The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Sleeper, e.g. 5 Suddenly spoke

(up)

10 Winner’s gesture 15 Apple product

since 1998 16 Grassy plain 17 “Here we go again

…”

18 Confess one’s true feelings … or Step 1 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? 21 Eventually

22 Dirty money 23 Holiday celebrating the first day of spring 24 Lowdown

26 Stop texting after

a first date, say 28 Recover after a heartbreak … or Step 2 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? 34 Gift of ___ 35 Plethora 36 “Again!”

37 N.B.A. star

Westbrook, to fans 39 Long, loose hood 42 Word before loose

or tight

43 Div. for the Tampa

Bay Rays

46 Tiny bit 49 Screening org. 50 Look for an ideal partner ... or Step 3 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? 54 Eat dirt? 55 Cold-weather

cryptid

56 One volt divided

by one ampere 59 Performer’s comment to the audience

61 Tree that’s a source of salicylic acid, a precursor to aspirin 65 Get some perspective … or what you do once you’ve solved a jigsaw puzzle? 68 Animal that wears red pajamas in a popular children’s book

69 Porter

alternative 70 Residents of

Splitsville? 71 Choose to

participate

72 Run into a hitch? 73 “The ___ is

silence”: Hamlet

DOWN

1 Something that may be raised on a farm

2 Nation bordering

the Arabian Sea 3 Dunaway of “Mommie Dearest”

4 By no means basic 5 Like a frisky puppy 6 Feeling crummy 7 Gloomy

atmosphere

8 “Quit it!” 9 Medicinal rinse 10 Elects

11 “This is a library!” 12 “Yeah, right” 13 Vice president in

the 1990s 14 Opposite of “da” 19 Some scuba gear 20 Evil clown in a

horror film, e.g. 25 Intl. group with members on three continents 27 ___-savvy

28 St. ___ Girl (beer

brand) 29 Playwright whose work inspired the Peer Gynt Sculpture Park in 56-Down 30 Number of hole cards in Texas hold ‘em

31 Relative of a

raccoon

32 Dada pioneer Max 33 Dreamcast console

maker 34 Steffi who achieved a Golden Slam in 1988 38 “The Sweetest Taboo” singer, 1985

40 Console whose name sounds like a pronoun 41 Sluggish

44 N.F.L. Hall-ofFamer Michael 45 Word that might be said while pointing

47 TV series named second-best of all time by Rolling Stone, but which never won an Emmy

48 Story used for

storage

51 What skullcap mushrooms aren’t

52 Call back 53 Instagram effect 56 See 29-Down

57 “A little ___?” 58 Charcuterie

selection

60 Brand originally

called Froffles 62 Sumptuous and

expensive 63 Minerals ending in

-ite, often

64 Mae who said “To err is human, but it feels divine”

66 “All right, I’ve

heard plenty” 67 Vim