The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 One side of a sheet
5 Ending with centior milli
9 Eritrea’s capital
15 Made a fast break after breakfast, say
17 Mob member 18 Dangerously near 20 Some people 21 Playlet 22 Simple chord
23 “Gimme a moment”
26 One who eschews all pop culture, say
28 Word after big or go
29 No-goodnik
30 Like a controversial political issue, maybe
34 Needs to be corrected
36 Goat’s cry
37 Board hiree, in brief
38 Trendy and overconfident, slangily
44 Necklace made from natural materials
45 They check out people who check in, in brief
46 Self-referential
48 Triple-platinum 1991 Hammer album
54 Central 55 Big feller? 56 Mouth-puckering
57 ___ flour (macaron ingredient)
59 Animal that might make a waterslide to play on
62 Fad 64 Prohibition
65 Not enough, and without the urgency, to make a difference … or a literal hint to 18-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across
70 Water gate
71 Some compound gases
72 Great respect 73 Just like *that*! 74 Fortified tower
DOWN
1 ___-Man
2 Hartsfield-Jackson airport code
3 Onetime auto replaced by the Chevrolet Aveo
4 Moderates 5 Adobe file suffix 6 God of fertility
7 Sci-fi cult classic of 1974
8 Los Angeles neighborhood whose name means “oak” in Spanish 9 Branch 10 Sort (through) 11 Secure, in a way 12 The “A” of A-fib 13 Take over?
14 Film character whose lines were all bleeped out?
16 ___ Cherry, singer with the 1988 hit “Buffalo Stance”
19 “And yet …” in a text
23 Iron Range haul 24 Deal breaker?
25 Candied fruits or nuts
27 Romantic music genre originating in the Dominican Republic
31 “The 48-Down way,” per
32 Prefix with classical
33 Send to a terrible fate
35 Jus ___ (birthright citizenship)
39 Frequent word before “x = …”
40 Common caviar source
41 Long-running forensics drama 42 Stereotypical product for a kid’s first entrepreneurial endeavor
43 “Yer darn ___!”
47 Do some basic arithmetic
48 Noted ancient philosopher
49 Praises 50 “Scram!”
51 Dutch astronomer with an eponymous “cloud”
52 Reservations
53 Place for a screwdriver
58 Singer Zayn
60 Novelist Wiesel with a Nobel Peace Prize
61 Food often served in bed?
63 Sicilian skiing spot 66 Pro ___ 67 Alley ___ 68 Bit of merch 69 In particular: Abbr.