The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Accelerated path of advancement 5 Ballot with votes for multiple parties 10 Cherish

14 ___ manual 15 Pre-nursing homes?

16 Female friend, in French

17 Nothin’

18 Potter’s area of expertise

19 Kind of bean in succotash

20 Special talents 22 Inquire about the health of

24 Product once advertised with the slogan “Everything you love about coffee without everything you don’t”

25 What an office computer whiz might provide, for short

26 Last Julio-Claudian emperor

28 Promotion for a new credit account, maybe 32 Stimulating drug, informally

35 Bit of traditional Polynesian attire 37 Mixed drink mixer 38 Question often preceded by “But …”

40 Stayed in shape

43 Big bundle 44 Novelist Wharton 46 Eroded, with “away”

47 Ultra-rapid transit options

50 Orcinus ___ (marine species) 51 Bit of cowhand’s gear

53 Game that everyone but one person barely loses?

58 Many North Africans 61 “Interesting idea, but … huh-uh”

62 Kick back

63 “OK, that’s it for me!”

65 Crash, with “out” 66 Prefix with thesis 67 Silently acknowledge

68 Toon with yellow fur

69 U.K. network moniker, with “the” 70 Smirnoff competitor, familiarly

71 One with an eye on the future?

DOWN

1 Low states 2 Downward dog in yoga, e.g. 3 Hatchback alternative

4 –

5 Totals

6 Org. that may be involved in field trip planning 7 Musical passages with smooth, connected notes 8 Kind of terrier

9 –

10 1:30 or 2:30, e.g. 11 Drop

12 Shade of green

13 –

21 Mother in the Hundred Acre Wood

23 Sierra Nevada, e.g. 25 Really ticked off 27 What you might do on the side of caution 29 Two-seater, perhaps

30 Toolbar heading

31 –

32 ___ Xtra (soft drink)

33 Biblical twin

34 –

36 – 39 Bend the truth, say 41 When doubled, “You get the idea” 42 Adolescence, for one

45 “Copy me”

48 You might play something by this

49 –

52 Expensive bar 54 Section of Chipotle’s menu

55 _ _ _ Island 56 Bellybutton type, informally

57 –

58 Big slice

59 Top-notch

60 “I am free of all prejudices. I ___ everyone equally”: W. C. Fields

61 Subject of a hairy hoax

64 Kilmer of Batman fame