The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Fitzgerald with nine recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame

5 Frat dudes

9 “At Last” singer

James

13 Toss-up at a

football game?

14 Manga genre involving giant robots

16 _ _ _ well done

(good work)

17 Is sound in

principle

19 Yellowfin or

albacore

20 Poker variant that, despite its name, did not originate in Nebraska

21 Stately trees

23 Turner in a historic

rebellion

24 Weaponry on

wheels

28 Gradually

withdraw (from)

29 Pronouncement

30 Div. in the N.H.L.’S Eastern Conference

33 “_ _ _ a date!”

35 Sound coming

from a bay?

38 Plummets

precipitously

43 Singer Washington with three recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame 44 Cry after being

shocked

45 Woman with a

habit

46 Doolittle of “My

Fair Lady”

49 Bourbon order

specification

52 Garment that may have spaghetti straps

56 Lead-in to pod

57 From

58 Simpleton

61 What might be found in nesting boxes

63 Bodies of advisory experts … or, when reinterpreted as an imperative, a hint to 17-, 24-, 38and 52-Across

66 Sly trick

67 Witch trials town

68 Termite-resistant

hardwood

69 Gumbo or goulash

70 Solidifies

71 “Scooping since

1928” brand

DOWN

1 Fading repetition

2 Weaving machine

3 Shade close to

lavender

4 “That’s for sure!”

5 X Series carmaker

6 Stephen of “The

Crying Game”

7 Four duos

8 Put aside for a

while

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9 Gobble

10 Three-way road

layout

11 Not musically

dissonant, say

12 Lessen

15 Packing heat

18 “Ditto”

22 Padded parts in

soccer

25 Something a person in jail might make

26 Not for

27 Rapper/actor on “Law & Order: SVU”

30 Make sense, with

“up”

31 Lead-in to -pod

32 High-flying metaphor for independence

34 _ _ _-high

36 Ungulate found backward in “ungulate”

37 Layer of 61-Across

39 Washed out

40 Hindu god of

destruction

41 Galactic time

spans

42 Really impresses

47 Citrus peel

scrapings

48 They may come with big waves in Waikiki

50 “Look _ _ _ this

way …”

51 Until now

52 Gushes

53 On the up and up

54 Taxpaying option

55 Yearned (for)

59 What a check

mark may signify

60 Disapproving

tongue clicks

62 Work with thread

64 Souvenir for a

basketball team

65 E.U. distance units