NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Not so exciting 4 Purchase that
can be deleted 7 Spongy sweet 13 It may contain
gold 14 Sigh of relief 16 Billy 17 Film technique — or a bad thing for it to get? 18 Apex predator of
the ocean 19 Like, so cute! 20 58- Across,
notably 23 Road sign animal 24 Elsa’s sister in
“Frozen” 25 Able to run
smoothly, say 29 Apt rhyme of
“squeak” 31 Violator of YouTube standards 33 Bids “one club,”
say 36 British Invasion band that launched Van Morrison’s career 38 Swig from a flask 39 Part of a magic
show 43 Tip-___ ( easy
baskets) 44 All- vegetarian frozen food brand 45 Like the smiling
eyes of song 46 Approach furtively, with “on” 49 51- Across, e. g. 50 Mexican silver
city 51 Paris accord subj. 54 Cartoonist who popularized Uncle Sam 58 Subject of this puzzle ( who has himself done a 39- Across) 61 Lily Tomlin’s role
in “All of Me” 64 Latin lover’s love 65 ___ one- eighty 66 Total bore 67 Goes out for a
while? 68 Mess up 69 Asylum seeker,
maybe 70 Org. whose budget is classified 71 Lead- in to horse
or lion
Down
1 Portmanteau
ride 2 Take out 3 Therefore 4 Individually 5 Old- style hacker 6 Kind of pie 7 Cuisine with
many curries 8 2013 World
Series champs 9 “Success!” 10 Pro 11 Chocolate ___ 12 A. P. exam inits. 15 Not punish just
yet 21 Olympics venue 22 They’re shocking 26 Hawaii’s ___ City, on an island of the same name 27 “Cleopatra” and
“Spartacus” 28 What a plane
lacks 30 Mysterious gift? 32 Classic record
label 33 Tribute writer of
sorts 34 Fastest of three
historic ships 35 Geographical name that comes from Old English for “East Saxons” 36 Home of Arizona
State University 37 Part of a stable
diet? 40 ___ Gasol, six- time N. B. A. All- Star 41 Actor Cage,
informally 42 D, in an
emoticon 47 Crushing, as a
test 48 One who probably doesn’t get out much 49 Spills 52 Recyclable item 53 Country whose national anthem is “Nashid As- Salaam as- Sultani” 55 Picnic coolers 56 Needing Bengay,
say 57 Reid of
Hollywood 59 “r,” in a text 60 Pretoria’s land:
Abbr. 61 Hieroglyphic
symbol 62 Flow stopper 63 “A Farewell to Arms” setting, briefly