N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD

ACROSS

1 With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts “Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle …” 7 At most

11 Peter the Great, for one 15 Take out

16 Orchestra tuner

17 Smart, in a way

18 Turkish inn 19 Frequent “S.N.L.” role for Beck Bennett

21 Part 2 of the quote 23 Category in pitching’s Triple Crown, in brief

24 Exam for a wannabe A.D.A.

25 Piolet, e.g.

28 Surveying unit

30 Part 3

34 Like twothirds of Fibonacci numbers 36 Microwaves 37 Flatow of public radio 38 Major-league manager Kapler

41 Do some lexicography 44 Sicken with sweetness

45 A barb might cause it to deflate

46 When to take a foliage tour 47 Liberty Mutual commercial mascot

49 Part 4 53 Sounds at pounds 56 “Same” 57 Senate rebuke

59 Black ___ 61 Part 5

66 Casual ristorante

68 U.S. Navy builder

69 Ticked off 70 Dolly’s last name in “Hello, Dolly!” 71 Whispered name in “The Raven”

72 Sue Monk

___, author of “The Secret Life of Bees” 73 Pull a fast one on

74 End of the quote

DOWN

1 Very short time 2 Suckerfish that attaches itself to sharks

3 Line in an old series of Apple commercials

4 N.Y.S.E. listing:

Abbr.

5 Was verklempt from pride 6 What members of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion claim to be descended from

7 First Campbell’s Soup flavor, introduced in 1895

8 Piece that often includes a D.O.B.

9 Raw fish dish

10 Start of an idea

11 From that place

12 Arizona State University mascot 13 Compass creation

14 GPS calculation: Abbr.

20 Careful effort 22 Coral reef 26 Sleekly designed, for short

27 See through? 29 Good eggs? 31 Rap’s Lil ___ Vert

32 Saw print 33 Modern pentathlon event

35 It’s called

“le jour J” in France

38 Start of an idea 39 Palindromist Jon of “Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis!”

40 Shipbuilding place 42 Chicago transports

43 Winter malady 44 Mongrel 46 Openly disregard 48 “Rent” role for Idina Menzel 50 Plundered 51 Go (for) 52 Biblical verb ending

54 Rare weather phenomenon that’s white, unlike its colorful cousin

55 Area of expertise 58 One of the subjects of the book “War of the Currents” 60 Helm 62 Driving test, of a sort 63 Cookie with creme

64 DVR brand 65 Johns, to Scots

66 Disapproving sound

67 Lyon king