NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Smack!

5 Half of a 1960s

pop group 10 “Puh-leeze!” 14 Traveler with a

turbine

16 “911!” preceder 17 Global news concern of the mid-2010s

18 One of the

Jackson 5 19 Vodka go-with 20 Within

22 ___ Bartlet, president on “TheWestWing” 23 Color in a color

printer

25 Angry arenagoer,

in slang 27 Remote hiding

spot? 30 Surrender 32 Tundra, e.g.

33 It goes around in

circles

35 Where people

get in hot water 37 No. on a check 38 Drinks sometimes garnished with 52-Down

40 Pint Night

purchase 41 Material used for weaponry in ancient China as early as 500 B.C. 43 Battle cry

45 ___ good terms 46 Pulitzer-winning

novelist Jennifer 48 Huff and puff 49 Makes go 51 Tierra en el agua 53 Corona, in an

eclipse 54 Fast-food order that had “all the flavor, one less layer”

56 Battle cry

60 “Ars Amatoria”

author

62 “Babe”

64 Finally give in after initial pushback 65 “Believe me!” 66 Concept in Freudian psychology 67 Pointless

68 “White-fronted” or “chestnutbellied” birds

Down

1 Arouse

2 ___ spider, creature named for its presence around train tracks 3 Enterprise once known as the California Perfume Company

4 It has a big

pouch 5 Presenters, for

short 6 Recherché 7 Polite term of

address

8 Music genre for

Fela Kuti

9 Court pro

10 Real piece of

work? 11 Longtime head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 12 Italian soccer club with three Champions League titles 13 Area with limited access to supermarkets 15 Salacious

21 Flop

24 Someone in the

picture

26 Ad ___

27 Far-off explorer 28 Who “just keeps rollin’ along” in a classic show tune

29 Rock ’n’ roll pioneer from New Orleans 31 Turning the

tables? 34 Longtime music collaborator with Royce da 5’9” 36 Makes up 39 What’s-his-name 42 Tee, e.g. 44 Sender of many unwanted messages 47 Lufthansa

supplier

50 Mass medium 52 See 38-Across 55 Bach’s “___, Joy of Man’s Desiring”

57 Like some sound

systems

58 Not eliminated 59 French fries alternative, informally 61 Requirement for some drilling: Abbr.

63 “___ so!”