The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Autonomous household helper

since 2002

7 “I feel your pain!”

16 More bountiful

17 Inspiration for an oftenrepeated golf story

18 Patsy + French “to be” + Singe

+ Pop queen = Sales wonk 20 Be nosy

21 River at Arles

22 Leopold’s partner in 1920s

crime

23 Give a few laughs

24 1952 Winter Olympics

host

27 Boat pole + Old “once” + Pace

+ Essence = Chief planner 34 Study at the eleventh hour, say 35 River past Cincinnati

36 Sound emitted by methane

emitters

37 Cryer in movies

38 What you’re on when you’re crawling ... or a hint to parsing

18-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across 42 Flat … or inflate?

43 Part of a stable diet?

44 Like some practice courts 45 Sticky note, maybe

46 Fiber source + Auto make + Red planet + Boxing family = Noted jazz saxophonist

52 All: Prefix

53 Cloudless

54 Early foe for 007

57 With 58-Across, SEAL

missions

58 See 57-Across

61 Interpret + Hockey’s Koval chuk + Colorado ski town + Fit = On hand

66 Regards 67 Arrived on horseback 68 “Wretched hive of scum and

villainy,” per Obi-Wan Kenobi 69 Gently rocked

DOWN

1 Incline

2 Somali-born congresswoman

from Minnesota

3 Grand Ole ___

4 ___ Day (Jan. observance) 5 Slangy request at a kegger 6 Playwright Miller

7 “Interwebs”

8 Gas pump attachment

9 Quaff of gruit and wort, in days

of yore

10 Drink “for two” in song 11 Entitled Brit?

12 Open, in a way

13 Silver salmon

14 Bend it, like Beckham? 15 Nikola Tesla, ethnically 19 “Friends” friend

23 Bank drive-thru convenience 24 Pearl Harbor National

Memorial locale

25 Begin to wake

26 Presidents Harrison, Hoover,

Clinton and Obama, by birth 27 Uninspiring or low-paying work 28 Erupting with noise 29 One getting credit

for seasonal gifts

30 Young inhabitant of the

Hundred Acre Wood

31 Push on

32 “Ditto”

33 Fusses

38 Radio toggle

39 Lake bird

40 ___ Greiner, the so-called

“Queen of QVC”

41 Co. making arrangements 45 Tag, key or chip, say

47 “Gourd”

48 James who plays Professor X in

film

49 Thomas ___ Edison

50 Shows for a later audience 51 Unhealthy-looking

54 1/8 fluid ounce

55 Certain tow job

56 Takes some down time

57 ___ the Great (sleuth of kid-lit) 58 Comply

59 It may mean squat to a dancer 60 Thrill

62 Right on the dial of a

grandfather clock?

63 “Au Revoir ___ Enfants”

64 Big fashion inits. 65 ___-compliant (what public

facilities must be, in brief)