The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Decked out 5 Like the DVD version of a movie, maybe 10 Bay Area force:
Abbr. 14 Time for
eggnog 15 Challenge
for movers 16 Rock’s
Mötley ___ 17 Deice, in a way 18 Chinese
appetizer 20 Henry VIII’s
house 22 Did some
modeling 23 Opposite
of raises 24 Line of
symmetry 26 R and R all
by oneself 28 Slop trough
locale 30 F.D.I.C. part 32 “America’s Got
Talent” network 35 Grade option that doesn’t affect one’s grade point average 37 Worldwide 39 Big work 40 Campaign
season org. 42 Grp. joined by Albania and Croatia in 2009 43 When dodgeball may be played 46 Limburger
cheese quality 49 “Shame!” 50 Guilty one 52 Satisfied
sighs 53 Canine
coating 55 Blessing 57 More in need
of liniment 59 Bridal bio word 61 Major bollix 64 Having dual
props 67 Arena section 68 Saab or Tahari
of fashion 69 Feature of this puzzle’s three long Down answers 70 Has the bug, say 71 Fraternity letters 72 2010 mining
disaster locale 73 Bread with
tabouli
Down
1 Dermatologist’s
concern 2 Party with a roast pig, perhaps 3 Treat on a 69-Across 4 Betty Ford Center program, for short 5 Co. with a
brown logo 6 Sips from flasks 7 Treat on a 69-Across 8 George W. Bush, self descriptively 9 Quantity
of bricks 10 “Take a hike!” 11 Treat on a
69-Across 12 Act the
crybaby 13 Singers Shannon and Reeves 19 Barbecue 21 Jazz line 25 Privateer’s
domain 27 Cause of a
baseball out 28 Hurling or
curling 29 Nixon’s undoing in Watergate 31 Dance move 33 Cookie baker’s
yield 34 Becomes
tiresome 36 Vane dir. 38 Start of a long-distance call 41 Junkyard dog 44 Near miss,
perhaps 45 Bottom
line 47 Penpoint 48 Classic
muscle cars 51 120 yards, for
a football field 54 Spanish
babies 56 Like some
beer at a bar 57 Dance
move 58 Messengers
at Hogwarts 60 S.A.S.E., e.g.:
Abbr. 62 Sharpie tip material 63 Celestial beast 65 Iran-contra org. 66 Barely make,
with “out”