NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Travel aimlessly 5 Melville captain 9 Credit alternative 14 ___-Defamation League 15 ___ gras 16 Loud public argument 17 Device for tapping groundwater 19 Lovers’ rendezvous 20 Debacle 21 Pop hit? 23 “Nope!” 24 What Apple’s mobile devices run on 25 $$$ pro, for short 27 Hippo campus? 29 Vexation 30 This-and-that dish 32 In disguise for a mission 35 This-and-that dish 36 Only four-term prez 37 Echelons 38 Period after a championship 42 Sky hue 45 Seabird of colder climes 46 Singer Eartha 50 What’s hung on a clothesline 53 Don’t go

54 Kitchen counter crawler 55 General whose orders are sometimes carried out? 56 “Plot twist!” 58 “How you livin’?” 59 Midmonth occasion 61 Some party hirees, for short 63 Not perfectly round

65 They may protect diamonds 67 They usually attract (not in this puzzle, though) 69 Visually assess 70 Weirdo 71 “Dibs!” 72 Papa 73 Airport approximations: Abbr.

74 Part of BFF

Down

1 Sashimi, e.g. 2 The slightest

amount

3 Map books 4 “Cool” amounts 5 Updo styled with an elastic band

6 ___ polloi

7 Is down with something 8 Its capital is Belmopan 9 Spring forward/ fall back inits. 10 Beigeish shade 11 Fans of singer Knowles, collectively 12 Actuary’s employer 13 Holds in place 18 700, in ancient Rome 22 Word before “favor” or “ejemplo” 26 No ifs, ___ or buts 28 Prefix meaning “eight” 31 Fingerprint shape 33 Really not look forward to 34 Sounds from a sty 39 Abbr. between two singers’ names

40 Surrounding glow 41 Signature shots of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 42 Looked forward to 43 One-named star of HBO’s “Euphoria” 44 Said aloud 47 “Dead even!” 48 Loses slack 49 Prepare for printing 51 Amer. currency 52 “Seriously!” 57 Crunches work them

60 Tater

62 Help out, as a bench-presser 64 Partner for life 66 Do recon 68 Rocket’s escape vessel