The New York Times Crossword

Answers below

ACROSS

1 “HowtoBeanAnti-___” (best-selling book of 2020)

7 Big kahuna

10 Way up to go downhill 14 Totally original

15 Bird that’s the source

of Kalaya oil

16 Dance sometimes

done to klezmer music 17 Play-by-play job?

19 A little cracked 20 Spanish for “weight” 21 Presidential nickname

of the 19th century 23 Kansas or Kentucky,

politically

26 Cap’n’s mate 27 Details, details 29 Certain Miller beers 31 Gear tooth

34 Soaks up a lot of sun 36 Improv comic’s forte 38 Chicago-style pizza

chain, familiarly

40 Big Ten nickname 42 Architectural style of Nebraska’s capitol building, informally 43 Rhetoric for the political base, figuratively 45 Warning sign

47 Word with high or

dive

48 “Cómo ___?” 50 Follower of “Too bad,” in an expression of mock pity 52 Gomer Pyle’s outfit:

Abbr.

53 Low humming sounds 56 “Stay calm” 60 Stand-up comedian

Bargatze

62 “___ Am Telling You” (song from “Dreamgirls”)

63 Traffic go-ahead that should be followed four times in this puzzle

66 Dance done to fiddle

music

67 Director Lee

68 No longer under

wraps?

69 Lagerfeld of fashion 70 ___ leaf (stew additive)

71 Over a large area

DOWN

1 File type 2 Drunkenness or hypnosis

3 It may be dismissed 4 Some metal castings 5 “Get it?”

6 Onetime United competitor

7 Refuse to pick up the

bill?

8 “That’s my cue!” 9 Poodles, but not

schnoodles or doodles 10 “How strange &” 11 Nickname for tapdancing legend Bill Robinson

12 ___ League

13 Unusual

18 Something waved

when a race is won 22 Common mixer

24 P.D. alert

25 Udder end

28 Lord’s laborers 30 Warped, as a sense of

humor

31 Pancetta or prosciutto 32 “My treat!” 33 Becomes insolvent 35 Inkblot, e.g.

37 Early man?

39 Behaved for a haircut,

say

41 Glazier’s frame

44 Pack down 46 Long-bodied fish 49 Bug that inspired

Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” 51 Persistently demanded payment from 54 French river in W.W. I

fighting

55 Metaphor for strength 56 Like yin but not yang 57 Suited to serve 58 Simone known as the “High Priestess of Soul”

59 Punk’s Pop

61 Water whirl

64 AAA offering

65 Nail polish brand with

a Bubble Bath shade