The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts “Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle …”

7 At most 11 Peter the Great, for one

15 Take out 16 Orchestra tuner 17 Smart, in a way 18 Turkish inn 19 Frequent “S.N.L.” role for Beck Bennett

21 Part 2 of the quote

23 Category in pitching’s Triple Crown, in brief 24 Exam for a

wannabe A.D.A. 25 Piolet, e.g. 28 Surveying unit 30 Part 3

34 Like two-thirds of Fibonacci numbers 36 Microwaves 37 Flatow of public

radio 38 Major-league

manager Kapler 41 Do some

lexicography 44 Sicken with

sweetness

45 A barb might

cause it to deflate 46 When to take a

foliage tour 47 Liberty Mutual commercial mascot

49 Part 4

53 Sounds at pounds 56 “Same” 57 Senate rebuke 59 Black ___

61 Part 5

66 Casual ristorante 68 U.S. Navy

builder

69 Ticked off 70 Dolly’s last name in “Hello, Dolly!” 71 Whispered name in “The Raven” 72 Sue Monk ___, author of “The Secret Life of Bees”

73 Pull a fast one on 74 End of the quote

DOWN

1 Very short time 2 Suckerfish that attaches itself to sharks

3 Line in an old series of Apple commercials 4 N.Y.S.E. listing: Abbr.

5 Was verklempt from pride 6 What members of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion claim to be descended from

7 First Campbell’s Soup flavor, introduced in 1895

8 Piece that often includes a D.O.B. 9 Raw fish dish 10 Start of an idea 11 From that place 12 Arizona State University mascot 13 Compass

creation

14 GPS calculation:

Abbr.

20 Careful effort 22 Coral reef 26 Sleekly designed,

for short

27 See through? 29 Good eggs? 31 Rap’s Lil ___ Vert 32 Saw print 33 Modern pentathlon event

35 It’s called “le jour J” in France 38 Start of an idea 39 Palindromist Jon of “Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis!” 40 Shipbuilding

place

42 Chicago

transports 43 Winter malady 44 Mongrel 46 Openly disregard 48 “Rent” role for

Idina Menzel 50 Plundered

51 Go (for) 52 Biblical verb

ending

54 Rare weather phenomenon that’s white, unlike its colorful cousin

55 Area of expertise 58 One of the subjects of the book “War of the Currents” 60 Helm

62 Driving test, of a

sort

63 Cookie with

creme

64 DVR brand 65 Johns, to Scots 66 Disapproving

sound

67 Lyon king