The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Plants used to

make tequila 7 Health resort

amenity 10 Penne ___

vodka

14 Flying insect with prominent eyespots 15 University

address ender 16 Painful muscle

injury

17 Frozen CO2,

familiarly 18 Grooming accessory that may be stuck in the hair 20 Classic American dessert

22 Lays out neatly 23 Granola morsel 24 Tenant

26 “___ already

said too much” 28 Smaller cousin of the double bass 30 Would-be attorneys’ hurdles, briefly 34 Qatari capital 36 Like some

profs.

37 Frame job 38 Cass of the Mamas & the Papas 40 Obi-Wan ___

(Jedi knight) 41 Taking no guff 42 Spitting sound 45 Federal tax

agts.

46 Rain delay

covers 47 Undergoes

oxidation 49 Driver’s licenses and such, for short 50 BlackBerry

alternative 52 Sans prescription, in brief 54 Washington and environs, informally 57 Material to

sketch on 61 Michael Corleone player in “The Godfather” 63 Relating to

songbirds 64 Take care of,

as the bill 65 Ornamental

pond fish 66 Trade

associations 67 Genre 68 “www”

address 69 Exam for an ambitious H.S. student … or what this puzzle has been?

Down

1 Opera set

in Egypt

2 Trail mix 3 “Parks and Recreation” star

4 “And there

it is!”

5 “And so on

and so forth” 6 Generic name for a herding dog 7 Congers, e.g. 8 Sharable PC file 9 Invisible

emanations 10 Currently 11 ___ Organa (“Star Wars” princess) 12 Having an open, delicate pattern 13 Chests in

synagogues 19 Ultimatum’s

end

21 Societal

troubles 25 Barfly 26 Explanatory

Latin phrase 27 Physicist Alessandro, inventor of the electric battery 29 Grab a bite 31 Nuclear reactor 32 Went leisurely downriver, perhaps 33 Recasts damaging information in a favorable light, say 35 Plane hijacker 39 How freelance work is typically done 40 Pup : wolf ::

___ : fox 42 Expert 43 Source of healthful fatty acids in a StarKist can 44 Exploiter 48 Absorbs,

as gravy 51 5-7-5 verse 53 Wordlessly

implied 54 Batty 55 Sicken with

sentiment 56 Per person 58 Garment draped over the shoulders 59 Draws to

a close

60 Be at leisure 62 Neither here

___ there