleil stars, e.g. 59 Archipelago that’s a part of Portugal 63 Guarded 64 Certain fastfood offering … or what 17-, 27- and 47-Across certainly don’t add up to? 66 Musical direction for silence 67 “Anyone ___?” 68 Keen on 69 Spot for a sprain 70 Inbox label counterpart of “New” 71 Number written in parentheses on an income statement
Down
1 Print sources, maybe 2 Surveyor’s calculation 3 Rock around the Christmas tree? 4 N.Y.C. mayor of the 1970s-’80s 5 Like Pisa’s tower 6 “The Simpsons” storekeeper 7 Chest muscles, informally 8 “Later!” 9 Do-over 10 Polo grounds? 11 Gawk 12 Drum used in Indian music 13 More Machiavellian 18 Divas’ deliveries 22 Browse online without commenting, informally 24 Folklore fiend 27 Cheese ___ (snack) 28 City called a “kommune” by its inhabitants 29 Complete disaster 30 Myanmar, formerly 31 The “E” of N.Y.E. 35 Falco with four Emmys 36 Choices at bakeries and liquor stores 38 Theater sign letters 39 Storage unit 41 Doesn’t keep 44 Singer Franklin, Aretha’s older sister 46 Got out 49 Purim heroine 50 Indistinct 51 Kind of number in chemistry 52 Country from which the name “Buttigieg” comes 53 Vast expanse 57 1988 Cy Young winner Hershiser 58 Attentiongetting store sign 60 Western home of the National Automobile Museum 61 Grub 62 Opening for a time … or a dime 65 Free ad, for short