N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Soft plant tissue 5 Not delayed, as a plane 11 Plus 14 Artsy New York neighborhood 15 Oakland footballer 16 Hawaiian souvenir 17 All, for a ship’s captain 19 Links org. 20 Gun that delivers a jolt 21 “2001: A Space Odyssey” villain 22 Now and ___ 23 All, for a life insurance agent 27 “This means ___!” 29 Who is solving this puzzle 30 Sundries case 31 Improves, as wine 33 Govt. management org. 35 Brief sleeps 38 All, for an anthem writer 43 Jane Austen novel 44 ___ and pop 45 Optometrists’ interest 46 “Quickly!” 49 Pop music’s ___ Tuesday 51 Pro who balances books 52 All, for a race organizer 57 Like some memories or summer skies 58 Tough row to ___ 59 Actress Téa of “Fun With Dick and Jane” 62 Seller of Squishees on “The Simpsons” 63 All, for a house cleaner 66 The “p” of r.p.m. 67 Actor Don of “Cocoon” 68 Mrs. Addams, to Gomez 69 Prior to, poetically 70 Superpopular 71 Eight, in Acapulco

Down

1 “Hey, buddy!” 2 Smidgen 3 Edvard Munch masterpiece 4 Buyer of Squishees from 62-Across 5 Spanish gold 6 “Illmatic” rapper 7 10% for the church 8 Do some brainstorming 9 Varietal red wine 10 Suffix with north or south 11 Beta preceder 12 Desert of Israel 13 “Jack & ___” (1982 John Cougar hit) 18 Airplane seat attachment 22 Emergency medical procedure 24 Franks 25 Verdant 26 “Peter ___” (1950s-’60s detective show) 27 Existed 28 James who wrote “A Death in the Family” 32 Figure in many religious paintings 34 Goal 36 Crazed, in a way 37 Ooze 39 It dries hops 40 “Don’t count on me” 41 “You can count on me” 42 Naked ___ jaybird 47 Not away 48 Plumb tuckered out 50 Friend of Stitch in the movies 52 Circle or square 53 Gradually decrease to a point 54 Sky-blue 55 Command to Fido while throwing a ball 56 Dustup 60 Betweenmeal bite 61 Disclaimer before some Internet comments 63 Roof goo 64 “Well, look what we have here!” 65 Wager