NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Like some basketball shots and unwanted calls 8 Slangy turndown 11 Law man

14 Woo

15 ___ crossroads

16 “… fish ___ fowl” 17 Markswoman dubbed “Little Sure Shot” [1977]

19 Male swan

20 Site of two French banks 21 Free from

22 Prefix with center 23 High lines 25 Variety of pool [1982] 27 2017 N.C.A.A. basketball champs 30 Opposite of a gulp 32 Rapidly spreading

over the internet 33 Mushroom or balloon 35 Group that takes pledges, informally 38 Massage target? 39 Capital city with only about 1,000 residents [2016]

44 Stew morsel

45 “Right away!” 46 Geraint’s wife, in

Arthurian legend 47 Understand 49 Rallying cry? 51 “Gloria in Excelsis ___” (hymn) 52 Landlord’s register [1996]

56 Ring on a string 58 Columbia, for one 59 Winds down in a pit? 61 Boise’s home 65 President pro ___ 66 Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down 68 ___-la-la

69 Get a good look at 70 Country north of Latvia 71 Hankering 72 70-Across, e.g., formerly: Abbr. 73 TV’s “Maverick” or “Gunsmoke”

DOWN

1 They may be strapless or padded 2 Solo

3 Luxury hotel chain 4 Oscar winner for “Hannah and Her Sisters” 5 Prepares to be knighted

6 Prefix with tourism 7 Sweetie

8 Nita of silent films 9 Used as the surface for a meal 10 Antihistamine target 11 400 meters, for an Olympic track [2012] 12 Commotion

13 Clay character in old “S.N.L.” sketches 18 They’re related 24 Search (through) 26 1996 Foo Fighters hit 27 “That’s awful!” 28 Hunters’ org. 29 Superloyal employee

[1971] 31 Crackerjacks 34 Oscar winner for “Hannah and

Her Sisters”

36 Caste member 37 Means of avoiding

an uphill climb 40 Blankets for

open-air travelers 41 Series ender: Abbr. 42 Run out of power 43 Commotion 47 Courageously persistent

48 Noted colonial silversmith

50 Bank jobs

53 Follows orders 54 Deadbeat, e.g. 55 Tennis call

57 Buffoon

60 Eurasian duck 62 Teen woe

63 Wig, e.g.

64 Pearl Buck heroine 67 Helpfulness