The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Some preserved conversations

6 Very softly, in music 9 Ask

14 Nuclear trial, informally

15 Bottle that might be

labeled “XXX”

16 Not warranted

17 Full moon, e.g. 18 Scribes’ flourishes 20 Heavenly beings 22 Yoko who wrote and sang “I Love You, Earth”

23 The “O” of CD-ROM 24 With 32-Across, suddenly and without thinking

25 Speaks scornfully 29 “Uh-uh,” formally 30 Minor throat problem 31 Jetson son

32 See 24-Across

34 Jazz legend Fitzgerald 37 Mantelpiece piece 38 Republicans, collectively

40 Ottawa chief who shares his name with an automobile 42 Hindu god of love and

compassion

43 Like a sauna user 44 Minor quibble 45 Come clean to 47 Equestrian’s pace 48 Not just corpulent 50 Kazan who directed

“East of Eden” 52 Workplaces for R.N.s 55 Have no doubts 57 Word before dog or

dash

58 Catch sight of

59 Things retirees wear? 60 Begin to confide in 62 Capable

66 Japanese or Javanese 67 Like films labeled

“XXX”

68 Big deal

69 Someone hell-bent on

writing?

70 Grumpy Cat and Keyboard Cat, for two 71 Pilates unit

72 “He that is slow to ___ is better than the mighty”: Proverbs

DOWN

1 Selects with a finger,

as an app

2 Parthenon dedicatee 3 *Teeth, slangily 4 Piece for an editorial

page

5 Fitbit unit

6 Al of “Dog Day Afternoon”

7 *Peacock’s pride 8 ___ se

9 *Rite of passage celebrating a 15th birthday

10 Not hip

11 College URL ending 12 Lament

13 “Uh-huh!”

19 ___ Gatos, Calif. 21 Subject of interest to

an endocrinologist 26 Dessert add-on & or what the answer to each starred clue has? 27 Sudden attack 28 Connect, as a smartphone to a computer 30 *Air Force aircraft 33 “___ Just Not That Into

You” (2009 rom-com) 35 Platters from the

Platters, for short 36 Prime time for beachcombing

38 Extended family 39 Buddy

41 Lao-tzu’s “way”

42 Etch A Sketch part 46 *Big French daily 49 Capable of being folded without creasing or breaking 51 MacBook, for one 53 Take turns

54 One living the high

life?

56 Winter hrs. in Winter

Haven, Fla. 58 Suffragist ___ B. Anthony

61 Nothin’

62 Engine part

63 Writing from Pablo

Neruda 64 Closemouthed 65 Makeshift pencil holder