The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Front’s opposite 5 Some male deer 10 What gives Scotch an earthy flavor 14 Long, cylindrical instrument

15 Kind of bond in chemistry

16 “That hurts!”

17 [Get my innuendo?]

19 Beech or birch 20 When a plane is due, for short 21 Show hosts, in brief

22 “Doesn’t matter who”

24 Actress Jessica 25 Close by 26 Something a digital crossword solver doesn’t need

29 Winter hours in N.Y.C.

31 Exploding stars 35 “Relax, soldier” 37 [Get my innuendo?] 39 Moderate gait for a horse

40 “Later, dudes” 42 Response to the Little Red Hen

43 [Get my innuendo?] 45 Worked

47 Younger Obama daughter

48 “That’s all ___ wrote”

50 Takes in what someone wrote 51 Engrave

53 Dozes (off) 55 “That’s what people tell me, anyway”

58 Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition

59 Chop (off)

62 Bridal veil fabric 63 [Get my innuendo?] 66 Furniture store known for its cafeterias’ meatballs 67 Message on a candy heart 68 Classic pie crust ingredient

69 “Hey you!” 70 Painter Degas 71 Membership fees

DOWN

1 Chicken leftover 2 Be adjacent to 3 Musician’s conclusion

4 Beer barrel 5 “___ U Been Gone” (Kelly Clarkson hit) 6 Mess up, as hair 7 As well as 8 Beyond big

9 Big public argument

10 Baked things that might get people baked

11 Currency that replaced the mark and peseta

12 Got an A+ on 13 ___/them pronouns

18 Mideast leaders 23 Tug hard

24 Keep cool in a pool, perhaps 26 Trails

27 Open-air lobbies 28 Menial workers, dismissively

30 Strip of mowed grass 32 Egot-winning actress Davis 33 Contributed to a kitty

34 Loses traction on the road 36 Commercial leadin to Pen

38 Take-home amount

41 Cover completely 44 “Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering”: Yoda 46 Surgeon, for short 49 Riddle

52 Something you might clear to improve memory 54 Catchall category 55 Undergarment for a dress

56 Acorn producers 57 Frosts, as a cake 59 Hawaiian banquet 60 Fairy tale baddie 61 Professors’ degs. 64 Big name in fleecy boots

65 What a good joke never gets