NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Possible result of a TMZ story

6 Behind, nautically 11 “American Dad!” network

14 Theme of la festa di San Valentino 15 Spanish equivalent of “Basta!”

16 Word with know or show

17 Future zombie’s last words?

19 Virtuoso

20 This is only a test 21 Sauce that’s 80% vowels

22 Worshiper at the ancient Qorikancha (“Golden Temple”) 23 Core group 25 Black-and-white movie effect 27 Country music standard at zombie karaoke night? 32 Ending for some government 37-Across

33 Poker giveaway 34 “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” poet 37 Info in a modern bibliography

39 Gets warmer, so to speak

42 Tackles, say

43 Kind of reform or code

45 “Read the clues carefully” and “Check your crossing answers” [You’re welcome!] 47 Big name in nail

polish

48 Reason the zombies are, of course, skipping the empty house? 52 “Abso-lutely not!” 54 Be over 55 Broadcast journalist

Paula

56 Purple shade

59 Not do anything 63 ___-Man 64 Zombies’ cry in the

face of defeat? 66 Landmark 1973 court case, familiarly

67 Sync up

68 With 13-Down,

playground promise 69 White wine aperitif 70 Old Apple Store

offerings 71 Ophthalmological

ailments

DOWN

1 Sweets

2 Discover alternative, for short

3 Toon with a talking map

4 Fundamental

5 On the ___ (frequently, in modern slang) 6 Pro’s opposite 7 Classic clown name 8 Picturesque town on the Gulf of Salerno

9 Adroit

10 Sound made with one’s tongue

11 “I really appreciate it!” 12 Ball game

13 See 68-Across 18 Expedite

22 Causes of some

brain freezes 24 Sandwich that’s

100% consonants 26 “Ugh!”

27 “My turn!”

28 Can

29 Something that may be pulled in college

30 “Bravo!” relative 31 Author of the

“Symposium” 35 Stick with it! 36 Commotion 38 Suppressed 40 “Spare” item

41 Wild times at the

mall, say

44 What the D.E.A. might keep tabs on?

46 ___ Ysidro, Calif. 49 Bassett of “Black

Panther”

50 Ideal picnic forecast 51 “Yay, me!”

52 Netflix crime drama

set in the Midwest 53 World capital with traditional water puppet shows for tourists

57 Preceder of a

certain “-naut” 58 Puts on paper 60 Withhold from 61 Canoeing locale 62 Turkey Hill

competitor 64 Colorless

65 Photo finish?