The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Pink alcoholic drink, for short
6 Spree
9 “Not a chance!”
15 Music rights org.
16 Absorbed, as a loss
17 Where to turn for selfknowledge
18 Important map information
19 Measure of conductance
20 Bikes without pedaling
21 It comes first in China, but second in the U.S.
23 Important part of a taxi
24 Suffix with infant
25 Need for making pochoir prints
27 Raid shelfmate
31 2019 World Series champs
33 Coach
34 “Uh-oh. Better get ___” (auto repair slogan)
35 Poker declaration
37 Together, in music
39 Indefinite ordinal
40 One way to run … or a hint to four geographical intersections found in this grid
44 O’er and o’er
46 Real first name of Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus
47 Pangs
50 V.I.P.s
52 Cover story
55 Neat and orderly
56 Datum
57 English channel, familiarly
59 Animal house
60 Statue of Ganesha, e.g.
62 Found an occasion
64 Wiggle room
67 Apposite
68 Media exec Robert
69 Small storage unit
70 Part of STEM: Abbr.
71 Naming, informally
72 First airline to complete a round-theworld flight
73 L.A. winter hrs.
74 Meshlike
Down
1 First space probe to enter Saturn’s orbit
2 Kissingrelated
3 Strategy that stokes fear
4 Bad start?
5 Warms up the crowd, in a way
6 Signal-blocking device
7 To whom the Greeks dedicated the Parthenon
8 Bygone Chevrolet division
9 Actor Williamson who played Merlin in “Excalibur”
10 ___ about
11 Title character in a classic John Cleese comedy
12 Functioned as
13 “A jealous mistress,” per Emerson 14 Sari measure: Abbr.
22 Validate, with “to”
23 One studying the Vedas
26 “Bye now!”
28 “Capisce?,” in ’70s slang
29 Bat Appreciation Month, appropriately: Abbr.
30 Japanese dance/ drama
32 Dear fellow
34 Drug in “Breaking Bad”
36 Pipe buildup
38 Loose
41 Lesley of “60 Minutes”
42 Suitable sounding name for a kid on Santa’s naughty list?
43 Elem. school basics
44 Bungler
45 Where some keys are found: Abbr.
48 U, V, W or Y, but not X
49 Jargony rationale for a business merger
51 Blot
53 Predecessors of Lenovos
54 “Amscray!”
57 Grab by pinching, as an ice cube
58 Hippie happening
61 Per ___
63 Current event
64 Swab
65 Carrier to Japan
66 Rapper MC ___
67 Shakespeare’s “poor venomous fool”