The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Literary pal of Porthos 6 Architect of the original

Sisyphean task

11 Nudge, in a way

14 Area for development 15 Venerate

16 Home of the N.C.A.A.’s

Cavaliers

17 Arizona’s ___ National Forest (whose name is Spanish for “stupid”)

18 Holden’s late brother in “The

Catcher in the Rye”

19 Spot for a tap

20 Like some diet soda

22 Bill ___, noted Vietnam Warera activist

24 Unreactive

25 Collaborator on 1968’s “Two

Virgins,” familiarly

27 Lacks existence

29 Some exchanges via AOL,

once

31 Oil spot?

35 Choleric

36 Masterstroke

37 Garment whose name comes

from the Malay for “sheath” 38 Final Oldsmobile model 40 Central difficulty

42 Middle of a sustainability

slogan

43 Biggest French-speaking

Swiss city

45 Choler

47 Unfortunate occasion for a

spelling error

48 Regard

49 “___ this!”

50 Alternatives to melts, maybe 51 Organization with pledges,

informally 53 Get into it, in a way

55 Bridge declaration, in casual

play

58 Bounced back

62 Kind of page

63 Carmaker from Japan 65 Lead-in to phobia

66 ___ season

67 Single-take shots, in film

lingo

68 Took back, as a trophy 69 Vote for

70 Newswoman O’Donnell 71 Impenetrable

DOWN

1 Courtroom figs.

2 Pants, slangily

3 Feature of some bibliographic

citations

4 Piece of the pie, perhaps 5 Cache

6 Stethoscope detection 7 Turning point

8 Surname of two former

Chicago mayors

9 Director Roth of cinema’s

Splat Pack

10 Dish often topped with raw

egg yolk

11 Vintage diner fixture, in brief 12 Done

13 Practical jokes

21 Cold, in Caracas

23 “___ the best!” 26 Forerunner of the C.I.A. 27 N.A.A.C.P. ___ Awards 28 Closer’s specialty

30 Gush

32 Blackjack bet … or a hint to applying the five shaded regions in this puzzle

33 Map feature

34 Molding curves

36 Whitney Houston’s “I Will

Always Love You,” for example 39 Prime snorkeling spots 41 Former first and second lady 44 Physicians’ grp.

46 Halal cart offering

50 Jumper cable?

52 More aligned

54 Watch

55 Uncertain

56 Like beige and lilac

57 Shade at the beach

59 Book before Nehemiah 60 Psyche’s mate in Greek

mythology

61 Hamlet, for one

64 Hostess ___ Balls