NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 1 *Replaceable

part of a lamp 5 “Immediately!” 9 *Rum-soaked

cakes 14 Dr. Frankenstein’s assistant 15 *___ Ruth 16 The “U” of UHF 17 *Villainous noble of a classic French tale 19 Dweebish 20 Cousin of a

mandolin 21 *Dodo 23 Kardashian who

married Kanye 25 Pouty look 26 6 on a

telephone 27 *Bench-pressing

equipment 31 Shakespeare’s

fairy queen 33 Love personified 34 *Neighborhood financial institution 40 Peeve 41 Rooster’s mate 42 “Goodbye,

Guido!” 43 *Hungarian composer whose only opera is about 17-Across 47 Something a mini leaves exposed 48 Made a ditch,

say 49 *The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, e.g. 51 Tally (up) 54 Maple syrup

sources 57 Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic 58 *Base of many

gravies 61 “Them’s fightin’

words!” 65 Eskimo’s home 66 *Physical attribute of Homer Simpson 68 What vegans don’t eat besides meat 69 Roman poet who wrote about 33-Across 70 Blood-boiling

state 71 Road curves 72 Gen ___ 73 Sultan of ___ (nickname for 15-Across) Down 1 *Things to drool

over? 2 Not-so-cute fruit 3 Boorish sort 4 *Have a meal 5 16th president,

familiarly 6 Car from the same country as Volvo 7 Nearly

overflowing 8 Director

Almodóvar 9 *Bogeyman 10 Twin or Tiger,

informally 11 Subs … or a feature of the answers to the 17 asterisked clues? 12 Alan of “Argo” 13 Refuse an offer 18 Gooey cheese 22 Boneheaded 24 Diamond org. 27 *Part of a

fishhook 28 French girlfriend 29 Item often served with a pat of butter 30 Bert of “The

Wizard of Oz” 32 *Ones who criticize others in their absence 35 Badminton

barrier 36 Radio tuner 37 Ship of 1492 38 Normandy city where William the Conqueror is buried 39 Weeded, in a

way 44 *Restaurant

staffers 45 Food thickener 46 Car from Korea 50 Smooth-talking 51 Put up with 52 Impressionist Edgar who painted ballerinas 53 Sub builders? 55 Part of many a

bus. address 56 Actor McQueen 59 Golfer’s cry 60 ___ to the

throne 62 BBQ side dish 63 Gymnast Korbut 64 Veto from

Vladimir 67 Hwys.