The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Health resorts
5 Georgia fruit
10 Tuxedo shirt fastener
14 ___ and every
15 Person with a microphone
16 Finest-quality, informally
17 Word after pen or pet
18 Company behind Battlezone and Asteroids
19 “Wheel of Fortune” play
20 Late “Jeopardy!” host Alex
22 V.I.P.s
24 Quibbles
26 Stack of papers
27 Stand-up comic Margaret
29 “___ whiz!”
30 Approx. when to get to the airport for a pickup
31 Unknown, on a sched.
34 German “mister”
36 “Gnarly, dude!”
38 Bold response to a threat
40 Ready for picking
41 Written material of no consequence
43 Flying: Prefix
44 Enthusiastic response to “Who wants candy?”
46 Internet image file, familiarly
47 Cyclops and Wolverine, for two
48 Title for Paul McCartney or Elton John
49 “The Lord of the Rings” baddie
51 ___ Castellaneta, voice of Homer Simpson
53 “To a Skylark,” e.g.
54 Lure of a coffee shop
56 Grouchy Muppet
58 Be sociable
61 Like Satan and some owls
64 BBQ spoiler
65 Supermodel Campbell
67 DVR system
68 Shoestring woe
69 Trio or quartet
70 Rare blood type, for short
71 “The Brady Bunch” threesome
72 German industrial hub
73 Shrek, for one
DOWN
1 Email outbox folder
2 Jack who once hosted “The Tonight Show”
3 Wile E. Coyote’s supplier
4 Biblical land with a queen
5 Athlete’s goal in competition
6 911 call respondent, for short
7 Hail ___ (cry “Taxi!”)
8 Cherry-colored
9 Absolute chicness
10 Malia Obama’s sister
11 Quaint greeting
12 Quart, liter or gallon
13 Cozy retreats
21 Tiny bit of work
23 Brown, as a roast
25 One clapping at a circus?
27 Cuomo of CNN
28 Model and TV host Klum
32 Revealed, as one’s soul
33 The devout do it on Yom Kippur
35 Big sporting goods retailer
37 Found groovy
39 Honeycomb stuff
42 Relative of Rex or Rover
45 Choice on “Let’s Make a Deal”
50 Chocolate beans
52 Sgt., for one
55 Amounts on Monopoly cards
57 “Star Wars” droid, informally
58 Really bugs
59 Prefix meaning “super-tiny”
60 Male turkeys
62 Anytime at all
63 Onetime Venetian V.I.P.
66 U.K. medal accepted and then returned by John Lennon, in brief