The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Media player

debut of 2001 5 Sacred song 10 Transport between airport terminals

14 Bill of fare 15 Beginning, as

of symptoms 16 Marathon, e.g. 17 Air currents from the most typical direction 20 Big part of many kids’ cereals 21 Bamboozled 22 Way into a sub 23 Texter’s response to a hilarious joke 25 “___ go

bragh!” 27 Resorted to good oldfashioned know-who, say

32 Pub order, in

brief

33 “The lady ___ protest too much …”: “Hamlet”

34 Cut,

in editing

37 Ice cream

brand 39 Survive a round of musical chairs 41 Entrepreneur

Musk

42 Some labor

leaders? 45 Terse denial 48 Club ___

(resort)

49 Top military leaders in Washington 52 Dutch cheese 53 One may be taken in protest 54 Repeatedly

comments (on) 57 Lead-in to “lala”

59 G sharp

equivalent 63 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Do-Re-Mi” show, with a hint to this puzzle’s theme 66 Not stereo 67 Interrogate 68 Stuff to wear 69 City on the

Rhône

70 Good at fixing leaky faucets and creaky hinges, say 71 Crafty website

Down

1 Little devils 2 Land in the

Andes 3 Universal donor’s blood type, in brief

4 “The Shining” actress Shelley

5 Mash prepared

for a luau 6 Sketch show V.I.P.s who get a jacket for their fifth appearance 7 The East 8 “Neither a borrower nor a ___ be”: “Hamlet” 9 Business

appt.

10 Shape describing a complex love relationship 11 Screed 12 Rock band name with a slash

13 Fit together

well

18 Packing, so to

speak

19 Dog’s

“Pleeeeze!” 24 Kerfuffle 26 Clear (of) 27 ___ Piper 28 Pageant coif 29 Easy twopointer

30 “Sure ___!”

(“You bet!”) 31 Title city in a 2014 Ava DuVernay film 35 Little piggies 36 Ceases

38 Takes overnight

to think about 40 Gained influence, as an idea

43 Segue before a

conclusion 44 RR stop 46 Spike TV,

previously 47 Seat in the iconic photo “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” 50 Egyptian sun

god

51 Haven, as for endangered wildlife 54 Website developer’s code

55 Sailor’s

greeting 56 Janet ___, first female attorney general 58 Thor’s father 60 Exam for an

aspiring atty. 61 Pretenses one

may “put on” 62 Frozen dessert chain owned by Mrs. Fields 64 “Awful, just

awful!”

65 Take to the sky