The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 End of a dorm name, usually 5 Old-fashioned “Jeez!”
10 Huggers
14 Cause for an aha
15 On the up and up
16 One of more than 30,000 in Scotland
17 “A Fish Called Wanda” co-star [7,9]
19 Tapered hairstyle
20 Say “I dunno,” say
21 Wolf (down)
23 Female whitetail, e.g.
24 Last ___ (final option)
26 A total blast [8,1]
28 On one side of an outfield pole
30 Sister brand of Crest
31 Pre-weekend outburst
34 Biting remark
37 Ends of mazes
39 “Whew!”
40 Purple Heart honoree, maybe [4,0]
42 Giant in camping gear
43 Reply to “Nuhuh!”
45 Fully cooked
46 Musician’s break
47 Pulse painfully
49 Galifianakis of “Birdman”
51 Eschew scuba gear, say [3,5]
54 Downside of starting a new career path, perhaps
58 Sluglike secretary in “Monsters, Inc.”
59 Sulky states
61 Sandwich eaten next to a fire
62 Nano or Touch
64 Some postermaking supplies [2,6]
66 ___ melt
67 Respected person in a tribe
68 Caroler’s tune
69 Conform to
70 Landowners’ documents
71 Posh shindig
Down
1 One often seen wearing boots with shorts 2 Singer with the album “30”
3 ___ Stadium a.k.a. “Field of Jeans”
4 Idled, as workers
5 Animal facing a moose on Michigan’s flag
6 Comes together nicely
7 Anti-___ cream
8 Currency of Iraq
9 System that might include a turntable
10 TV E.T.
11 Impromptu signal to slow down
12 Two-patty burgers introduced in 1997
13 Matte’s lack
18 Ruler during the Great Fire of Rome
22 FX series set in the Great Plains
25 Brass instrument with the largest mouthpiece
27 East Asian
doctrine 29 Nonkosher
cooking fat
31 “Spare me the gory details”
32 Venue for meals with microbrews
33 Acutely focused
and attuned 35 Greek “P” 36 German automaker Karl
38 Stand no more, say
40 Tiger on the green
41 Glean
44 Contents of a vein
46 Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues
48 Oversaw?
50 Playbill heading
51 ___-Lay
52 Common city name ending
53 Exercise that works the fingers
55 Hot ___ 56 Nerdy “Family
Matters” boy 57 Cybertruck maker
60 March Madness datum
63 Word after field or before dreams
65 “For reals,” in texts