NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Place one’s seat, underneath say 5 “Dancing Queen” group 9 Barely open, as a door 13 “Ingredient” in molten chocolate cake 14 Decorated parade vehicle 15 Aloe ___ 16 Pinnacle 17 Cuban dance 18 Sign for the superstitious 19 Message on a giant foam finger 22 Chem. or biol. 23 ___ of the tongue 24 Falsehood 27 Big jerk 30 “The Addams Family” cousin 32 Prayer endings 34 To the ___ degree 35 1999 rom-com with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook 39 Release, as a new album 41 Less than 90°, as an angle 42 “Livin’ la ___ Loca” 43 “Anything Goes” song 46 Big California paper, for short 47 Go in 48 Orangutan, e.g. 49 Homophone of 24-Across 50 ___ Fridays 51 Target of a scratch 55 Grp. that might give you a hand on the shoulder? 57 Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes slogan 63 Equestrian’s “Stop!” 65 Turned white 66 ___-pads (hygiene product) 67 Lug along 68 Lesser of two ___ 69 Norway’s capital 70 Latch ___ (seize) 71 Not-safe-for-work transmission 72 Some whiskeys

Down

1 Cole ___ 2 Alternative to glue 3 Above 4 Grows, as the moon 5 Grad 6 Woefully underperforms 7 Site of a biblical tower 8 Company that launched Pong 9 Stratfordupon-___ 10 Award-winning sports journalist who went from ESPN to The Atlantic 11 Exist 12 Went for office 14 Signature accessory of Carmen Miranda 20 TV drama with spinoffs set in Los Angeles and New Orleans 21 Down Under gemstone 25 24 hours from now 26 Subject of a will 27 “Still …” 28 Well-muscled 29 “Don’t hesitate to say what you want” 31 Silicon Valley industry 33 Cable channel that brought the world “Beavis and Butt-head” 36 Take to court 37 Intro to boy or girl 38 Animals with spots 40 ___-K (early learning) 44 Lake with a namesake canal 45 Prickly ___ (variety of cactus) 52 Goes tap-tap-tap on a keyboard 53 Yearn for 54 DNA shape 56 Knight’s protection 58 Angel’s headwear 59 Hanukkah coins 60 “No sweat!” 61 Spinning part of a car 62 Spanish uncles 63 “Which person?” 64 ___ Solo of “Star Wars”