New york times crossword

ACROSS 1 Tests the weight of by lifting 6 Sot’s woe, for short 9 Welcome sight in a desert 14 Dole out 15 Slip of paper in a poker pot 16 Thin pancakes with sour cream 17 Work like a dog 18 Mexican state that touches Texas

20 “___ Last Bow” (1917 Sherlock Holmes story) 21 Caboose, for a train 23 Alliance 24 Utopia 27 Aids for butterfly collectors 28 “The Simpsons” girl 29 Cream ___ 31 Busy bees during tax season, for short 33 Figures on a spreadsheet 35 Macaroni or ravioli 40 Meandering 42 “Rock-a-bye Baby” setting 44 Push away 45 Yen

47 Gait faster than a walk 48 More than none but less than all 50 Morrison who wrote “Beloved” 52 Word stamped on an invoice 56 Good place to fish from 59 Salient 61 Kovalchuk of the N.H.L. 62 African game 64 Obstacle … or any one of four black squares in this puzzle? 66 Bishop’s headdress 68 Polynesian land east of Fiji 69 Greek letter that represents the golden ratio 70 Figure in many a sci-fi film 71 Part of a cattle roundup

72 Perfect diving score 73 Winter Olympics equipment

DOWN 1 Corned beef dish 2 Perry of fashion 3 Early means of providing light for a photograph 4 “Mazel ___!” 5 Backs of ships 6 Currency of Tunisia 7 Reader of a Fodor’s guide 8 “So ___ me!” 9 One of two to four in a standard orchestra 10 Poe’s middle name 11 Long, drawnout 46 Latin fight American 12 Two-way, seafood dish as doors 49 Pitcher 13 Certain math Hershiser ratios 51 White House 19 Infamous family with impaler the dog Bo 22 “Good gravy!” 52 Strong wines 25 Bride’s 53 Going on path 54 Vapid 26 Unwilling 55 Word before 30 Play “monkey City or see, monkey after Fort do”? on Midwest 31 Airport rental maps 32 ___ chart 57 Stanley 34 “Same here” who wrote 36 Corporation “The Magic named after Kingdom” a mountain 58 Hit below 37 Bit of wear the belt for Colonel 60 Skier’s Sanders convenience 38 As well 63 Large coffee 39 Prone (to) holders 41 Harlem sights 65 Go (for) 43 Take another 67 Under the crack at weather