NEWYORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fools

5 Huger than huge 9 Weed killer’s target 13 Size in a lingerie shop

14 Modest skirt 15 Softly

16 College named after a Scottish island

17 Word before “Streets” and “Girls” in film titles 18 Certain chamber ensemble

19 This occurs at least once — and never more than three times — in a year 22 ___ workings

23 Cut out

24 Where frozen concentrated orange juice and Gatorade were invented: Abbr. 27 Something to teach a dog 30 Memorable launch of April 11, 1970 32 Go ___

34 Modern lead-in to scrolling

36 It’s a downer 37 Championship memento

39 Like some suspects 41 Alternative to an elbow poke

42 Part of a parkway 44 Bygone TV part 46 Experiences

47 2007 heist film sequel 49 “To weep is to make less the depth of ___”: Shak.

51 Texas’ ___ River, formerly part of the U.s./mexico border 52 Grocery section 54 Convenience stores 57 Bad fortune … as suggested by 19-, 30- and 47-Across? 60 Emphatic affirmation 63 Pop-pop’s partner 64 Object of a search in an animated 2003 film

65 Preppy clothing brand 66 Booking.com booking 67 Weizman who once headed the Israeli Air Force

68 Bracket position 69 TVS

70 Conserve energy

DOWN

1 “Westworld” genre, informally

2 Hard nut to crack 3 Parenthetical comment after an ambiguous witticism

4 Actor James

5 Part of EGOT 6 Artist Mondrian 7 The U.S. Forest Service owns about 38% of it

8 Films

9 HIGH-G.D.P.

10 Kind of milk 11 2000 Beatles album … or its peak position on Billboard

12 Add (up) 15 Palindromic kitchen

item

20 Droughty

21 Marked by opposite

extremes 24 Preserve, in a way 25 Countless,

informally

26 Runs interference

for the offense? 28 Sixth Amendment

right

29 Flattens, in brief 31 Bit of insolence 32 Tanks and such 33 Slice

35 Nasty campaign

charges

38 Actress Scala

40 Big co. in the 2008 financial meltdown 43 Emcee’s segue 45 Life partner?

48 Big joints 50 Breadwinner 53 Words of empathy 55 Busts

56 Hybrid tennis

attire

57 Like items at a

Goodwill store 58 Join

59 Talks, talks, talks 60 Some party hires,

for short

61 “___ or no ___?” (server’s question) 62 Music’s Dr. ___