THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Groundbreaking 4 After-bath powder 8 ___-ski 13 Sounds during a massage 15 Gorbachev’s land 16 New York hotel in “The Great Gatsby,” with “the” 17 Smile 18 Arctic seabird 19 One paying close attention 20 Kind of case for a lawyer 22 Beer, slangily 24 “A League of ___ Own” (1992 film) 25 Skype necessity 27 Howled, as the wind 29 Faux ___ (social slip-up) 30 Tennis great Arthur 34 Where you might see the sign “Do not feed the animals” 36 Youngest “Downton Abbey” daughter 38 Building add-on 39 Get ___ on (ace) 40 Ruffles, as the hair 42 Texter’s “Wow!” 43 Basil and bay leaf 45 Beaks 46 Big name in video games 47 Zilch 48 Neither Rep. nor Dem. 49 Green dip, for short 51 Disappointing response to “Is it ready?” 54 Hurdles for future docs 57 Really bothers 60 Kind of barbecue or mine 62 Mystic’s device with letters and numbers 63 Home plate figures, informally 65 Sporting sword 66 :50 67 Finishes, as a cake 68 Big name in video games 69 Big, thick slices 70 Lemon-like 71 Broadband letters DOWN 1 Bother persistently 2 Google ___ (map tool) 3 Surface for a dry-erase marker 4 Derrière 5 Cockeyed 6 Baton Rouge sch. 7 Shellfish hors d’oeuvres 8 Sleeper’s breathing problem 9 Farmer with oxen 10 “Gosh darn it!” 11 O.T. book before Daniel 12 Dress in Delhi 14 Escargot 21 Tops of waves 23 Some colas 26 Word in every “Star Wars” title 28 Home of Cheyenne: Abbr. 31 Like alpine peaks … or what each half of 3-, 7-, 9-, 37- and 44-Down can be? 32 Prefix with sphere 33 Vet 34 Newswoman Paula 35 Fit for service 37 Easter costume 38 Take for granted 41 Brain activity meas. 44 Heist of a sort 48 Suffix with meteor 50 Teen skin ailments 52 Five Norse kings 53 Souse 55 Supermodel Cheryl 56 Sneak (in) 57 Goes bad 58 Jean who wrote “The Clan of the Cave Bear” 59 Jazzy Simone 61 “Hey you!” 64 Old record label