The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Like some basketball shots and unwanted calls

8 Slangy

turndown 11 Law man 14 Woo

15 ___ crossroads 16 “… fish

___ fowl” 17 Markswoman dubbed “Little Sure Shot” [1977]

19 Male swan 20 Site of two

French banks 21 Free from 22 Prefix with

center

23 High lines 25 Variety of

pool [1982] 27 2017 N.C.A.A. basketball champs 30 Opposite

of a gulp 32 Rapidly spreading over the internet 33 Mushroom

or balloon 35 Group that takes pledges, informally 38 Massage

target? 39 Capital city with only about 1,000 residents [2016]

44 Stew morsel 45 “Right away!” 46 Geraint’s wife, in Arthurian legend 47 Understand 49 Rallying cry? 51 “Gloria in Excelsis ___” (hymn) 52 Landlord’s

register [1996] 56 Ring on

a string 58 Columbia,

for one 59 Winds down

in a pit? 61 Boise’s home 65 President

pro ___ 66 Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down 68 ___-la-la

69 Get a good

look at 70 Country north

of Latvia 71 Hankering 72 70-Across, e.g., formerly: Abbr.

73 TV’s “Maverick”

or “Gunsmoke”

Down

1 They may be strapless or padded

2 Solo

3 Luxury hotel

chain

4 Oscar winner for “Hannah and Her Sisters” 5 Prepares to be

knighted 6 Prefix with

tourism 7 Sweetie 8 Nita of silent

films

9 Used as the surface for a meal 10 Antihistamine

target

11 400 meters, for an Olympic track [2012] 12 Commotion 13 Clay character in old “S.N.L.” sketches 18 They’re related 24 Search

(through) 26 1996 Foo

Fighters hit 27 “That’s awful!” 28 Hunters’ org. 29 Superloyal employee [1971] 31 Crackerjacks 34 Oscar winner for “Hannah and Her Sisters” 36 Caste

member 37 Means of avoiding an uphill climb 40 Blankets for open-air travelers 41 Series

ender: Abbr. 42 Run out

of power 43 Commotion 47 Courageously

persistent 48 Noted colonial

silversmith 50 Bank jobs 53 Follows orders 54 Deadbeat,

e.g.

55 Tennis call 57 Buffoon 60 Eurasian duck 62 Teen woe 63 Wig, e.g. 64 Pearl Buck

heroine 67 Helpfulness