The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Hidden addresses, for short

5 City in the Rio Grande Valley with a historic namesake 10 Hard ball? 14 Island where it once rained for 331 days straight 15 Emerald is a variety of it 16 Source of a purple puree 17 Weary boater’s welcome sight? 20 Airer of political parodies, briefly 21 Prominent focus for a navel-gazer? 22 A pup is a young one 23 Student ___ 25 Flying monsters in Dungeons & Dragons

27 Cry on arriving for a boating trip?

31 “___ queen!” (slangy affirmative) 34 Deep-pocketed 35 Title for the entitled, maybe

36 Bring down by coup, e.g. 38 Input

40 Big gobbler 42 “Adam Ruins Everything” airer

43 Like idols 45 Grab hold of 47 Big meanie 48 Drink originally called “blanccassis” 49 Completely retire from boating? 52 Victor who wrote “Odes et Ballades” 53 Having no application 54 When Tatum O’Neal won her Oscar 57 Second staff in many an orchestral score

60 Org. concerned with air bags? 63 Boaters, collectively? 66 Meanspirited 67 Look upon with disgust 68 Galactic conquerors of film 69 Deployed, as a sailor

70 Spoiling one’s attendance record, say 71 Verbal equivalent to a nod of the head

Down

1 Fashion accessories that shed 2 Boss of a bo’s’n 3 Minor performer? 4 Sic legal on 5 “Who we are” page 6 Spring time 7 Beginning of the Constitution: Abbr. 8 “You saved me!” 9 Flamenco shout

10 “A snail can sleep for up to three years” and others

11 Rapper with a hyphenated name

12 All there 13 Category 18 Wins undeservedly over 19 Power point? 24 Upper atmosphere, with “the” 26 Paxil may alleviate it, in brief 27 Exact 28 Language written in the Devanagari script 29 Hardest part of a date 30 Futuristic delivery device 31 Encouraging words 32 Dino : the Flintstones :: ___ : the Jetsons

33 Cut off

37 Bit of publicity 39 The customer’s right, at times 41 Dallas N.B.A. player, in brief

44 A pup is a young one 46 Enjoy oneself festively 50 iRobot product 51 ___ Klebb, Bond villain in “From Russia With Love” 52 2003 #1 Outkast hit 54 Watery shade 55 Barge haulers 56 That’s some story 58 Physics Nobelist who developed an early model of the atom 59 Psalm starter 61 Wikipedia, e.g.

62 Belly trouble 64 Take in 65 Inflation fig.