The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Pat down, as
pipe tobacco 5 Trade 9 Carpenter’s file 13 Grammy winner McLachlan 14 Heading on a
list of errands 15 Salt lake state 16 1959 hit by
the Drifters 19 Stock market index, with “the” 20 Collaborative
Web project 21 Helpers 22 What children should be, and not heard, they say 24 Pudding or pie 27 1970 hit by
Eric Clapton 32 Barbie and
others 34 180° from
WNW 35 Close by 36 Letter after pi 37 Belly muscles, for short 40 Magazine with an annual “500” list 42 ___-la-la 43 Forever and ever 45 “___ in apple” 47 Nutso 49 1978 hit by Journey 53 Something to scribble on 54 “Hurry!,” on an order 57 11- or 12-year-old 60 Therefore 62 One may be under a blouse 63 What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? 67 “___ and the King of Siam” 68 On the Adriatic, say 69 Brings in, as a salary 70 Piece of fly-casting equipment 71 Roseanne, before and after Arnold 72 Exercise that may involve sitting cross-legged
Down
1 California/ Nevada border lake 2 “Can anybody
hear us?” 3 Feb. follower 4 “Close call!” 5 Bram who
created Dracula 6 “Alas!” 7 Billboards, e.g. 8 Certain lap dog,
informally 9 Gloat 10 Slightly 11 Kemo ___ (the
Lone Ranger) 12 ___ ed.
(gym class) 13 Norms: Abbr. 17 Nobel-winning
author André 18 Fisherman’s
tale 23 Org. for the Bears and Bengals 25 “But of course,
amigo!” 26 Garden of ___ 28 Fed. air
marshal’s org. 29 Locale for an
1863 address 30 “B.C.” creator
Johnny 31 A waiter carries
plates on it 32 Sketched 33 Cry before
“I know!” 38 Worms, to a
fisherman 39 Not at all nutso 41 Network with an “eye” for entertainment 44 Dakar’s land 46 Pearly Gates sentinel 48 Alias letters 50 Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati” 51 “That’s so funny I forgot to laugh” 52 Rim 55 ___ football 56 Fail’s opposite 57 Bygone Kremlin resident 58 Cabernet,
for one 59 Feminine suffix 61 Follow, as
orders 64 Arrest 65 Fed. property
manager 66 Philosopher
___-tzu