No. 0903 The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 First word of “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
5 Great
11 Great
14 Film character who says “Named must be your fear before banish it you can”
15 Captivate
16 Card game with a high level of chance
17 Excessively ornate writing
19 Summer setting in K.C.
20 Whitney in the National Inventors Hall of Fame
21 Beverage in a 10-Down
22 Respond to an alarm
24 “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” for instance
26 Sort
29 Preferred option for proceeding
30 Some sweet cocktails
33 You can take a trip with this without traveling 34 Refuse to acknowledge
35 ___ bran
36 .docx alternatives
39 Long-stemmed mushroom
41 Word that can precede water or war
42 Make a booboo
43 Indication of drunkenness
44 One who’s mastered the ropes
46 Did something hugely risky
52 Perfectly timed
53 Have
54 Sign near a highway entrance
55 Share, as an old story
57 Bro or sis
59 Alternative to .net and .gov
60 Declaration just before a kiss
61 One who catches up eventually … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across
65 ZIP codes, essentially: Abbr. 66 Lacking principles
67 Cathedral part
68 Wedded
69 Slow, medium and fast
70 An “R” in R&R
Down
1 Universal recipient’s category
2 Intended to, informally
3 Rocky’s love in “Rocky”
4 One who’s easily fooled
5 Ooze
6 Like bills that are overdue
7 Standard based largely on hole length
8 ___ rap
9 Parks who is a civil rights hero
10 Craft beer spot 11 Cowboy 12 Experiencing the first stage of grief, say
13 Took the gloves off
18 Some lenders’ holdings
23 Funny Wong
25 The ___ (gang for a ladies’ night out)
27 Tommy ___, Dodgers manager with 1,599 career wins
28 Unusual sexual preference
31 “Skyfall” singer
32 Lines that Groucho Marx is famous for
36 Cheese whose name comes from the Italian for “sheep”
37 Just kept talking and talking and talking and … 38 Source of added calories in many processed foods
40 Statue that might offend a bluenose
41 Cheat royally
43 Popular Belgian beers, for short
45 “One-man army” of the silver screen
47 Feel sorry about
48 Dire appraisal of a situation
49 ___ l’oeil
50 Exit
51 Feel sorry about
56 Tiffany treasure
58 Woes
62 Little dipper?
63 “Able was I ___ I saw Elba”
64 Sculling implement