The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0706

Across

1 Land with coasts on both the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf 5 Spaces between teeth 9 Slightly drunk 14 Like a whole-cooked fish, say 15 Not much 16 D-Day beach name 17 All that a greedy businessperson thinks about? 20 Venus de Milo, e.g. 21 Bendable body part 22 President pro ___ 23 Hotshot guy, informally 25 Brood 26 Relaxing soak before bed, maybe 30 Stroller, to a Brit 32 Felipe, Matty or Jesus of baseball fame 33 2012 Ben Affleck film 36 Self-evident truth

39 Demand made with hands outstretched? 42 Harry Potter’s potions professor 43 Arise (from) 44 “99 Luftballons” band, 1984 45 Poker giveaway 47 Caves 49 Baseball great who was once engaged to J.Lo 51 Texas border city 54 “___ Misérables” 55 Eye problem 56 2003 animated film subtitled “Legend of the Seven Seas” 61 Particularly enthusiastic cry at the altar? 64 Most gerunds 65 Prefix with technology 66 Ski slope conveyance 67 College sports channel 68 Secluded valley 69 Pop group with the hits 17-, 39- and 61-Across

Down

1 Some old PCs 2 Plant part that most herbicides attack 3 “___ Karenina” 4 3-Down’s “no” 5 User name on an Xbox 6 Blood classification system 7 Cold War era epithet 8 Lead-in to -graphy 9 “The way I see it …” 10 “The way I see it …,” online 11 Staples of British Christmastime theater 12 The first cloned mammal 13 “Aren’t I great?!”

18 Arizona city and county seat 19 Website where you go to see the stars? 24 One of the Hemsworth brothers 25 Congresswoman Waters 26 Witches 27 Actor Ken or actress Lena 28 Common grilled cheese sandwich go-with 29 Knocked off the schedule 31 Unreliable source of news 34 Hrs. at the prime meridian 35 ___-3 fatty acids 37 Prefix with present 38 Signify 40 Sinuous fish

41 Discharge, as of gas 46 Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club” 48 Most of outer space 49 Skirt style 50 Second efforts 52 “You aren’t ___!” 53 Sewing machine part 55 Southern California sch. 57 The “N” of N.B. 58 Lettuce type 59 Not much, as of cream 60 Kids’ TV character with a talking map 62 Quaint place to stay 63 Word before “More Night,” “More Try” and “More Chance” in Billboard hits