THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 1 Places for flocks 5 Some sporty cars 8 Sandbox retort 13 Pizza topping 15 Wide shoe spec 16 Like a perfect

game, of a sort 17 Nabisco wafer 18 Monopolist’s clothing accessory? 20 Teen idol Efron 21 Like a poor

attendance 23 Crewman on the

Jolly Roger 24 Designers for Microsoft Windows? 27 Blow it 28 “Do Ya” rock grp. 29 Blow it 31 Refs. for Web

site newbies 34 Brewer’s

equipment 38 Oil well firefighter Red ___ 41 What Martian invaders may be intent on? 44 Martian, e. g. 45 Viral phenomenon on the Web 46 Assemble- ityourself chain 47 Sleepaway, e. g. 49 Young ’ un 51 Really get to 53 What the backer of a failing business may do? 60 License prerequisite, often 62 “Take your time!” 63 ___ chi 64 Trunk item … or what has been put on 18-, 24-, 41- and 53Across? 66 Moves first 68 King who had the Labyrinth built 69 Trail the pack 70 “Love Train” singers, with “the” 71 Become,

eventually 72 That, in Toledo 73 Cause to roll in

the aisles

Down 1 Schemer called to mind by the Madoff swindle 2 Univac I predecessor 3 Word after “roger,” to a radioer 4 G, in the key of C 5 Insinuate 6 Country singer Clark 7 Dr. for kids 8 Tiny colonist 9 Pitch-fork wielding groups 10 Disney

development 11 Gretzky, for

many years 12 Bewhiskered

frolicker 14 Like some

French vowels 19 Where props are

seen 22 Bit of math

homework 25 Lipton

competitor 26 Beanery side

dish 30 Emphatic assent 31 Monk’s title 32 WWW giant

Puzzle by Chris Handman 33 Stuff that can give you a sinking feeling? 35 ___ Inside ( store

sign) 36 That ship 37 “Tiny” boy 39 ___ de la Cité 40 Nutritionist’s fig. 42 Words of

generosity 43 Hawks 48 Huff and puff 50 It may elicit a

blessing 51 Words after a

knock 52 Adjust, as a

corsage 54 Upholstery fabric 55 Polonius’s hiding

place 56 “Hasta ___” 57 Item at a 95%

markdown, say 58 Country singer

Tucker 59 He- man’s

opposite 61 Drop ___ ( moon) 65 Eerie gift 67 Sleepover attire,

for short