The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Ritzy

5 Like the caboose among all the cars on a train 9 “Perry ___” (classic legal drama)

14 Iams competitor 15 Regarding 16 Harden (to) 17 When the Allied invasion of Normandy was launched 18 “Movin’ On Up” and “I’ll Be There for You,” for two 20 123 ___ Street (Big Bird’s address) 22 Clear, as a diner’s table 23 Washington, D.C., baseball player, for short

24 Sound at the start of “gentle” and “giant” 27 Apply, as lotion 29 Window fixtures most used in the summer, for short 32 Kind of tide 33 “That’s ___ hadn’t heard!” 34 Board game in which pieces may be captured or crowned 36 Reply to “Who’s there?”

39 Not glossy, as a photo finish 40 Baby dog 42 Legitimate 43 Submission to a contest

44 Any “Jr.,” to his father

46 Rick’s love in “Casablanca” 48 Composer Stravinsky 49 1992’s “A Few Good ___”

50 Run up, as expenses 51 Brusque 53 Gerund suffix 54 Victoria Beckham ___ Adams

56 Pic taken at arm’s length

60 What draws recording artists to Nashville and jazz lovers to New Orleans

64 “___ Las Vegas” (1964 film starring 52-Down) 65 Customer’s routine order, with “the” 66 Big rig’s cargo 67 Cousins of 401(k)s 68 Cylindrical pasta 69 On the ___ (unfriendly) 70 Certain email folder

DOWN

1 Protective gear for in-line skaters 2 Ye ___ shoppe 3 Health resorts 4 Georgetown athletes 5 Charge for an overdue payment 6 Cigar residue 7 Office address abbr. 8 Mausoleum 9 Pageant whose hosts have included Bob Barker, Dick Clark and Steve Harvey 10 Year: Sp.

11 Main religion of Pakistan 12 Instrument heard at a ballpark 13 Where eggs are laid 19 Continental currency 21 Animal “relative” an astonished person may claim to be 25 Covering seen at a ballpark 26 Dashboardmounted navigator 28 Greek B’s 29 Zenith 30 Martial arts action star Jackie 31 What glows in the west at day’s end … or a hint to this puzzle’s sequence of shaded squares 35 PC shortcut for “copy”

37 Boxer Tyson 38 Biblical garden 41 It may be turned with a swipe on an e-reader 45 Scrumptious bits 47 War god who’s a foe of Wonder Woman 50 Occupied, as a lavatory

52 See 64-Across 53 “It’s my turn” 55 Rebounding sound 57 Pyromaniac’s obsession 58 “Ghostbusters” director Reitman 59 Toward the dawn 61 Actor McKellen 62 ___ de cologne 63 Acorn, for one