The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Front's
opposite 5 Some male
deer
10 What gives Scotch an earthy flavor 14 Long, cylindrical instrument 15 Kind of bond in
chemistry 16 "That hurts!" 17 [Get my
innuendo?] 19 Beech or birch 20 When a plane is due, for short
21 Show hosts, in
brief
22 "Doesn't matter
who"
24 Actress Jessica 25 Close by 26 Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need 29 Winter hours in N.Y.C. 31 Exploding stars 35 "Relax, soldier" 37 [Get my
innuendo?]
39 Moderate gait for a horse 40 "Later, dudes" 42 Response to the Little Red Hen
43 [Get my
innuendo?] 45 Worked 47 Younger Obama daughter 48 "That's all ___
wrote"
50 Takes in what
someone wrote 51 Engrave 53 Dozes (off) 55 "That's what people tell me, anyway" 58 Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition 59 Chop (off) 62 Bridal veil
fabric
63 [Get my
innuendo?] 66 Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs 67 Message on a
candy heart 68 Classic pie
crust ingredient 69 "Hey you!" 70 Painter Degas 71 Membership
fees
Down
1 Chicken
leftover
2 Be adjacent to 3 Musician's
conclusion 4 Beer barrel 5 "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit) 6 Mess up, as
hair
7 As well as 8 Beyond big 9 Big public argument 10 Baked things that might get people baked 11 Currency that replaced the mark and peseta
12 Got an A+ on 13 ___/them
pronouns 18 Mideast leaders 23 Tug hard 24 Keep cool in a
pool, perhaps 26 Trails 27 Open-air
lobbies 28 Menial workers, dismissively 30 Strip of mowed
grass 32 EGOT-winning
actress Davis 33 Contributed to
a kitty
34 Loses traction
on the road 36 Commercial
lead-in to Pen 38 Take-home
amount 41 Cover
completely 44 "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda 46 Surgeon, for
short
49 Riddle 52 Something you might clear to improve memory 54 Catchall
category 55 Undergarment
for a dress 56 Acorn
producers 57 Frosts, as a
cake 59 Hawaiian
banquet 60 Fairy tale
baddie 61 Professors'
degs.
64 Big name in
fleecy boots 65 What a good
joke never gets