The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Small groups
of conspirators 7 Charitable
offerings of old 11 Sheepish
utterance? 14 Catching some
Z’s
15 Italy’s outline 16 Relative of an
ostrich 17 Command for a
soldier to relax 19 Post-disaster
help, e.g. 20 Like a low, horizontal throw used by shortstops 21 Unhinge
mentally 23 D.C.-based
teachers’ union 24 One of the
Kardashians 26 Pretends 27 Weekend comedy hit, in brief 29 Financially
solvent 31 Passing craze 34 Snoopy’s breed 36 Spits rhymes,
so to speak 39 Tableware for
special guests 41 Classic car
inits. 42 Melville’s “___
Budd”
43 Mafia chief 44 Fail to keep a
promise
46 “The Spanish Tragedy” dramatist Thomas 47 Have as one’s
residence 49 ___ room (play
space)
51 Goes out of
business
53 In the manner
of
55 Blockhead 58 Bemoans, as a
loss
60 42 weeks
pregnant, e.g. 63 One of the Gershwin brothers 64 Betray … or a hint to what’s found in this puzzle’s shaded squares 66 Plastic used in piping, for short
67 Cookie once promoted with the line “Take a lick — you’ll love it” 68 Stock market
purchases 69 State out loud 70 Take a breather 71 Ohio city on
Lake Erie
Down
1 Mama ___ Elliot of 1960s folk
2 Sean who voiced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael 3 Ice skate part 4 Trojan hero in a
Virgil epic 5 Yeats’s “___
and the Swan” 6 Glisten 7 “Honest” guy
on a five 8 Trucker’s
haul
9 White wine named for the European river valley where it’s produced 10 Sound upgrade
from mono 11 Means to a goose laying golden eggs, in a fairy tale 12 Compañero 13 Poet W. H. ___ 18 “I don’t need to
hear all that!” 22 PONG Quest gaming company 25 Reddish purple 28 Org. overseeing
court battles 30 Drifting ice
mass
31 U.S. TV
regulator 32 “Now I see!” 33 Negotiator’s
skill
35 Square footage 37 Thickness, as
of yarn
38 Name that’s hidden in “Easy does it” 40 Assault on the
ears 42 Helpful
pollinator 44 Bring back to its original condition 45 Most serious 48 One with a booth at a flea market
50 Pen for horses
on a ranch 51 Promotional snippets from a film 52 Caterpillar or
tadpole 54 Texter’s chortle 56 Be crazy about 57 Joined together
by heating 59 Hauls into
court
61 Sound that
rebounds 62 Former Exxon
name 65 Nonhuman internet “account holder”