The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 ___ Express (Boston-toWashington connection) 6 Site of Zeno’s

teaching 10 Prefix with

-logical 14 Close-fitting

head covering 15 Congers, e.g. 16 Salmon at a

deli

17 Some evidence collected for trials 19 Birdbrain 20 Texting

alternative 21 Boatloads 23 Police,

informally 26 Part of a

doctor’s visit 27 Blizzard

results

28 Lyrist of myth 30 Lead-in to dog

or horse 32 Made a fast

stop?

33 Towel

35 Tel ___

37 The works 40 ___ Mae

(bond) 41 Scruff 42 Madre’s

hermana 43 Wall-E’s love in

“Wall-E” 44 Submarine commander of fiction

46 It’s often played before playing 48 Rule, informally 49 Solidify 50 Tranquil 51 “Hurray!” 53 Question before a name is repeated 55 Circuitry

connectors 56 Standard equipment on most cars 59 Website with step-by-step tutorials 61 Solidify

62 A little behind 63 Bad-mouth 65 Pasta used in soups and salads 66 Maker’s mark? 71 Asian vessels 72 Tolkien

character 73 Turkish money 74 Reason to see an ophthalmologist 75 Need for a modern pentathlon 76 High-tech package delivery method

Down

1 Do some

arithmetic 2 One side of a

debate 3 Word after many a president’s name

4 Zap, in a way 5 *Baseball, according to some

6 Old photo

tones

7 *“A likely

story!” 8 “Hurray!” 9 Longtime Syrian strongman 10 Sense

11 Warm winter coat contents … or what is present in the answer to each starred clue? 12 Give the boot 13 Vows

18 Upper limit,

for short 22 *Dystopian novel set in the year 2540 23 Book that a bookkeeper keeps 24 Achieve great success 25 *Sports legend who was an M.V.P. for eight consecutive seasons 29 Boatload 31 Director

DuVernay 34 Sense 36 Hoppy brews 38 Mortgagor, e.g. 39 Unlikeliest to

be bought

45 Do some

lawn work 47 Grueling Olympic race, for short 52 Melodic 54 “Now that

makes sense!” 56 Retards

57 Deck with

78 cards

58 Its symbol

is ORD

60 Elect (to) 64 Genre for “Chinatown” or “The Big Sleep” 67 Whelp

68 One side of a

debate

69 Solo on the

silver screen 70 Cornell-to-Yale

dir.