The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Like some committees 6 Many a Syrian or Yemeni 10 “Ri-i-i-ight”
14 “Je t’aime” : French :: “___” : Spanish
15 Does some tech work
17 Firm fruit 18 With 66-Across, hint for solving this puzzle 20 “Roll doubles to get out of jail” or “You do not talk about Fight Club” 21 Supreme Egyptian deity 22 Centerpiece of an agenda 24 Actor George of “The Goldbergs” 27 Museum curators’ degs. 28 “Lah-di-_ _ _!” 31 Some nightclub performances 33 Sound of impact 36 Vexed 38 Garment patented in 1914 by Mary Phelps Jacob 39 “My alarm didn’t go off,” for one 41 Young musician 42 Mount Olympus 44 Look good
45 One of the Three Magi 47 Insurance giant bailed out in 2008
48 Some turban wearers
49 Hwy. accident respondent 50 Call home 53 Singer with the 2016 #1 hit “Cheap Thrills” 54 Gossip 55 Sticky plant stuff 57 As a unit 61 Takes a whiff 65 Thick Japanese noodle 66 Continuation of 18-Across 69 Cuts short 70 Feature of a helmet, maybe 71 Absorb, as information 72 Water buffalo 73 ___ Midas Wolf (Disney’s “Three Little Pigs” antagonist) 74 Senator Joni of Iowa
DOWN
1 Gillette razor name
2 Judge
3 Give birth to 4 Signs of trouble 5 Emend
6 No soft serve 7 Caviar, for example 8 Only human, briefly 9 Wasn’t, then was 10 Actor Elba of “Cats” 11 Engagement ring
12 What is she in France? 13 Abound
16 Went to third, say 19 Story spanning generations
23 Lil _ _ _ (“Old Town Road” rapper) 25 U.S.A., USB or USC 26 Wild West show rope
28 Word with square or line
29 Crew top
30 Job bank 32 Symbol of sharp wit
33 Does not 34 Official beer sponsor of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 35 Group thinking 37 Grossglockner, for one
40 CBS forensic drama
42 Object of hatewatching, perhaps 43 Giant storybook 46 Not very much 48 Rod used to make yarn
51 1978 movie musical starring Diana Ross 52 U.N. member until 1991
54 Like a neutron star
56 Not as nasty 57 Part IV 58 Evidence of expiration 59 Cold Asian desert 60 National flower of England
62 Cold Spanish dessert
63 Pelts 64 Lampooned, with “up”
67 Pan Asian 68 Rock hard