The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Chapel recess

5 Not keep a secret 9 Egyptian “boy king” 12 Pirate’s plunder 14 Follow closely, as a

spy might a mark 15 Hot dog holders 16 Mattress giant

17 Like many missed field

goals

18 The Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera”

19 Places where rouge

goes

21 Crash into from the

back

23 Greeting in Rio

24 “Oh yeah? ___ who?” 26 Drew up, as plans 28 Brand of foam darts 30 Strikes (out) 32 “Them’s fightin’

words!”

33 Loving term for one

caring for a sick child 35 High heels and others 37 World Cup cheer 38 Last line of a spreadsheet (as suggested by the shaded squares?) 41 Letter addenda, for

short

44 Synthetic fabric 45 Horse’s disapproving

vote?

49 “In that case, sure” 51 Fasten

53 The East, to the West 54 “Hamilton” writer

Lin-Manuel ___ 56 Muscles that are targets of planking, informally

58 TV journalist Curry 59 Car opposite the locomotive

61 Late, as in making

payments

63 Et ___ (and others:

Lat.)

64 Gumbo vegetable 66 Decorated anew 67 What’s left of a cigarette

68 Kind of roast 69 “Funny Girl” role for which Barbra Streisand won an Oscar 70 Network with an eye

logo

71 Many craft brews, for

short

72 Pricey seating option

DOWN

1 Leave hurriedly and

secretively

2 Amy of “Parks and

Recreation”

3 What a pitcher might have after a long game

4 Suffix with kitchen 5 “Oh, also &,” in a text 6 Den

7 Lent support to 8 More like tired eyes 9 Complete a double

play, in baseball slang 10 Less than perfect 11 [Shame on you!] 13 Shaggy beasts of

53-Across 15 Strengthens, with

“up”

20 “___ sells” (advertising catchphrase) 22 Betrays, in a way 25 Flavorful

27 Beats by ___ (audio

brand)

29 Watch chain

31 “Drat!”

34 Rita of “West Side

Story”

36 ___ vincit amor

39 ___ chicken (Indian

dish)

40 “Well, aren’t ___

pair!”

41 Certain lap dog, familiarly

42 Group that meets on

the slopes

43 Narrow waterways 46 Adamant refusal 47 Enlivening, with “up” 48 Color manually 50 Hard thing to break 52 ___ and flow

55 Invite to one’s penthouse, say

57 Peon

60 Funny Bombeck 62 Make well 63 “Black-ish” network 65 Coll.-level classes