The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Beat in chess

5 Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a sword duel

10 Classic Jumbotron shoutout

14 Frost

15 Takes a bit off

16 Certain newspaper column

17 Boot

18 Sorna y Nublar, en “Jurassic Park”

19 Long locks

20 Educator in a smock

22 Figure seen on

Athena’s shield

23 Thumbs-up

24 Skim

26 Bit of lettershaped hardware 28 Rangers’ domain 32 Thoroughbred,

e.g.

36 FedEx Cup

organizer

37 ___ of war 38 Bluish hues 40 Muslim leaders 41 “A Promised Land” author, 2020

43 Get into trouble,

in a way

45 Grassy expanse 46 Some drinking

vessels

48 Kind of zone in a

city

50 1948 Literature

Nobelist 52 Youngest player to score in the FIFA World Cup (age 17)

53 Two-word tribute 55 Bottle topper

59 Profession in an O’Neill title

62 What “should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy,” per Noël Coward

64 Declare

65 Kid-lit character with a green suit and gold crown 66 Midrange club

67 Award-winning

Ward 68 Chess : check :: go

: ___

69 “Pretty please?” 70 Geekish

71 Fixes

72 Big name in

printers

DOWN

1 Now: Sp.

2 Talks up

3 Some bridge

positions 4 Leader of the house band on “The Muppet Show” 5 Low-budget

feature

6 Like decisions made on a dare, typically 7 “Stormy Weather” composer 8 Learn

secondhand 9 Either end of a

school bus? 10 Side that usually has the most supporters 11 Device used in interactive museum displays 12 What a “hamburger button” opens 13 Dedicated works 21 Reader’s jotting,

e.g. 22 Reader’s jottings … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 25 Fancy-pants 27 Title derived from

“Caesar”

29 Most of a sugar

cane

30 Marisa of “In the

Bedroom” 31 Writer Sontag 32 Underway 33 Some salads 34 French

“equivalent” 35 Gusto

39 Dot on a subway

map

42 Dissolve

44 Scan options for the claustrophobic 47 Kind of milk or

sauce

49 Put on sale, say 51 So far

54 Densely packed,

in a way 56 Under-the-sink

fixture

57 Animals depicted

on the Ishtar Gate 58 Film composer

Morricone

59 Tried something? 60 At any time

61 The blue part of

blue cheese 63 About .914

meters

65 “Pow!”