The New York Times
ACROSS
1 Runs recreationally 5 Some hotel room amenities
10 The “Toreador Song,” for one 14 From the top 15 Fulfill mundane but necessary responsibilities, in modern lingo 16 Sift (through) 17 Software prototype 18 Vessels with large containers 20 Does pranks with rolls, informally 22 Connecticut Ivy Leaguer
23 Nail polish brand 25 Pursue romantically 28 Actor/comedian Lil ___ Howery 29 Talking item in Dora the Explorer’s backpack 32 Oceanfront district of Los Angeles 35 Manhattan neighborhood 37 Front-page mergers and acquisitions, e.g. 39 Grayish 40 Skateboarding jump 41 Neckwear that smells nice 42 Photographer Adams
43 Difficult, unfun chore 44 Investment guide calculation 46 Props for presentations 49 Most reptilian, in a way 50 “Spring forward” or “fall back” letters 51 Electrical unit with a Greek letter symbol
53 Look at 54 Beings not (yet) proven to exist 55 Thundering 57 Trinity member 59 Exclamation point inside a yellow triangle, for one 64 “Only Murders in the Building” airer
67 Nobel laureate Wiesel 68 Longtime Jay Silverheels role 69 Ankh-carrying goddess
70 71 & 72 Commits perjury … or what can be found four times in this puzzle
DOWN
1 Sharp punch 2 “!” keymate 3 Scramming 4 Exchange 5 ___ fly
6 Org. promoting canine care 7 Spleen 8 “Enigma Variations” composer 9 Lifted
10 Be sore 11 Pépin le Bref, par exemple 12 Troublesome sort 13 Muscles tightened by planking, in brief 19 Stprage tower 21 Greta Garbo, by birth 23 Diffused gradually 24 Saffron-flavored dishes 26 Horatian creation
27 Big name in brushes
29 Beauty pageant founded in 1959 as a mail-in photo contest
30 One who doesn’t have a prayer? 31 Alternatives to street parking 33 Negro leagues great Satchel 34 Butterlike spreads 36 Hawaiian island shaped like an apostrophe 38 Considering the fact that 42 Setting for many van Gogh works 45 It’ll dawn on you 47 Folk stories 48 Up-start? 52 Worker with a trowel
55 A long, long time
56 Food part that’s usually not eaten 58 Home of Denison University 59 Tierra ___ Fuego 60 Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion) 61 German “never” 62 Bell Atlantic merger partner of 2000 63 Repeated word in the U.S. postal creed 65 Buzzing … or, in a different sense, buzzed
66 Do a wedding task, informally