The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Modern Persia

5 Arnaz who loved Lucy

9 Become acclimated

14 “Finding _ _ _” (2003 Pixar film)

15 Alternative to a wood, in golf

16 Name said twice before “Wherefore art thou”

17 In vogue

18 Oscar the Grouch’s home

20 International Court of Justice location, with “The”

22 Bulls in a bullfight

23 Old weapon in hand-to-hand combat

26 Place for a nest

30 Digital picture, maybe

31 Less fresh

33 Emergency call in Morse code

36 Wild guess

39 With

60-Across, one of two U.S. vice presidents to resign from office

40 Result of a football blitz, maybe

44 Completely anesthetized

45 Exercise that might be done on a mat

46 Cover gray, perhaps

47 Like vinegar

49 “Holy moly!” 52 English channel, informally, with “the”

53 Bit of fashionable footwear

58 Home in the shape of a dome

60 See 39-Across

62 Dreaded cry from a boss … or a hint to the ends of

18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across

67 Listing in a travel guide

68 Texas ___ (school NW of Houston) 69 Dealer in futures?

70 It’s a plot!

71 News media

72 Rival of Harvard

73 Wood for boat decks

DOWN

1 Not give an ___ (be stubborn)

2 Give a makeover, informally

3 Spanish girlfriend

4 “Hey, don’t jump in front of me in the line!”

5 Insult

6 Time span sometimes named after a president

7 Rather, informally

8 Where work may pile up

9 Best Picture winner set in 1-Across

10 Swims at the Y, say

11 “The Walking Dead” network 12 Cause of a sleepless night for a princess, in a fairy tale

13 Whole bunch

19 Greek counterpart of Mars

21 Yadda, yadda, yadda

24 Zap with a light beam

25 Contest attempt

27 Classic work that’s the basis for Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida”

28 “Goodness gracious!”

29 Not having two nickels to rub together

32 “For shame!”

33 Fledgling pigeon 34 Weight whose abbreviation ends in a “z,” oddly

35 “Sexy” lady in a Beatles song 37 Blood grouping system

38 Hole-some breakfast food?

41 Nickname for the Cardinals, with “the”

42 Prefix with -pod or -partite

43 Zoo enclosure

48 Foal : mare :: ___ : cow

50 Lawyers’ org.

51 Took care of someone else’s pooch

54 Loud

55 Land with a demilitarized zone

56 Delayed

57 Four: Prefix

59 Insets in a crown

61 Line on a calendar

62 Talk, talk, talk

63 Regatta implement

64 French “a”

65 Wriggly fish

66 Dr. of hip-hop