The new york times crossword

1 One side of a

sheet

5 Ending with centi- or milli9 Eritrea’s

capital

15 Made a fast break after breakfast, say

17 Mob member 18 Dangerously

near

20 Some people 21 Playlet 22 Simple chord 23 “Gimme a

moment” 26 One who eschews all pop culture, say

28 Word after big

or go 29 No-goodnik 30 Like a controversial political issue, maybe

Needs to be corrected Goat’s cry Board hiree, in brief

Trendy and overconfident, slangily Necklace made from natural materials

They check out people who check in, in brief

46 Selfreferential 48 Triple-platinum 1991 Hammer album 54 Central

55 Big feller? 56 Mouthpuckering 57 ___ flour (macaron ingredient) 59 Animal that might make a waterslide to play on

62 Fad 64 Prohibition 34

36 37

38 44 45

ACROSS

65 Not enough, and without the urgency, to make a difference … or a literal hint to 18-, 30-, 38and 48-Across 70 Water gate 71 Some compound gases

72 Great respect 73 Just like

*that*! 74 Fortified tower

___-Man HartsfieldJackson airport code Onetime auto replaced by the Chevrolet Aveo Moderates Adobe file suffix

God of fertility Sci-fi cult classic of 1974 8 Los Angeles neighborhood whose name means “oak” in Spanish 9 Branch

10 Sort (through) 11 Secure, in a

way

12 The “A” of

A-fib

13 Take over? 14 Film character whose lines were all bleeped out? 16 ___ Cherry, singer with the 1988 hit “Buffalo Stance” 19 “And yet …” in

a text

23 Iron Range

haul

24 Deal breaker? 25 Candied fruits

or nuts 27 Romantic music genre originating in the Dominican Republic

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Robin Yu

31 “The way,” per

48-Down 32 Prefix with

classical 33 Send to a

terrible fate 35 Jus ___ (birthright citizenship) 39 Frequent word before “x =…” 40 Common caviar

source 41 Long-running forensics drama 42 Stereotypical product for a kid’s first entrepreneurial endeavor 43 “Yer darn ___!” 47 Do some basic

arithmetic 48 Noted ancient

philosopher 49 Praises 50 “Scram!” 51 Dutch astronomer with an eponymous “cloud” 52 Reservations 53 Place for a

screwdriver 58 Singer Zayn 60 Novelist Wiesel with a Nobel Peace Prize

61 Food often

served in bed? 63 Sicilian skiing

spot

66 Pro ___ 67 Alley ___ 68 Bit of merch 69 In particular:

Abbr.