NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Something seen

in the 6- Across 6 Blue expanse 9 Melee 14 Chick of jazz 15 Whom Uncle Sam wants, on an old poster 16 “___ en Rose”

( song classic) 17 Genius’s head? 18 Yule quaff 19 Gems with kaleidoscopic colors 20 Group found above the 37- Across 23 Field worker,

e. g. 26 Old atlas inits. 27 Things spotted

in a casino 28 Paul ___, 1993 World Series M. V. P. 30 Prop for the Tin

Man 32 ___ Mix 33 Dealer buster 36 Politburo

refusals 37 Line dividing

6- and 70- Across 39 Thermonuclear experiment of the ’ 50s 43 Dutch cheese 44 “Didn’t you get

the ___?” 48 Poker

declaration 50 Muslim holy

month 52 Go separate

ways 53 Mani- pedi spot 56 “Hey, wait your

turn in line!” 57 Group found below the 37- Across 60 Express

appreciation for 61 Zilch 62 Request

forgiveness for 66 Strangely

coincidental, say 67 Hip- hop’s Dr.

___ 68 “If ___ a

Carpenter” 69 Dog- eared 70 Blue expanse 71 Something seen

in the 70- Across

Down

1 Windows

runners 2 Bathroom, in

Bath 3 Bark 4 Big name in on- demand media 5 Bald baby? 6 Coordinate 7 Nutcases 8 Cheap 1980s car

imports 9 Lump 10 At a clip 11 One of the seven deadly sins 12 University of Kentucky athlete 13 Alleviates 21 Maine university

town 22 1960s Angela Davis do, informally 23 Channel for

cinephiles 24 “How

delightful!” 25 ___ de France 29 Like a 1913 Liberty Head nickel 31 Quaint lodging 34 Expunge 35 Peter or Ivan 37 Brooklyn ___,

N. Y.: Abbr. 38 Saudi neighbor 39 Trendy urbanite 40 Windpipe 41 Aviation’s

Amelia 42 “Oh, shut up!” 44 Supersonic

speed 45 Follower of indiana., ohio. or colorado. 46 Wrestling need 47 Clip-___ ( some

sunglasses) 49 Immigrant’s

course, for short 51 Subway

artwork, maybe 54 Skin cream

brand 55 Blazing 58 “___- doke!” 59 Bother for

Bowser 63 Anthem

contraction 64 2nd Amendment advocate 65 Slippery

swimmer