THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Titanic victim John Jacob ___

6 Diner’s card

10 Put-down

14 Havana hero José

15 Getting ___ years

16 Musical pitch 17 What a good speaker maintains with the audience

19 Female org. since the 1850s

20 U.S. intelligence org.

21 ___ nut (Chinese fruit)

22 Opposite of spicy

23 Internet business

25 Golfers’ bookings

27 Somewhat

29 Fox News anchor Smith

30 “Man!” 35 “August: County” Pulitzer Prize-(2008___ winning play)

38 Twosome

39 Weightless state, informally

41 Director’s end-of-scene cry

42 What i.o.u.’s represent

45 “Wait, wait … go back”

48 Lansing’s home: Abbr.

50 Cross through 51 Bit of Boston Harbor debris in 1773

55 Second-stringers

59 “___! The Herald Angels Sing”

60 Regular

62 ___ constrictor

63 ___ of Wight 64 Leave no room for misinterpretation … or what the first words of the answers to the five italicized clues do, literally 66 Putin’s refusal 67 German automaker 68 Vikings, e.g. 69 Letters between jays and ells 70 Wall Street inits. 71 ___ Park, Colo.

DOWN

1 Change, as the Constitution 2 Final approval 3 October 31 option 4 Needing no Rx 5 1970 John Wayne film 6 Glam rock band ___ the Hoople 7 Put into law 8 Small recess 9 Loosens, as laces 10 Thwarts 11 Not joint-pounding, as aerobics 12 Title for Sam or Ben 13 Enjoys Joyce, Carroll or Oates 18 U.S.S. ___ (aircraft carrier named for a former admiral) 24 Pace or race follower 26 Howe’er 28 Unnamed others 30 Like integers of the form 2n + 1 31 Shade 32 “One Love” singer 33 Suffix with ranch 34 Sauce thickener 36 Doublemint, for one 37 Juillet’s season 40 Worldwide 43 Lottery buys 44 Univ., e.g. 46 Writer’s plan 47 Jeanne d’Arc, for one: Abbr. 49 Muppet maker Jim 51 “Use your head!” 52 Course for which you hardly need to 51-Down 53 Maudlin

54 Forest units 56 Call off, as a mission

57 One just squeaking by?

58 Fills up

61 Fr. girl

65 Lean-___ (rude shelters)