The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Christmastime

purchases 5 Vessel that’s

1% full? 10 American ally

in W.W. II 14 Twist someone’s words, say? 15 God, to many 16 ___ Minderbinder, lieutenant in “Catch-22” 17 What the answers to the six starred clues follow, as hinted at by 66-Across 19 Old PalmPilot products, in brief

20 Sauce for

falafels 21 Lucy’s bandleader husband 23 *Firework that

doesn’t work 24 *Crafts site 26 Something said to smell sweet 28 Neighbor of a

Montanan 32 Soft ball

material 33 Short, for

short 34 Poet who wrote “Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity” 36 *Contemptuous smile 39 1847 novel partly set on a whaler 41 Western New

York Iroquois 43 Slightest

protest 44 *Military

vehicles 46 Upright 48 Windy City

rail org. 49 Places to

hibernate 51 Chunnel train 53 Page designs 56 *Resistance

units 57 *Shakespearean prince 58 Adds (up) 60 Short, for one 64 Opposite of

plummet

66 Cry from behind a counter 68 Unadulterated 69 Woman’s name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet

70 She: Sp. 71 Band with the top 10 hits “Lady” and “Babe” 72 Participated in

a bee

73 Look (into)

Down

1 Ending with

song or slug 2 “You have

no ___” 3 Worth a great

deal

4 Conflict

5 First N.F.L. player on the cover of Sports Illustrated 6 Wine label

abbr.

7 Lump

8 He was accompanied by the guard dog Cerberus 9 Biggest-selling newspaper in England 10 First, second or

third person 11 Unintended

consequence 12 Major European ethnic group 13 What Moses supposes his toeses are, in an old verse 18 Harden 22 Rapper with the 1999 album “The Seventh Deadly Sin” 25 Where Ali won his 1974 world heavyweight title

27 Trim 28 Surname of three baseball brothers

29 Arm

30 Vodka and tomato juice cocktail

31 Like la nuit 35 Prepare to

drive

37 Greek salad

ingredient 38 Not fight

seriously 40 Margarine 42 Economized 45 Flush fastener 47 Like the Vietnamese language

50 Old Beatles

rival, with “the” 52 17-time Best Actress nominee 53 Targets for speech therapists 54 Approximately 55 Many an ancient tombstone 59 Annual Austin media event, informally 61 Whodunit, e.g. 62 It may be surrounded by beaches 63 Approximately 65 Alternative to

Bowser 67 Word with

tongue or twist