NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What a plumber might

fix a leak in

5 Artist Vincent van ___ 9 Feathered Outback

runners

13 Baghdad's land 14 Visually challenged

“Mr.” of cartoons 15 Steady look 16 Universal code of

ethics 18 Stick-to-itiveness 19 More gray in

appearance

20 Active Sicilian volcano

22 “… or thereabouts” 23 Midwife's instruction 25 Phrase starting a legal

memo

27 Xmas mo. 30 Quick-minded sort 35 Put pen to paper 37 Desire for a contestant

on “The Bachelor” 38 ___ Blanc

39 Packing heat

40 What wolves do at the

moon

41 Language group of

southern Africa 42 Need for tug of war 43 Long-necked pear 44 Finished

45 One who says that

you're not on the ball? 48 Flamenco dancer's cry

49 At the home of: Fr. 50 Pizzeria fixture

52 Toward the stern 54 Finish second, say 57 “Please allow me …” 61 Civil rights pioneer

Parks

63 Speaking of which … or where the starts of 16-, 30- and 45-Across can be found?

65 Pivotal point

66 Singer Carpenter or

actress Gillan 67 Button at the start of a

Zoom call

68 Possess

69 King Kong and others

70 The “A” in B.A.

DOWN

1 ___ colada

2 Cousins of 401(k)s 3 Trail

4 Gear up

5 Participant in a square

dance

6 Eye lewdly

7 Bearded farm animal 8 “What a kind gesture!” 9 Nog ingredient 10 Organizing guru who asks “Does it spark joy?”

11 Israeli submachine

guns

12 Late-night

host Meyers

14 Boggy tract

17 Got some extra life out

of

21 365 días

24 Where ships arrive and

depart

26 Like I, for one?

27 ___ planet (designation

for Pluto) 28 Swashbuckling Flynn 29 Kia Sportage or Ford

Escape

31 Make fun of

mercilessly 32 Hitchcock film with a

classic shower scene 33 Info from a spy

34 One of 27 Chopin piano

pieces

36 Things that gears and

crocodiles share 41 Lacking, with “of” 43 Brand of bubble gum 46 Conger, for one 47 Brand of water named after a town on Lake Geneva

51 Assassin

of old Japan

52 One half of the

Mcdonald's logo 53 “It's ___ good cause” 55 Jacket fastener that's

not a button

56 Raison d'___ 58 Heathland

59 Squabbling

60 Longs (for)

62 Cancel, as a show 64 “___ dead, Jim” (muchparodied “Star Trek” line)