NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Issue

6 Fodder for sports analytics

11 Place, as a bet 14 What a current flows through 15 Dickens’s ___ Heep 16 “Aladdin” monkey 17 Nickname for a glitzy author?

19 It contains M.S.G. 20 Emmy-winning Falco

21 Stark of “Game of Thrones”

22 A cluttered one is a sign of a cluttered mind, it’s said 23 [Don’t touch my bone!]

25 Nickname for a clumsy composer? 28 Sunken track

29 Key below Z, on a Mac

30 Country singer

Tillis

31 John who played an older Kunta Kinte on “Roots”

33 “The bay in the fifth,” for one 35 Actress McDonald 39 Nickname for a sloppy painter? 43 “Get Happy” composer 44 Gangster’s gun 45 Setting for 46-Across on a very hot day

46 See 45-Across 48 “___ official …” 50 Compete 51 Nickname for a fiery philosopher? 56 Shape of a swan’s neck

57 Get under the skin of

58 ___ grecque (served with olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings) 59 Names in film credits

61 City where trap music originated: Abbr.

62 Classic hairstyle … or a hint to the puns in 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across

66 Prefix with colonialism 67 According to 68 Chair designer Charles

69 Parched

70 Prime minister called “Pandit” 71 Address, with “to”

DOWN

1 ___ Mahal

2 Start of every ZIP code in Pennsylvania 3 Jigsaw, e.g. 4 Named, for short 5 Toyota coupe sold from 1970 to 2006 6 Hyundai Santa Fe or Tucson, briefly 7 Focus of a Facebook sidebar 8 Put on TV 9 Kind of bike or kayak

10 Miss identification? 11 Freeway divisions 12 Deep, deep pit 13 Eliciting an “ugh,” maybe

18 Have as a customer 22 Port at the west end of Lake Superior

23 Persona non ___ 24 It might begin “Did you hear …?”

26 Old blues singer Johnny

27 Fellow bringing roses, perhaps 32 Sordid sort

34 Hard throw, in baseball 36 Rush-hour

37 TV host Philbin 38 Bodily complaints 40 First word of “The Raven”

41 Secular

42 Hook up (to)

47 Few and far between 49 Schedules

51 ___ X

52 Soda bottle unit 53 Bronze, but not silver or gold 54 Beth’s preceder 55 More rational 60 Give and take 62 Item above a kitchen stove 63 Grand finale? 64 “The vasty deep,” in Shakespeare 65 “What a shame!”