The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Donations

5 Think ahead

9 Willing to enter a lion’s den,

maybe

14 Organizer of a couples

cruise?

15 Greek goddess of marriage 16 Justice Ruth ___ Ginsburg 17 Fraternity party attire that is traditionally Roman, not Greek 18 Buchanan-Duck-Duke 20 Fishtail, maybe

21 Confront

22 Ending with plug or trade 23 Snack-motivated Great

Dane of toons

26 Under the most unfavorable

circumstances 29 ParisMétro-BART-London

Underground

32 “Great” primate

33 Bona fide

34 “Well, ___ your heart!” 38 Info on a trading card 40 Some undergarments

43 Not deceived by 44 Distinction

46 Brother (and husband) of

15-Across

48 Actor Aykroyd 49 Fender-Gibson-Yamaha 53 “My treat!”

56 Opposite of save

57 Future degree for one taking the GMAT

58 Forever stamp letters

61 Is up, in baseball 63 Silverado-Ram-Tundra 67 Home to Bryce Canyon 68 ___ code (404 Not Found,

e.g.)

69 Homecoming attendee, for

short

70 Word with circular or nail 71 Optimal

72 State flower of 67-Across 73 Took a nosedive

DOWN

1 Members of a certain colony 2 Admires

3 One of several traded for Jack’s family cow, in a fairy tale

4 One getting shorter

throughout the morning 5 Third degree?

6 Scott Joplin’s “Maple ___

Rag”

7 Operatic solo

8 Org. for Jeff Gordon 9 Something to watch on a

telly

10 Stadium shout

11 Famed firefighter Red 12 Containers of blood or ore 13 Surrealist Max

19 Beast in rare “sightings” 24 Galley propeller

25 Farewells 27 Spider’s creation

28 Capital founded during the

Viking Age

29 Bit of pageant attire 30 Bryan Batt’s role on “Mad

Men”

31 Sister to Angelica and Peggy

in “Hamilton”

35 Finish without anyone

winning

36 Act confidently

37 Ballad, e.g.

39 Like some restaurant orders 41 ___ capita

42 Puzzle (out)

45 Cry in an emergency 47 Longtime sponsor of

8-Down

50 “No need to wake me” 51 Some electric cars

52 Give the cold shoulder 53 Louvre Pyramid architect 54 Car mentioned in the Beach

Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun” 55 “___ bleu!”

59 Heap

60 Like a bug in a rug 62 Author/illustrator Silverstein 64 Big inits. in R.V. hookups 65 Online address, in brief 66 Introspective rock genre