The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Gag
5 Runnin’ ___ (Western N.C.A.A. team)
9 They’re connected to the spine
14 Tech giant based in New Taipei City 15 Beverage brand with a lizard logo
16 Writer Jong
17 CAROL BRADY 19 Childish retort
20 “The way I see it ...,” to texters
21 Smidgen 23 ___ Accords (1993 and 1995 pacts) 24 Antitrafficking org.
26 MOOSE ANTLERS 29 “Are you sure about that?”
31 Something broken after regulation, say
32 “Critique of Judgment” writer
33 They might be blended 37
36:1, for snake eyes 40 ACTING ROLE 43 Heartfelt request
44 Suckling site 45 “Quickly!”
47 Title of respect
49 Saint of Ávila 51 SACRAMENTO KINGS
57 Plato’s “P” 58 Meat in some chops
59 Palindromic time 60 Reward for a dog
62 Skyscraper support
64 TOP ROUND STEAK
68 Bird depicted on a rare penny
69 Bump on a log
70 Maggie Smith’s title
71 Buy time
72 Academic acronym
73 “Quickly!”
DOWN
1 Predicament
2 ___-warrior (environmentalist)
3 Next-to-last
4 Theme park transport
5 Currency exchange inits. 6 Something to talk about
7 Novel format 8
Philadelphia train system
9 Split bit, say 10 Moving target in a heist film
11 “Simply sharp” brand 12 Reason for a recall
13 Squelched 18 Sushi restaurant supply
22 Fire ___
24 Peachy 25 Big name in family singers 27 Whole-grain wheat flour
28 Christian of note 30 Squishy desktop item
34 Otoscope user, for short 35 Drink additive?
36 Place with scrubs 38 Rodent in an arid environment
39 Mark of Zorro? 41 Actress Reid of “Sharknado”
42 Envelope abbr.
46 Kung ___
48 Days ___ 50 “30 for 30” airer
51 Uses
52 Home of Morocco’s Royal Palace 53 Longtime watch brand for James Bond 54 Deducts from
55 Go from 0 to 60, say
56 En pointe 61 Tosses in
63 Brooks, for one 65 Balance provider, in brief
66 Actress Thurman 67 Bit of fishing gear