N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Heart tests, for short 5 Los ___, N.M. 11 “Go team!” 14 Sci-fi princess who appears as a hologram 15 Nincompoops 16 Poem of praise 17 *TV installation not requiring an antenna 19 Singer Zadora 20 How warehouse stores buy 21 Dad, mom, bro and sis 22 ___ Xing (road sign) 23 Does a little housekeeping 24 *Crime involving a Nigerian prince, maybe 26 List-ending abbr. 28 Comment like “Come on, you know you want to” 29 Nafta, for one 33 Intends (to) 35 Cry from a petulant child 38 Urges on 40 Rollerblader’s protection 42 Make fun of 43 Diggs of “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” 45 Yanks’ Civil War foe 46 “That ___ funny” 48 Product detail, briefly 50 *Electric Slide or Cotton-Eyed Joe 53 Completely puzzled 58 Vests don’t cover them 59 Three times, in a prescription 60 The “E” on a baseball scoreboard 61 Popeye’s Swee’___ 62 *Tall, skinny sorts 64 Commercial prefix with vision 65 Hag 66 French girlfriend 67 Friend 68 Attacks from all sides 69 Binds … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the six starred clues
Down
1 Legendary Spanish hero 2 Reeves of “The Matrix” 3 Barry, Robin and Maurice of the Bee Gees 4 “Here’s to you!,” in Toulouse 5 Running ___ 6 “Skip to My ___” 7 Movie that’s not likely to be shown in a multiplex 8 Bicuspid neighbor 9 Smallish computer storage unit, for short 10 Concorde, e.g., for short 11 *Signature Muhammad Ali ploy 12 French goodbye 13 Listened to 18 “Nothing ___ will do” 22 Bureau compartment 24 What a belt encircles 25 Pâté de ___ gras 27 Parlor ink, for short 29 Responsibility of many a house sitter 30 Firefighter’s tool 31 *Protective medieval gear 32 Chucks out 34 Modern alternative to the telephone 36 Snatch 37 Scores in the end zone, for short 39 Pull apart 41 Born: Fr. 44 Attribute 47 Rat (on) 49 Nutrition unit in pasta, informally 50 Enjoy immensely 51 “The Faerie Queene” woman whose name means “peace” 52 Poindexters 54 Halloween option 55 “Same goes for me” 56 Bert’s bud on “Sesame Street” 57 Nincompoops 60 “Sunny-side up” order 62 Weep aloud 63 Singer ___ King Cole