NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Science class adjuncts 5 Tyrannical 10 Losing casino roll 14 Double-apostrophe contraction 15 Tough watchdog 16 Old Italian capital 17 Autobiography of a “Star Trek” doctor? 19 Mental flash 20 Afternoon affair 21 Rib

22 Audre Lorde or Lord Byron

23 Kill off a major “Back to the Future” character? 27 Neighbor of Borneo

28 Zero

29 Pal for Pierre 30 Mates for does 33 Birthstone for some Scorpios 37 Typesetter’s choice 39 Attach, as a button 41 Languish 42 English class assignment 44 Part of a baker’s dozen

46 It might sit on a sill to cool 47 Brand of cooking spray 49 Lament about one’s sorry appearance 51 Film star Danny hurriedly leaving the set? 56 Mayberry sot 57 Bemoan 58 Medit. country 59 Something to watch on the telly, with “the” 60 Help film star Steve recover from an action sequence? 65 Marine menace 66 Man in a cast 67 After-Christmas event 68 Bleacher feature 69 Impetuous 70 Give off

DOWN

1 Justin Trudeau’s party: Abbr.

2 End of a sweet drink?

3 Niacin and riboflavin

4 Five Nations tribe 5 Lunch meat 6 Org. associated with the Westminster show 7 “___ and the Flash” (2015 Meryl Streep movie) 8 Stone-faced 9 New York’s ___ Planetarium 10 Bygone street sound

11 No longer plagued by 12 Spinning

13 Like some fertilizer 18 Singer Brooks 23 Jumbo combatants 24 Some “traditional” investments, for short

25 Got along

26 Sch. on the bank of the Charles 27 Unlikely to cause controversy

31 Number of words in the shortest verse in the Bible (John 11:35) 32 Kind of boom 34 Wildly improbable goal

35 Ouzo flavor 36 Scrabble 10-pointers 38 Restaurant with small dishes 40 Like an arm that’s been slept on too long 43 Pilot’s problem 45 ___ Aziz,

Iraq War figure 48 Singer Carey 50 Improper application 51 Unpaid factory worker 52 Wombs 53 Family girl 54 New Mexico’s state flower 55 Assembles 61 “Bon” word 62 Show sorrow 63 ___ Lilly & Co. 64 Stocking material