The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Accelerated path
of advancement
5 Ballot with votes for
multiple parties
10 Cherish
14 ___ manual
15 Pre-nursing homes? 16 Female friend, in French 17 Nothin’
18 Potter’s area of expertise 19 Kind of bean in succotash 20 Special talents
22 Inquire about the health of 24 Product once advertised with the slogan “Everything you love about coffee without everything you don’t”
25 What an office computer whiz
might provide, for short 26 Last Julio-Claudian emperor 28 Promotion for a new credit
account, maybe 32 Stimulating drug, informally 35 Bit of traditional
Polynesian attire
37 Mixed drink mixer
38 Question often preceded by
“But …”
40 Stayed in shape
43 Big bundle
44 Novelist Wharton
46 Eroded, with “away” 47 Ultra-rapid transit options 50 Orcinus ___
(marine species)
51 Bit of cowhand’s gear 53 Game that everyone but
one person barely loses? 58 Many North Africans 61 “Interesting idea, but …
huh-uh”
62 Kick back
63 “OK, that’s it for me!” 65 Crash, with “out” 66 Prefix with thesis 67 Silently acknowledge 68 Toon with yellow fur 69 U.K. network moniker,
with “the”
70 Smirnoff competitor,
familiarly
71 One with an eye
on the future?
DOWN
1 Low states
2 Downward dog in yoga, e.g. 3 Hatchback alternative 4–
5 Totals
6 Org. that may be involved in
field trip planning
7 Musical passages with
smooth, connected notes 8 Kind of terrier
9–
10 1:30 or 2:30, e.g.
11 Drop
12 Shade of green
13 –
21 Mother in the
Hundred Acre Wood 23 Sierra Nevada, e.g.
25 Really ticked off
27 What you might do on
the side of caution 29 Two-seater, perhaps 30 Toolbar heading
31 –
32 ___ Xtra (soft drink) 33 Biblical twin
34 –
36 –
39 Bend the truth, say 41 When doubled,
“You get the idea” 42 Adolescence, for one 45 “Copy me”
48 You might play
something by this
49 –
52 Expensive bar
54 Section of Chipotle’s menu 55 ___ Island
56 Bellybutton
type, informally
57 –
58 Big slice
59 Top-notch
60 “I am free of all prejudices. I ___ everyone equally”: W. C. Fields 61 Subject of a hairy hoax 64 Kilmer of Batman fame