The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle

7 Starts the game depicted in this puzzle 13 Suzuki with his first name on his jersey 14 Publisher

of People 15 Supporters of

broken arms 16 Kim of “L.A.

Confidential” 17 Avoid a beanball, maybe 18 Dishwasher

need

20 Tram load 21 Went off,

as an alarm 24 Boast

25 Foot,

in anatomy 28 Meat in a classic Monty Python skit 29 Under the

weather 31 Post-triathlon

woes

33 Output from futuristic weaponry 38 Wacko 39 Antenna, e.g. 41 Not stressed 43 Toy on a string 44 Beltway insider 45 Ed with seven

Emmys 46 Rapper with a line of Fila sneakers 47 Unless, in law 50 Grokked 51 Slow-witted

sort 54 President who was imprisoned for 27 years 57 Sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson 58 “Star Wars”

princess

59 Ice cream

bar brand 63 More skilled in 67 One atop the

standings 69 Facetious subject of many articles in The Onion 70 Xenophobes’

fear

71 Call after the 72-Across crosses the 16-Down seven times and lands here 72 Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle … or a hint to the six shaded answers

Down

1 Providence

art inst.

2 Free speech defender, for short

3 In vogue 4 “Lola” band,

with “the” 5 Joule fraction 6 Even odds 7 Sibling

nickname 8 Defunct

U.K. label 9 “Footloose” hero ___ McCormack 10 Partner

of vim

11 Start of el año 12 Prison guard,

slangily 14 Ankle wrap

for an athlete 16 Divider in this

puzzle’s game 19 Lead-in to

lark or dare 22 1940s spy org. 23 Ate in high

style 24 Supreme

Court aides 25 Get chummy

(with) 26 Low-budget:

Prefix 27 Maritime

hazard 30 Certain Wall

St. takeover 32 San Fernando Valley community 34 Suffix for

sugars 35 Gerontology

subject

36 San ___

(Bay Area city) 37 Hägar the

Horrible’s dog 39 Tsunami cause 40 Cover

letter abbr. 42 ‘L’ train overseer

45 Be under

the weather 48 Uganda’s Amin 49 1960s underwater habitat

51 Home of the

Burj Khalifa 52 For all to see 53 Sees regularly 55 Shepard

in space 56 Legendary

firefighter Red 60 Took too much,

briefly

61 I came: Lat. 62 Gaelic tongue 64 Eastern “way” 65 Avian source

of red meat 66 One violating

omertà 68 Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas or Sonia Sotomayor, schoolwise