The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Wizard’s weapon 6 Meat in a burger 10 Famous ___ cookies

14 Gem from an oyster

15 Peas, for a pea shooter

16 Tales handed down orally 17 Web company with an exclamation mark in its name 18 Nutty candy offering 20 Mardi Gras city, colloquially 22 Word after game, set or match 23 Ultradense galactic body 29 N.Y.C. airport code 30 ___ Grey (variety of 2-Down) 31 Spot for a mic clip 32 The Bee ___ (music group) 33 Instrument with pipes 35 Deliver a grand message 37 Fresh starts ... or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53and 58-Across all have?

42 Like some sprays and voices 43 Danger 45 “Seven” things for a pirate 48 Construction beam material

51 Part to play 52 Sanjay Gupta’s channel

53 Soba servings, for instance 55 Houston baseballer 57 Pollen gatherers 58 Top dog 62 Airplane seating alternative to window

66 It’s catchy 67 Picked a card 68 Step

69 Strong desires 70 Wraps up 71 Uses a computer keyboard

DOWN

1 Intel employee?

2 Breakfast beverage

3 Ooh and ___ 4 Grassy areas near driveways 5 Each button in an elevator 6 Yellow fruit 7 Music subcategory that’s a vowel change from 8-Down 8 Australian bird that’s a vowel change from 7-Down 9 Weather phenomenon that London is famous for

10 Judy Garland, voicewise

11 Kind of phone on the coast of Alabama? 12 Fruit with the name of its color 13 Some mattress choices

19 Mo. before May 21 “Haha” alternative 23 Protagonist in “The Matrix” 24 Bring in, as income 25 Strongly suggest 26 This is not good! 27 Arctic ___ (migratory bird) 28 Mathematician Turing 32 Philanthropic quality

34 Org. for the Hawks, but not the Falcons 36 Gratuity 38 Canadian gas brand

39 Cat: Sp.

40 “Money doesn’t ___ on trees” 41 Window ledge 44 “___ Misérables” 45 Insufficient in quantity 46 Guarantee 47 Avenger played by Paul Rudd 49 Macaroni shapes 50 Suni ___, Team U.S.A. gymnastics medalist 53 Neither’s partner 54 Brutish creature 56 Parts of a gym set 59 Poem of praise 60 Coffee vessel 61 Sansa’s father on “Game of Thrones” 63 Source of maple syrup 64 Political factchecker’s verdict, maybe 65 Triage centers, for short