Crossword

Across

1 Onetime debater with Joe Biden 9 Response to a verbal slam 15 Diner breakfast specification 16 Golden galloper 17 Tests of crews’ control? 18 Some tennis strokes 19 You might leave them in stitches, for short 20 [snort] 22 Actress Graff 23 Wings: Lat 25 Odor-Eaters, eg 27 With 48-Across, memorable Al Pacino movie line … or a hint for this puzzle’s theme 31 Refrain from farming?

32 Role in Doubt or Dead Man Walking 33 Drench 36 Becomes wearisome 37 Tracks with malware, say 41 Ambitious climbers’ mecca 43 The Racer’s

Edge product 45 Ivanovic of women’s tennis 46 One making introductions 48 See 27-Across 52 1909 Matisse masterpiece 55 Captain’s logs? 56 Follows 57 Secular 59 Alma mater of 30-Down, for short 62 Kanye West’s

Yeezus, for one 64 Oktoberfest venue 67 Author ___ Leonard 68 Coal-mining center 69 Knocked out, as an audience 70 2014 Record of the Year winner for Stay With Me

Down

1 Peeved 2 Not equivocate about 3 Rules, briefly 4 The Altar constellation 5 Boiling, with

“up” 6 Spacious and

splendid 7 The Adventures

of ___ (Ogden Nash poem) 8 Big Board inits 9 Some Australian exports 10 Big-picture approach to patient care 11 Many emojis 12 In better condition 13 Concerning 14 Things made in a photo booth 21 Roman emperor who completed the Colosseum 23 Sushi bar

offering 24 They may be conceived around Halloween 26 Texting while driving, eg 27 Calyx part 28 Suffers 29 Not long ago at all: Abbr 30 2000 NBA MVP with the Lakers 34 “Back in my day …” 35 Hammer extremity 38 Brady bunch, in

headlines 39 Bond yield? 40 Big name in foam-based weaponry 42 Evidenced fear, in a way 44 Dallying sort 47 Sch along the Charles 49 Arrange coverage for 50 Quaker State city subject to lake-effect snow, for short 51 Gesture indicating “How stupid of me!” 52 Like the graphics on an Atari 2600, in brief 53 Level near the bottom of the minors, informally 54 Scarface director 58 “___ le roi!” (French Revolution cry) 59 With 61-Down, city named for a Book of Mormon prophet 60 Bad mood 61 See 59-Down 63 Subject of a

scrip 65 Dorm VIPs 66 Film buff’s channel