The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 “That ___ a

close one!” 4 “Fingers

crossed!” 9 Numbers for

sports analysts 14 Everyone

15 A physicist or a fashion designer might work with one 16 Hall-of-Famer Banks a.k.a. “Mr. Cub” 17 ___ sauce (sushi condiment) 18 One reading secret messages 20 Edible casing in

a stir-fry 22 Singer Carly

___ Jepsen 23 Narrow cut 24 Vends 26 Goddess who lent her name to the capital of Greece 28 Professional

joke teller 32 Half-___ (java

order)

33 Karl who co-wrote a manifesto 34 Home that may be made of logs 38 Pleasant

smell 41 Collectible animation frame

42 Swiss Army

___

43 Point of

connection 44 Revise,

as text

46 Org. that might ask you to remove your shoes

47 Health professional who has your back?

51 Quick races 54 Title woman in songs by the Beatles and the Spinners 55 Brainstorming

output

56 ___ Vegas 59 “Amen to that!” 62 Apt command to an 18-, 28- or 47-Across 65 Actress

Mendes

66 Hilo hello 67 Home made

of hides 68 1980s gaming console, in brief 69 Mortise’s

counterpart 70 Department store that once had a noted catalog

71 Like deserts and some humor

Down

1 The “murder

hornet” is one 2 ___ vera (cream ingredient) 3 Quite cunning 4 “Brrr!”

5 Ruffian 6 Peculiar 7 Person equal to you

8 Idris of TV’s

“Luther” 9 “Believe me

now?”

10 Item rolled to the curb for a pickup

11 Joint below the

knee 12 Crosspromotion 13 Sealy

competitor 19 500 sheets

of paper 21 Farm enclosure 25 Orthodontic

device

27 Target of a camper’s scalp-to-toe inspection 28 Digitize,

in a way

29 Set to zero,

as a scale 30 Words to

live by

31 Yellow flowers in the primrose family 35 Conclusion a die-hard might stay for

36 “Should that be

the case …” 37 Close by 39 Hombre-to-be,

perhaps 40 Tennis great

Arthur 45 Fitness coach 48 Gran Canaria or Mallorca, por ejemplo

49 Wise sayings 50 Nicotine source, informally

51 Try to unearth 52 One-named singer of 2011’s “Someone Like You”

53 New Jersey’s ___ Hall University 57 Headings in a

playbill 58 ___-Ball 60 Penultimate word in many fairy tales

61 “No sweat!” 63 Went on, as

errands 64 Hoppy beer choice, briefly

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