The New York Times Crossword

No. 1228

ACROSS

1 Health resorts

5 Georgia fruit

10 Tuxedo shirt fastener 14 ___ and every

15 Person with a microphone 16 Finest-quality, informally 17 Word after pen or pet 18 Company behind Battlezone and Asteroids

19 “Wheel of Fortune” play 20 Late “Jeopardy!” host Alex 22 V.I.P.s

24 Quibbles

26 Stack of papers 27 Stand-up comic Margaret 29 “___ whiz!”

30 Approx. when to get to the airport for a pickup 31 Unknown, on a sched. 34 German “mister” 36 “Gnarly, dude!”

38 Bold response to a threat 40 Ready for picking 41 Written material of no consequence

43 Flying: Prefix 44 Enthusiastic response to “Who wants candy?” 46 Internet image file, familiarly 47 Cyclops and Wolverine, for two

48 Title for Paul McCartney or Elton John

49 “The Lord of the Rings” baddie

51 ___ Castellaneta, voice of Homer Simpson

53 “To a Skylark,” e.g.

54 Lure of a coffee shop 56 Grouchy Muppet 58 Be sociable

61 Like Satan and some owls 64 BBQ spoiler 65 Supermodel Campbell 67 DVR system 68 Shoestring woe

69 Trio or quartet

70 Rare blood type, for short 71 “The Brady Bunch” threesome 72 German industrial hub 73 Shrek, for one

DOWN

1 Email outbox folder

2 Jack who once hosted “The Tonight Show”

3 Wile E. Coyote’s supplier 4 Biblical land with a queen 5 Athlete’s goal in competition 6 911 call respondent, for short

7 Hail ___ (cry “Taxi!”) 8 Cherry-colored 9 Absolute chicness 10 Malia Obama’s sister 11 Quaint greeting

12 Quart, liter or gallon 13 Cozy retreats

21 Tiny bit of work

23 Brown, as a roast

25 One clapping at a circus? 27 Cuomo of CNN

28 Model and TV host Klum 32 Revealed, as one’s soul 33 The devout do it on

Yom Kippur

35 Big sporting goods retailer 37 Found groovy 39 Honeycomb stuff 42 Relative of Rex or Rover 45 Choice on “Let’s Make a Deal”

50 Chocolate beans

52 Sgt., for one 55 Amounts on Monopoly cards 57 “Star Wars” droid, informally 58 Really bugs

59 Prefix meaning “super-tiny” 60 Male turkeys

62 Anytime at all 63 Onetime Venetian V.I.P. 66 U.K. medal accepted and then returned by John Lennon, in brief