The New York Times Crossword
No. 0130
ACROSS
1 Fitzgerald with nine recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame
5 Frat dudes
9 “At Last” singer James
13 Toss-up at a football game?
14 Manga genre involving giant robots
16 ___ well done (good work)
17 Is sound in principle
19 Yellowfin or albacore
20 Poker variant that, despite its name, did not originate in Nebraska
21 Stately trees
23 Turner in a historic rebellion
24 Weaponry on wheels
28 Gradually withdraw (from)
29 Pronouncement
30 Div. in the N.H.L.’s Eastern Conference
33 “___ a date!”
35 Sound coming from a bay? 38 Plummets precipitously
43 Singer Washington with three recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame
44 Cry after being shocked
45 Woman with a habit
46 Doolittle of “My Fair Lady”
49 Bourbon order specification
52 Garment that may have spaghetti straps
56 Lead-in to pod
57 From
58 Simpleton
61 What might be found in nesting boxes
63 Bodies of advisory experts ... or, when reinterpreted as an imperative, a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across
66 Sly trick
67 Witch trials town
68 Termite-resistant hardwood
69 Gumbo or goulash
70 Solidifies
71 “Scooping since 1928” brand
DOWN
1 Fading repetition
2 Weaving machine
3 Shade close to lavender
4 “That’s for sure!”
5 X Series carmaker
6 Stephen of “The Crying Game”
7 Four duos
8 Put aside for a while
9 Gobble
10 Three-way road layout
11 Not musically dissonant, say
12 Lessen
15 Packing heat
18 “Ditto”
22 Padded parts in soccer
25 Something a person in jail might make
26 Not for
27 Rapper/actor on “Law & Order: SVU”
30 Make sense, with “up”
31 Lead-in to -pod
32 High-flying metaphor for independence
34 ___-high
36 Ungulate found backward in “ungulate”
37 Layer of 61-Across
39 Washed out
40 Hindu god of destruction
41 Galactic time spans
42 Really impresses
47 Citrus peel scrapings
48 They may come with big waves in Waikiki
50 “Look ___ this way ...”
51 Until now
52 Gushes
53 On the up and up
54 Taxpaying option
55 Yearned (for)
59 What a check mark may signify
60 Disapproving tongue clicks
62 Work with thread
64 Souvenir for a basketball team
65 E.U. distance units