NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ponzi schemes, e.g.

6 Agatha Christie or Maggie Smith 10 Times past noon, informally 14 “Sounds exciting …”

15 Iranian currency

16 Applaud

17 Cutting-edge brand?

18 2016 Best Actress Oscar winner for “La La Land”

20 Unwelcome looks 22 Somewhat 23 Encouragement for a matador

24 Half of a half step in music 26 Relieved (of)

27 Biden and Pence, informally

28 Abbr. in an office address

29 Pacific source of unusual weather 31 Stoic politician of ancient Rome 33 Places to get quick cash

36 Chess endings

37 Weight unit equal to about 2,205 pounds

40 Group of eight

43 Gym locker emanation

44 On the briny

48 “Legally ___” (Reese Witherspoon film)

50 Fix, as an election

52 Be nosy

53 “Leaving ___ Vegas” 54 “Puh-LEEZE!”

58 Like the name “Robin Banks” for a criminal

59 Make, as money

60 Grand stories

61 Enthusiastic audience response, informally

64 Bit of clowning around

66 Title of a list of errands

67 ___ Wallace, co-founder of Reader’s Digest

68 Fish typically split before cooking 69 Sudden problem in a plan 70 Look for

71 Ariana Grande’s fan base, mostly

DOWN

1 “Red” or “White” baseball team 2 Deep-fried Mexican dish

3 Div. for the N.F.L.’s Jets

4 Less talkative

5 Laughs through the nose

6 “Forgot About ___” (2000 rap hit) 7 Put in the cross hairs 8 Caribbean ballroom dance 9 “Seinfeld” character who wrote for the J. Peterman catalog

10 One of two in “Hamilton”

11 Go from 0 to 60, say

12 What sunning in a swimsuit leaves 13 Racer’s swimwear

19 Sailor’s patron

21 Start to attack

24 Home shopping inits.

25 Back in style 30 Grandmother, affectionately 32 Muscat is its capital

34 Prefix with life or wife

35 Look down on

38 Swirled

39 Jiffy

40 Administrative regions in Russia

41 Eric who sang “Layla” 42 Deep-fried Mexican dish

45 Bond film after “Skyfall”

46 Natural process illustrated by the last words of 18-, 24-, 37-, 54- and 61-Across 47 Novelist Rand

49 Inbox buildup

51 Exceed

55 “Sesame Street” character long rumored to be Bert’s lover 56 Something acute or obtuse

57 Chop finely

62 Holiday drink

63 Tree with acorns

65 Successors to LPs