The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 One who might call you out

7 _ _ _ pepper

12 Prez featured in “Annie”

15 Enthusiastic fan

16 ___ Air, electric vehicle that was named Motor Trend’s 2022 Car of the Year

17 Grassy expanse

18 Refrain in a 1970 hit by the Kinks

20 Crop revered by the Abelam people of Papua New Guinea

21 Casual vodka order

22 Muscat native

23 Some reactions on Slack

24 “Yep, noticed that”

26 “Oh, you wanna fight!”

28 Refrain in a 1971 hit by David Bowie

34 _ _ _-owned (merchandise designation)

35 One of over 140 in an Ironman triathlon

36 Serbian American inventor

37 Hindu god embodying virtue

39 Everlasting, poetically

42 Flatbread that can be served with dal

43 What offers worldwide protection?

45 State boldly

46 “hahahaha”

47 Refrain in a 1965 hit by the Who

52 Corporate department

53 Privy to

54 Longtime TV singing series, to fans

56 Places for evil geniuses

59 Thing with a ping

63 Sandwich you really need two hands to eat

64 Refrain in a 2008 hit by Lady Gaga

66 What makes most moist?

67 Fleece seeker

68 “War and Peace” character who determines through numerology that he is destined to assassinate Napoleon

69 East Asian currency

70 Things dragged uphill

71 Trade mag for marketers

DOWN

1 “www” addresses

2 Defense from some attackers

3 Short-sleeved shirt

4 Like a type that leans right?

5 Enjoy with gusto

6 Big Band ___

7 $1 bill, in slang

8 Dance with a festive skirt

9 Like Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans” or “Marilyn Diptych”

10 Frasier’s ex-wife on “Frasier”

11 State west of Wyo.

12 Going it alone

13 The “D” in CODA

14 Head-butts, e.g.

19 Tackle at the knees, e.g.

23 One who’s finished

25 Zenith

27 Took a load off

28 Outrageous

29 Substance that makes blood red

30 Fair and honest

31 Actor ___ Villechaize of “Fantasy Island”

32 John from England

33 Whiz (through)

34 Big dance

38 Sweetheart

40 Surefire

41 Actor Mcgregor

44 Something a person with an ovomucoid allergy cannot eat

48 Female friend, informally

49 Go by

50 Hot, hot, hot

51 Shortly

54 “Oho!”

55 Novel with the desert planet Arrakis

57 Tech product officially discontinued in 2022

58 Carter of jazz and Perlman of film

60 Take the leap

61 Land unit

62 Raise a big stink

64 Slumber duds

65 Org. with an Office of Water