N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle

Across

1, 4 & 9 Sports

news of 1919 14 Part of E.N.T. 15 Stand for a sitting 16 Part of a waste

reduction strategy 17, 18 & 19 Toys “R” Us department 20 Figure in Raphael’s “The School of Athens” 22 Painter’s aid 24 Drawer at a

doctor’s office? 26 Not moved from the original location 30 Lib ___ (U.K.

party member) 31 Times or Century 33 Some French? 34, 37 & 39 Fredric

March’s last film 41 ___ Gallimard, protagonist of “M. Butterfly” 42 Something to

contemplate 44 Tributary of

the High Rhine 45, 47 & 48 Like some student activities 49 Third of

November? 50 Like bright

red cardinals 52 Egyptian

headdress feature 54 Children of ___ (descendants of Jacob) 56 Goldsmith,

for one 60 Like “Wedding Crashers” or “Bridesmaids” 63 A current

flows into it 64, 67 & 69 Role that garnered 12 consecutive unsuccessful Emmy nominations, 1985-96 70 Brother of Moses 71 Beauty pageant

judging criterion 72 Iraq war danger,

for short 73, 74 & 75 “Invisible” part of a distribution list … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme

Down

1 Urban

cacophony 2 ___ column (construction piece) 3 Toward the back 4Organic compound with a double-bonded oxygen 5 Isl. south

of Corsica 6 “___ mio” 7 Princess known as the Defender of the Elijans 8 Declined,

as stocks 9 Composer Dominick whose name means “silver” in Italian 10 Almost reaches 11 Musical syllable before and after “da” 12 Enzyme suffix 13 “___ Miz” 21 Comparatively

neat 23 Racket 25 Feds 27 Model 28 Aquarium fish 29 Program

presenter 31 N.F.L. record-holder for consecutive starts 32 Embarassing

spelling mistake? 34 Fountain

name 35 Spells 36 Sign with

an arrow 38 Mangle 40 “Tales of the

City” novelist 43 Make-up person? 46 Ute or Cree 51 What’s put before

the carte? 53 New York’s

___ Island 55 “Backdraft”

crime 56 Wing it 57 Bygone gas

brand 58 “Take ___ breath” 59 Uncool 61 Spanish appetizer 62 Get an ___ effort 64 Get one’s

point across? 65 Suffix with

arbor or ether 66 ___ Lanka 68 “___ Beso”