NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Scotch ___ (3M product)
5 Olympic martial art since 1964
9 Apt rhyme for “slams”
14 Do as one’s told
15 Sailing the ocean
16 Roomba or Automower
17 Go strolling
19 One end of a battery
20 Squirrel’s stash
21 Sub at an office
23 Two-finger victory sign
24 Use, as a towel at the shore
25 Outdoor concert stage
27 Doozy
29 Canal to the Red Sea
30 Stiff test
35 Fuss in front of a mirror
38 Legacy I.S.P.
39 Immunity tokens on “Survivor”
41 Genetic messenger
42 Sings out with a lot of power
45 Turnpike feature made obsolescent by electronic passes
48 Sushi bar drink
50 Metal for a girder
51 Gel-filled NyQuil offerings 55 Post-O.R. stop
59 Post-O.R. stop
60 Warsaw resident
61 Wildly absurd, colloquially
62 Chef De Laurentiis of the Food Network
64 Unresolved details … and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters
66 Subs at a deli
67 Start a poker pot
68 Menu bar option
69 Big obstacles at a golf course
70 Where to buy shares of G.M.
71 Easter egg colorings
Down
1 Completely wreck
2 Early calculators
3 Black tea variety
4 “You’ve got to be kidding” reaction
5 Film with the line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”
6 Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the ___”
7 Airline with its main hub in Atlanta
8 Like many chardonnay barrels
9 Brings to a close
10 Sweetie 11 Warmer than freezing, on the Celsius scale
12 One posing for an artist
13 Metal for a girder
18 Declare invalid, as a marriage
22 OB/GYNs and
36-Downs
25 ___ cake (ringshaped dessert)
26 What’s-___name
28 Garland gift in Hawaii
30 Ride that’s hailed
31 Weeder’s tool
32 Even-steven
33 Slimy stuff
34 “Black-ish” co-star Tracee ___ Ross
36 Sinus specialist, for short 37 “I don’t think so”
40 35mm camera type, in brief
43 Letter after sigma
44 Ticket granting access to the slopes
46 Carried
47 Tournament favorite
49 Green: Prefix
51 Traffic signal
52 Less welcoming
53 Writer Edgar ___ Poe
54 Spring bloom
56 Skillful with home repairs
57 Actress MacDowell
58 One-ups
61 “Gotcha”
63 Stag’s mate
65 Tiebreakers in hoops