NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Spry
6 Gray, say
10 Raise on a farm
14 Parts of radios
16 Dubliner’s land
17 Dog in “Finding Neverland”
18 Second-in-charge, as at a restaurant
21 “The ___ Erwin Show” (1950s sitcom)
22 Watson of “Beauty
and the Beast”
23 Revered emblem
24 Blackens with goo
26 California setting for “Hannah Montana”
28 End of a proof, for short 30 Boundary marking the limits of a black hole
33 Salt Lake City collegian
34 Tuna type
35 Fort ___ (gold depository)
36 Carpe ___ (seize the day)
37 Director of the horror films “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel”
41 Comedian Martin
43 Miner’s big find
44 President who was formerly Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary of war
47 Campaigned
48 Texter’s guffaw
49 Toss the pigskin perfectly
54 Offshoot of punk
55 Knockoffs, informally
56 Baby’s first word, maybe
57 Like pistachios and lemons 59 Peace Nobelist Wiesel
61 19-Down for an air gun
62 Classic comics rallying cry … or a hint to 18-, 30- and 49-Across
66 Politician Buttigieg
67 Joel or Ethan of the film world
68 Jail, in slang
69 “Leave it to the ___”
70 It bends when you sit
71 Must have
DOWN
1 One little bite
2 Holst who composed “The Planets”
3 Cover, as a car
4 Hula hoop?
5 Triage sites, for short
6 Monarchy for over a thousand years
7 Treatment for A.D.H.D.
8 Partner of Hammer in the supermarket
9 Vocal percussionists
10 One creating a little buzz at an outdoor party
11 Angrily abandon a video game
12 Approximately
39 inches
13 “The most successful ___ seldom pays for its losses”: Thomas Jefferson
15 Part of an office bldg. address
19 See 61-Across
20 Follower of “the,” often
25 Trap
27 Preppy clothing brand
29 Prefix with god or john
31 However, in brief
32 Rise from bed … or drop to one’s stomach
36 Jeans material
37 Her, to Henri
38 Affect in a distant, menacing way
39 “Sure, my pleasure!”
40 Instrument with a soundbox
42 Election night graphic
45 Anticipate
46 Like most roads
49 Subject in which sin is an important topic?
50 It means
“no returns allowed”
51 Group wielding pitchforks, say
52 Strolled
53 Things shooting from a sci-fi monster’s eyes
58 White bills in Monopoly
60 Key to get out?
62 Tinder or Venmo
63 Harry Potter’s best friend
64 Long stretch
65 A Stooge