The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Like court arguments
5 What travels on sound
waves?
9 Heart’s home
14 Kind of bread
15 Part of the foot 16 Saddlebacks, tumps, knolls
and the like
17 Lettered awards show host? 19 “Not a problem”
20 Celebrity dog trainer Millan 21 Articles of exercise
equipment
23 Buster
26 Bonobo, for one
27 It’s a little longer than a foot 30 Lettered adversary in a battle
of wits?
36 Bit of bar food
37 “You ready?”
38 Pulitzer winner Harper
39 The end
41 ___-eared
42 Retail figure
44 Bega who sang “Mambo No.
5”
45 Barack Obama’s “A Promised
Land,” e.g.
48 Confirmation or quinceañera 49 Lettered home on the range
when no one’s home? 51 Pickle
52 ___ milk
53 Rigging support
55 Sure thing
60 Stereotypical lumberjack
feature
64 Around, for a date 65 Lettered school paper that’s
a snap to write? 68 First-stringers
69 Ingredient in traditional
medicine
70 Film shot
71 Prevails over
72 Ding-y thingy?
73 Hastened
DOWN
1 International grp. founded in Baghdad in 1960
2 Fog-induced frost
3 NCR devices
4 Fail miserably, unless you’re a
chicken
5 [Kapow!]
6 “The Lord of the Rings” brute 7 ___-deucy
8 Van Gogh’s art dealer brother 9 1980s fad items advertised
as “the gift that grows”
10 Ice pack?
11 Lohengrin’s love
12 Parking meter opening 13 Clicks that chide 18 Historically significant period 22 Singer known as the “Prince
of Motown”
24 Magnavox rival
25 “You have my number!” 27 Muscled, slangily 28 Shout-out from the stands 29 A stroke ahead, in golf 31 Thick, liquidy clump 32 Notices
33 Ewing matriarch on “Dallas” 34 Pool competitions
35 Some R.S.V.P.s
40 Leading star in Disney’s
“Enchanted”
43 Where elbows may collide 46 Ides of March reproach 47 Agent, briefly
50 Garfield, for one
54 First prez to have a 60-Across 55 Healing indicator 56 Low-calorie, in beer names 57 Field of expertise
58 Well-kept
59 Cabbage kin
61 Acronym of urgency
62 Leave no leaves, say
63 Like pink or purple hair 66 Fenway squad, in brief
67 “The best is ___ to come”