The New York Times
ACROSS
1 Accelerated path
of advancement 5 Ballot with votes for multiple parties
10 Cherish
14 ___ manual
15 Pre-nursing
homes?
16 Female friend, in
French
17 Nothin’
18 Potter’s area of
expertise
19 Kind of bean in
succotash
20 Special talents 22 Inquire about the
health of
24 Product once advertised with the slogan “Everything you love about coffee without everything you don’t”
25 What an office computer whiz might provide, for short
26 Last JulioClaudian emperor
28 Promotion for a new credit account, maybe 32 Stimulating drug,
informally
35 Bit of traditional
Polynesian attire 37 Mixed drink
mixer
38 Question often preceded by “But …”
40 Stayed in shape 43 Big bundle 44 Novelist Wharton 46 Eroded, with
“away”
47 Ultra-rapid
transit options
50 Orcinus ___
(marine species) 51 Bit of cowhand’s
gear
53 Game that everyone but one person barely loses?
58 Many North
Africans
61 “Interesting idea,
but … huh-uh”
62 Kick back
63 “OK, that’s it for
me!”
65 Crash, with “out” 66 Prefix with thesis 67 Silently
acknowledge
68 Toon with yellow
fur
69 U.K. network moniker, with “the”
70 Smirnoff competitor, familiarly
71 One with an eye
on the future?
DOWN
1 Low states
2 Downward dog in
yoga, e.g.
3 Hatchback
alternative
4 –
5 Totals
6 Org. that may be involved in field trip planning
7 Musical passages with smooth, connected notes 8 Kind of terrier
9 –
10 1:30 or 2:30,
e.g.
11 Drop
12 Shade of green 13 –
21 Mother in the Hundred Acre Wood
23 Sierra Nevada,
e.g.
25 Really ticked off 27 What you might do on the side of caution
29 Two-seater,
perhaps
30 Toolbar heading 31 –
32 ___ Xtra (soft
drink)
33 Biblical twin
34 –
36 –
39 Bend the truth,
say
41 When doubled, “You get the idea”
42 Adolescence, for
one
45 “Copy me”
48 You might play something by this
49 –
52 Expensive bar
54 Section of Chipotle’s menu
55 ___ Island
56 Bellybutton type, informally
57 – 58 Big slice 59 Top-notch
60 “I am free of all prejudices. I ___ everyone equally”: W. C. Fields
61 Subject of a hairy hoax
64 Kilmer of Batman fame