NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Washer/dryer

brand 6 Bygone

despot 10 Cans 14 Not conceal 15 Adolescent

breakout 16 Sister of

Rachel 17 Place to see a

Ferris wheel 19 Call ___

question 20 Fifth-century

invader 21 Period for

R&R 23 Meeting of the

minds? 25 “After ___” 26 1950s runner’s

inits. 27 Hold ___ (keep) 31 Give a good

whippin’ 33 Super Giant 35 Dorm

assignment 37 Composer

Shostakovich 41 Some pancakes 42 Barnyard

cackler 44 Online sales 45 Pool choice 47 W.W. I soldier 49 “But is it ___?” 50 “All right!” 51 “Cómo ___?” 52 Distinctive parts of a Boston accent DOWN 1 ___ Romeo 2 Vegetarian’s no-no Bickering “Me neither” Matter of degree? “The ___ of Steve,” 2000 film 7 Gulf war missile 8 Bug 9 ___ City, California locale named for local flora 10 Came down 3 4 5

6 55 Electrolysis

particle 57 Filmmaker Jean-___ Godard 59 You can plan

on it 62 Excite 67 One who breaks

a court oath 68 Diamond feat … and a hint to 17-, 21-, 35-, 47- and 59Across 70 In that case 71 Memo starter 72 Curt

summons 73 Curmudgeonly

cries 74 Clears 75 Classic poem that begins “I think that I shall never see” 11 City near

Dayton 12 Wonderland

cake instruction 13 Some brake

parts 18 Dreaded one? 22 Tree that’s the

source of mace 24 What 6-Down

means 27 Spheres 28 Court plea,

briefly 29 Trouble’s

partner 30 All, to Augustus 32 Clinging, say 34 Church

offering 36 What a leafstalk

leads to 38 Keep ___ on

(watch) 39 Uproariously

funny sort 40 The N.H.L.’s

Kovalchuk 43 “O Come, All Ye

Faithful,” e.g. 46 Pinch-hit (for) 48 Norm 52 Wing it 53 Israeli port 54 Secret store 56 #1 Alicia Keys

hit of 2007 58 Colgate rival 60 Winged Greek

god 61 Composer

Weill 63 It can be found

under TUV 64 Peter Fonda

title role 65 “___ here” 66 Potato’s

multitude 69 Wanna-___