The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Mushroom part 4 ___ Xing (road sign) 8 Managed to avoid 14 South America’s Carnaval city, informally 15 Not doing anything 16 Baltimore bird 17 Psychic ability, in brief 18 Yard event to clear out the attic 20 Manage to avoid 22 Big coffee holder 23 Applaud 24 Louisiana’s avian nickname 28 Giant in health insurance 29 Mortal dangers 33 “Phooey!” 35 Commotions 38 Provide with continuing funds 39 Athlete who said “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer” 40 Strongsmelling cheese made in England 42 Investment for the golden yrs. 43 Cook’s workspace 45 Enroll for another year of duty 46 Work by Wordsworth or Whitman 47 Coughed (up) 49 Ledger entry on the minus side 51 One barely in the water? 56 German carmaker 59 ___ Paulo, Brazil 60 Big name in mattresses 61 Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40and 51-Across 65 Fast asleep 66 Mythical beauty who lent her name to a continent 67 Oil producers’ grp. 68 “___ to Joy” 69 Singer/ songwriter Crow 70 Shipped 71 Gave a meal to

Down

1 Slimeball 2 Supermarket section 3 China’s is around 1.4 billion 4 Without stopping en route 5 Part of a campus URL 6 “Slippery” tree 7 Co-founder of Rome with Romulus 8 Run off with a boxer, maybe? 9 Gold waiting to be discovered 10 Recognize, as differences 11 Objective for a soccer player 12 Fitzgerald of jazz 13 Profound 19 The “A” of MoMA 21 Conks out 25 Med school subj. 26 Low point 27 Juliet Capulet or Holden Caulfield, agewise 30 Impossible to mess up 31 Set of traditional beliefs 32 Got one’s kicks at the pool? 33 Hoarse voice 34 Voice above tenor 36 Grand ___ Opry 37 Prepare for a hard test 40 Search for 41 Coup for a newspaper freelancer 44 Someone dropping by 46 Something that might spring a leak 48 Dreary 50 Cut in half 52 Vote that cancels out a yea 53 Unacceptable actions 54 Musical practice piece 55 Given a PG-13, say 56 Bowls over 57 Thumbs-down response 58 Show gumption 62 Someone not likely to show off intelligence? 63 “Great” hominid 64 Word on a restroom door

No. 0722