The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Drop a line?

5 Verb conjugated suis,

es, est, etc. 9 Third-place finisher in

1992

14 Language group of

southern Africa 15 Neighbor of Cambodia 16 Jelly option

17 Reduces to bits

18 One competing with

Uber

20 Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium 22 People in go-karts 23 Mast

24 Picture from a parlor,

informally

25 When repeated, a

hip-hop dance

26 Add (up)

28 Volunteer for another

tour

31 Not yet out of the

running

33 Physics 101 subject 35 Tchotchkes

40 Fountain choices 42 Verbal tussle 43 Response to a computer crash 44 Incompetent figure of

old slapstick

47 ___ pony

48 Tennis champ Mandlikova

49 Just gets (by)

51 Pony ___

52 T.S.A. requests 55 Grammy category 56 Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes

58 Himalayan language 60 Reject romantically & or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18-and 35-Across, phonetically

65 Show interest romantically & or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20-and 44Across, phonetically 67 Lollipop-sucking TV

detective

68 Wyatt and Warren of

the Old West

69 Suffix with senior 70 Muse of love poetry 71 Something done up in

an updo

72 Popular game that

needs no equipment 73 Few and far between

DOWN

1 Not get above 60, say 2 Behind bars

3 Like a double black

diamond trail 4 Hungarian horseman 5 Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions 6 Actor Diggs

7 Not just “ha ha” 8 Winter zone in D.C. 9 What a curse might

lead to

10 Former attorney general Holder 11 Baltimore N.F.L.’er 12 “Don Giovanni,” e.g. 13 Lacking in detail 14 “Just a sec!,” in a text 19 Chugged or sipped 21 Go the distance? 24 Popular video-sharing

service

26 Project manager’s

assignment 27 Onetime buffalo-hunting tribe

29 Open, as a purse 30 Part of a church organ 32 Camper’s cover 34 Pulp

36 Wedding reception

staple

37 Embarrassing thing to have one’s hand caught in

38 Member of the cabbage family

39 Kiss amorously

41 Like an overcast night 45 Studio sign

46 ___ walk

50 Harry Potter’s Quidditch position 52 Alaska or Hawaii,

often

53 ___ flask (thermos) 54 Steeple topper 57 Herbivore’s diet 59 24-Down and others 60 Capt.’s inferiors 61 Legislature V.I.P. 62 Tiny, informally

63 It’s unavoidable 64 Ring result, for short 66 :15 number