The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0518

Across

1 Shakespeare, for one 5 Product of Chevron or Shell 8 Many an electoral chart, in brief 13 State that’s said to be “high in the middle” 14 Con’s opposite 15 Take a deep breath 16 Where Army recruits go to start training 18 One placing a phone call 19 Houston-based food service giant 20 Three goals by the same player 22 Actor Wilson 25 Part of a Halloween costume 26 Shexll game 30 Norway’s capital 34 “___ the land of the free …” 35 Prefix with -vore or -scient 36 Made snide verbal attacks 38 Ostentatiously ornamented 40 ___ Arbor, Mich. 42 Shade akin to army green 43 “Finally!” 45 Avocado dip, informally 47 Antidiscrimination inits. 48 What snakes and lizards do periodically with their skin 49 British heavy metal band named for a torture device 52 What trees do in the wind 54 Coordinate, informally 55 All tuckered out 59 Go deeply (into) 63 ___ borealis 64 Game whose tokens have included the starts of 16-, 20-, 26-, 49- and 55-Across 67 Apache and Sioux, for two 68 Beetles, e.g., for short 69 It leads the orchestra in tuning 70 ___ Park, Colo. 71 Word before lion, level or legs 72 Square ones won’t fit into round holes

Down

1 Short hairstyles 2 Greeting to a “matey” 3 Rivers, in Mexico 4 Company doing business mostly online 5 4.0 is a superb one, in brief 6 Cost an ___ and a leg 7 Student who’s no longer a frosh 8 Cups and quarts 9 Controversial cosmetics ingredient 10 Its capital is Bamako 11 Trump impersonator Baldwin 12 Become more attentive, with “up” 15 Pet collar attachments 17 Some rodeo riders 21 “What ___?” (end of a riddle) 23 Stately tree 24 “99 Red Balloons” singer 26 Some fraternity party getups 27 Actor Ledger 28 Cry made while chest-thumping 29 Rock Starr? 31 Observed secretly 32 Flood blocker 33 Ancient theater 37 Slangy turndown of a request for help 39 Expectant papas 41 Convent residents 44 Bejeweled bands 46 Senator Klobuchar 50 Loaf with seeds 51 Cold treat on a stick 53 Tangle behind a computer, maybe 55 Calendar info 56 “___ is not to reason why …” 57 Stick-toitiveness 58 License bureaus, for short 60 Part of an ear or brain 61 Certain YouTube posting 62 Seeing things? 65 Be indebted to 66 Secretive government org.