NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Channel for “Mad Money”

5 Hoarse voice 9 Eponymous prize awarded by the Mystery Writers of America

14 Lyft competitor 15 Ireland, to the Irish 16 Frontline health care professional 17 Computer input 18 *Colorful cereal with the mascot Toucan Sam

20 Omani currency 22 King: Fr. 23 Successor of Nintendo’s Gamecube 24 *”Uh-oh, ___!” (classic line in commercials) 28 Catering container 29 Contents of a farmyard stack 30 Sound represented by an upside-down “e”

31 Capture on cassette 33 Star of Disney’s “Once Upon a Snowman” 35 ___-state area (N.Y., N.J. and Conn., e.g.) 36 Coop resident 37 Nutritionist’s recommendation … or what the answers to the starred clues make up, to an overly literal person? 43 Big part of a basset hound

44 Korean automaker 45 Memo starter 46 Radio button that’s

handy on a road trip 48 Food strainer

50 24 horas

51 New ___ smell 52 *Bulk purchase of

Gouda, e.g. 55 Climbing vine 56 Weeding tool 57 Wildly bright, as a

color

58 *“Ice Cream of the

Future” since 1988 62 Something to make when tossing a coin into a fountain 65 Singer and AIDS charity founder ___ John

66 Genesis backdrop 67 With 41-Down, Buffalo’s body of water

68 Corporate shake-up,

for short

69 Sales pitch display, informally 70 Slender

DOWN

1 Twice-chewed food 2 Sports org. for Bill Russell 3 Backstabber’s forte 4 Former late-night host Ferguson 5 Shiny bicycle attachment 6 Broadcast 7 Sold-out theater inits.

8 Illinois city that’s a symbol of Middle America

9 Signed up

10 Bert and Ernie, for one 11 “Quit being so immature!”

12 Shoot for the stars 13 Sticky secretion 19 Excessively 21 Sounds during a dental exam 24 Exhibit

25 Drained of color 26 Drive-___ window 27 Ho Ho alternative 32 “___ will always love you” (Whitney Houston lyric) 34 Target of a medicated dog collar

36 “Goodness me, absolutely not!’ 38 Major Texas industry 39 Goes pffft 40 Refusing to accept reality

41 See 67-Across 42 Color akin to turquoise

46 ___ Row (London street known for its tailors)

47 Modern lead-in to currency

48 Like some watermelons or brackets

49 Subject of many baa-a-ad puns? 51 Orchard beverage 53 Babe

54 Wolf sounds

59 ___ favor (Spanish “please”) 60 Praiseful poem 61 President pro ___ 63 Bit of Winter Olympics equipment 64 Folded edge