The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Mugged for the camera, maybe

8 Site administrator 15 Preceder of many

N.H.L. games

16 “Oh, did you start

already?”

17 0%

18 Some male escorts 19 Org. that sticks to its

guns

20 List ender, maybe 22 Oscar-nominated actor

Clive

23 Exceptional grade 26 Will matter

29 Time in court 31 One-up, say

35 Red choice 37 Gambler’s hangout, in

brief

39 Noteworthy time

period

40 Large guard dogs 41 Aches and pains 43 Jump shot’s path 44 Down in the dumps 46 ___ Meyer, principal

role on “Veep”

47 Sign on a staff

49 “I agree with both of

you!”

51 2009 biopic starring

Hilary Swank

53 Apply, as sunscreen 57 Grocery chain with more than 1,900 U.S. stores

59 Chicago airport code 61 That, in Tabasco 62 Like some reputations

and kitchen towels 65 Sentence containing

all 26 letters

68 Many a limo

69 Major retail outlets 70 Feigns sickness to

avoid work 71 Much-traveled thoroughfares

DOWN

1 Much-painted religious figure 2 Villainous conglomerate on “Mr. Robot” 3 Deadly

4 Santa ___

5 Waiter in an airport

queue

6 Actress Falco

7 Exam for the collegebound, redundantly 8 Jokester

9 Onetime Londonbased record label 10 Intolerant sort

11 Lost steam

12 Food cooked in a

cornhusk 13 Preparatory school

since 1440

14 Hi-___ monitor 21 CBS series with a

“Cyber” spinoff 24 Bomber letters 25 Medieval laborers 27 Additionally 28 Dancer’s horn

30 Bagel choice

32 Stay behind

33 Surface figure

34 Used to be

35 PC combo key

36 Evil intent 38 Hay-bundling machine 40 Small pouch

42 “Mon ___!” (French

exclamation)

45 Penn. neighbor

46 Dog with wrinkly skin 48 Like the sun at sunset 50 Uncle, in Oaxaca

52 Cut into small pieces 54 Catcher with a record 10 World Series rings as a player

55 “Let me repeat &” 56 “Enough!,” in Mexico & or a hint to 11 answers in this puzzle 57 Yours, to Yvette 58 Wyatt Earp, for one 60 “___ Yankees” 62 Cardinals, on scoreboards

63 Cob of corn

64 E.R. or O.R. figures 66 “Planet Money” network

67 Melted ice cream, e.g.