The New York Times Crossword

Across

1 German cry 4 Ice-grabbing tool 9 Bid 14 Genetic stuff 15 Cutting one may bring tears to your eyes 16 Mrs. Gorbachev 17 Oct. follower 18 Had a big influence on Philip’s music? 20 Bothered terribly 22 Envision 23 “Enough

already!” 24 Fanatics 27 Grey who wrote about the Old West 29 Harshly criticized Danielle’s novels? 34 ___ Guevara 36 Starch from a

tropical palm 37 Company that

created Pong 38 The “L” in S.& L. 40 ___

decongestant 43 Norway’s capital 44 Chef’s wear 46 Clickable

computer image 48 Hankering 49 Scared the daylights out of Elijah in “The Lord of the Rings”? 53 Soft powder 54 Bleepers 57 ___ as it is 60 British ref. for

word smiths 62 Deplete 63 Trounced Chris in a comedy competition? 67 NBC comedy

show since ’75 68 Be in harmony 69 Lacking

justification 70 Rightmost number on a grandfather clock 71 Veg out 72 Keats and

Shelley 73 Charge for a

bang-up job?

Down

1 Desi of “I Love

Lucy” 2 100 smackers 3 “Show some

mercy!” 4 Native American

drums 5 Yoko from Tokyo 6 Zero 7 “Ye ___!” 8 Eruption that might elicit a blessing 9 Web site alternative to com or edu 10 Unnaturally high

voice 11 Italian carmaker 12 Canadian gas

brand 13 Speak with a

gravelly voice 19 Utterly

exhausted 21 State between

Miss. and Ga. 25 I.R.S. agent,

e.g., informally 26 Company whose mascot is Sonic the Hedgehog 28 Org. protecting

U.S. secrets 30 Symbolic riveter

of W.W. II 31 “Careful!” 32 Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner 33 Leo’s symbol 34 Applaud 35 Optimist’s feeling 39 Watery expanse between England and Scandinavia 41 High-voltage

Australian band? 42 Actor Rob of

“The West Wing” 45 Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” 47 Peacenik’s

mantra 50 Floating arctic

mass 51 Became a winter hazard, as a road 52 W.W. II

intelligence org.

55 Quarrel 56 Bowler’s

challenge 57 Battle reminder 58 Goad 59 Ringlet 61 James Bond’s

film debut 64 Evil spell 65 Keats or Shelley

work 66 Abridge