THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Note: The five Across answers with only years for clues are the five most recent members of a particular category.

Across

1 Marsupial that looks like a small bear 7 Mrs. en français 10 Price 14 Muchdiscussed program of the 1960s-’70s 15 Smallish batteries 16 ___Empire 17 Cashin 18 [1948] 20 St. Louis landmark 22 Home of the Belmont Stakes 23 [1977] 27 Formerly 28 W.W. II foe 29 See30-Across 30 One29-Across f the U.S. in W.W. II 31 Flit (about) 32 “Picnic” playwright 33 Place to be pampered 35 [2015] 41 Money-saving way to make repairs, for short 42 Inevitable ruin 43 Hosp. diagnostic 44 Tousle, as the hair 47 Commercial prefix with postale 48 111 49 Sch. in Terre Haute, Amesor Pocatello 50 [1973] 53 “On the Road” novelist 55 Descriptive of some undesirable consequences 56 [1978] 58 Nullify 62 Contest with lightsabers 63 End of a university’s domain 64 Garden figures 65 88 or 98 of autodom 66 “Get my point?” 67 December shoppingmall figures

Down

1 Man-o’-___ (old battleship) 2 Uncover, poetically 3 Cool in the mid-1960s 4 Meadow sounds 5 A serious one might be red 6 “Patriot Games” novelist 7 Bub 8 For the most part 9 First name at the cosmetics counter 10 Louisville or Baltimore 11 They might make you cry 12 Numberson theboard 13 Petroleum ship 19 “Isn’t she cute?!” 21 Hägar’s wife, in the comics 23 Manya Viking tale 24 Final, for one 25 Congressional staffer 26 Thin 30 Onetime Mideast grp. 32 Romantrio 33 Events for the police blotter 34 Spray in the kitchen 36 Hwys. 37 Studied, with “over” 38 Upscale chain hotel 39 Infield, for one 40 Pulitzer Prize category: Abbr. 44 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, with “The” 45 Worth having 46 Browsed, as the Internet 47 Consent, as to a request 48 ___Trail 50 California’s Big ___ 51 Eponymous chair designer 52 Sports venue 54 De-squeaks 57 Like many payments on the first of the month 59 Qty. 60 Word with black or blended 61 Curve of a sort