NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Smile broadly 5F ashion designer Christian 9Outlaw ___ James 14 ___ Romeo (Italian car) 15 Sicilian peak 16 Seiji ___, former Boston Symphony
director 17 My steries starting with “The Tower
Treasure” and “The House on the Cliff” 20 Ski resort vehicle 21 91, to Nero 22 Sheltered at sea 23 Soothing stuff 25 F urry TV extraterrestrial 27 1968 hit song that spawned a 1978 movie
and a 1981 TVshow 35 “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”
boxer 36 “Répondez ___ vous plaît” 37 Bec ome enraged 38 Comedian/TV host once called the
“Queen of Nice” 41 The “L” of U.C.L.A. 43 Liquid-Plumr rival 44 “The View” co-host ___
Shepherd 46 Forty winks 48 Belle of the ball, for short 49 Crims on alumnus 53 Driveway topper 54 “Help ___ the way!” 55 Accusation to Brutus 59 Sine ___ non 61 A cme 65 Bit of textspeak, unshortened … or a hint
to the starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across 68 Coleridge’s “___ Khan” 69 Deborah who was nominated for a record six Best Actress Oscars without ever winning 70 Bear in constellation names 71 Death row reprieves 72 V ery dry 73 Comprehends
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1 Exclamations from Scrooge 2 Piz azz 3R etro hairstyle 4 Wild and crazy 5 Ones owing money 6 “Who am ___ judge?” 7 Jet -black gem 8 Little troublemaker 9 Baseball’s DiMaggio 10 Biblical prophet 11 Go wherever the wind blows? 12 ___’Pea (Popeye’s kid) 13 Military order, after “at” 18 Where Bill and Hillary Clinton met 19 W indow ledges 24 W icked 26 Oats, for a horse 27 Lik e Siberian winters 28 2015 rom-com set in Hawaii 29 Staircase part 30 “I knew it all ___!” 31 “S o’s ___ old man!” 32 Guc ci alternative 33 F ounding principle 34 P ueblo brick 39 ___ Cross, first African-American full-time
sports analyst on national TV 40 The “E” of Q.E.D. 42 Hindu dress 45 Baghdad native 47 Gr azing land 50 S ots 51 “Just ___” (Nike slogan) 52 Go acoustic, informally 55 Antler ed animals 56 Like a rope during a tug-of-war match 57 Mar ching band instrument 58 Hideous 60 “A Death in the Family” writer James 62 Shredded 63 Remove, as in a coup 64 Multipurpose hand-held devices, for short 66 “Elvis ___ left the building” 67 Bobby of the N.H.L.