The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS 1 1962 Kubrick film 7 Gullets 11 Medical theaters, for short 14 What juice may come out of? 15 Traction control 16 Certain sci- fi fighter 17 Lowly worker 18 Big African exporter of gold 19 Response that has a nice ring to it? 20 Couldn’t turn away, say 22 Jewel case display unit 24 Risks disaster 26 Illegal place to park 27 Things with rings … that may be ringing 28 Rat- a- tat- tat 29 Stinging insects 30 Inter 33 Inter ___ ( European soccer powerhouse) 36 Things you don’t want on your license: Abbr. 37 Island in the Aegean 39 New Jersey’s Fort ___ 40 Great ___ 43 Actor Ed 45 Real imp 47 Start shooting 50 Many a calendar beefcake 52 “Heaven’s ___ vault, / Studded with stars unutterably bright”: Shelley 53 Impossible to fail 54 Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle’s answers 57 Goes on Safari, say 60 Double doubles? 61 Ripley- esque 62 Impulse transmitter 64 One working for Kansas or Alabama 66 Paris’s ___ de Rome 67 Excitement 68 Valuable violins, for short 69 Ludd from whom Luddites got their name 70 Grammy- winning James 71 “Most definitely!”
DOWN 1 Head 2 Diagonally 3 Letter writing and sentence diagramming, it’s said 4 “Yep, sounds about right!” 5 Races 6 Loads 7 Big inits. in Las Vegas 8 Scorpion or tick 9 Metaphor for quick- spreading success 10 British W. W. II plane 11 “Star Wars” name 12 Woodchuck or chinchilla 13 Caches 21 Jab or jibe 23 Pearl S. Buck heroine 24 Tiniest complaint 25 Belly 31 Failure 32 Feature of a big outdoor party 34 Like a hearth 35 Emergency tool for breaking down doors 38 Like Havarti cheese 40 Annual April celebration 41 Relaxing in a cabana chair, maybe 42 Seashore flier 43 With a clean slate 44 Hotfooted it 46 Considers further, in a way 47 Marvel supervillain Norman ___ a. k. a. the Green Goblin 48 Indiana rival 49 Lost some ground
51 Kind of power
55 Tot’s rocker
56 Act like an amateur?
58 Chapter 11 event, maybe
59 Building safety feature
63 Org. supporting Common Core
65 Slaloming shape