NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 After-bath powder
5 Mexican “dollar”
9 “Holy moly!”
14 “Young Frankenstein” assistant 15 ___ and crafts
16 Corporate giant in a 2001 bankruptcy
17 Tito Puente’s specialty 20 China’s Mao ___-tung 21 Fleming who created James Bond
22 “Wishing won’t make ___” 23 Material that’s spotted at a fashion show? 28 Matterhorn or Mont Blanc 29 Golfer’s goal
30 Slippery fishes
33 “___ favor, señor”
34 Mothers, informally
38 ___ Lingus (carrier to Dublin) 40 Big name in newswires
41 Area of a basketball court near the basket
42 Lead-in to “la-la”
43 Candy that’s not in-dispensable? 44 Like the hooves of wild horses 45 Kind of tide
46 What children should be (but not heard), they say
48 Dove’s sound
50 12 on a grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s takeoff point
56 “Right away!”
59 So-so
60 Sound from a goat
61 Court case, e.g.
67 Get a grip on
68 What you might use to get a grip on something
69 Prime draft category
70 “Hair” dos
71 Composer Satie
72 Corvette Stingray feature
DOWN
1 “Shop ___ You Drop” (old game show) 2 Turkish title
3 Mega Millions jackpot
4 Invigorating, as autumn air
5 Mushy baby food
6 Before, in poetry
7 Take it all off
8 Felix’s partner on “The Odd Couple” 9 “Affirmative”
10 Kind of inspection
11 Habeas corpus, e.g.
12 Arboretums : trees :: ___ : animals 13 The “A” in A.D.
18 Kind of tide
19 Prefix with cycle
23 Drink, like a cat or dog
24 Gets hitched in haste
25 San ___ (San Francisco suburb) 26 Sketches
27 Bird’s home
31 Wall covering that’s washable with soap and water
32 Neighbor of Croatia
35 Speed abbr.
36 Person who sponges
37 “Same here”
39 Like a dangerous raccoon 41 Roman moon goddess
47 Texas city on the Rio Grande
49 “I guess the joke’s ___” 52 Diamond head?
53 Chutzpah
54 Group singing hymns
55 Gal of “Wonder Woman”
56 Bit of pond growth
57 Medieval drudge
58 Food thickener
62 Old records … or a hint for this puzzle’s seven longest answers 63 Long-running CBS forensic series 64 Hair-raising cry
65 Prefix with conservative
66 Dental problem that braces can fix