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NY Times, Wed, Aug 31, 2016 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Sty fare
  2. 5. Stuff for sale at concerts
  3. 10. Galileo Galilei Airport city
  4. 14. Federico of the Clinton cabinet
  5. 15. State bordering British Columbia
  6. 16. Bow-toting deity
  7. 17. Hormel's assurance that Spam is packed safely?
  8. 19. [I need this immediately]
  9. 20. Singer Lambert
  10. 21. Exposed to risk
  11. 23. Like most pretzels
  12. 26. Brazil ___
  13. 27. L.A. campus
  14. 28. Ill temper
  15. 29. Playground equipment thief?
  16. 34. Places to hang hats
  17. 36. "It's ___-brainer!"
  18. 37. Major conduits
  19. 38. "Enough!" as opposed to "You quit that right now!"?
  20. 42. Bathroom fixture
  21. 44. ___ de toilette
  22. 45. Zero, at Ashe Stadium
  23. 48. "Miss Dickinson, put your poem on Facebook"?
  24. 52. An air ball misses this
  25. 53. Mental health org.
  26. 54. Parker or Cross
  27. 55. Kentucky Derby prize
  28. 57. Picnic baskets
  29. 59. A skeptic may raise one
  30. 61. Victims of the Morlocks, in sci-fi
  31. 62. "Use this sparingly" ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
  32. 67. Broadway musical based on "La Bohème"
  33. 68. Epic of Troy
  34. 69. Tree of Life locale
  35. 70. Track figures
  36. 71. Reds and Blues
  37. 72. Not a good thing to do while driving

Down

  1. 1. One may bug you
  2. 2. Stan of Marvel Comics
  3. 3. Walk-___
  4. 4. Handle clumsily
  5. 5. Mineral used for insulation
  6. 6. Dutch cheese town
  7. 7. Campaigned
  8. 8. China's ___ Kai-shek
  9. 9. Poolside amenity
  10. 10. Bog fuel
  11. 11. Taxpayers' bugaboos
  12. 12. Penetrates fully
  13. 13. Sides
  14. 18. Breyers alternative
  15. 22. "PAID," for one
  16. 23. Enjoy, as brandy
  17. 24. "r," in a 72-Across
  18. 25. Gangland rival of Dutch Schultz
  19. 30. Cabinet department until 1947
  20. 31. Acct. earnings
  21. 32. Rhinoplasty targets
  22. 33. Something to hit on the head
  23. 35. Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue"
  24. 39. Most common blood group
  25. 40. Bit of body art, in brief
  26. 41. Montréal assent
  27. 42. Come to the rescue
  28. 43. Stuck
  29. 46. Go head-to-head
  30. 47. Rescue squad letters
  31. 49. Hunter's document
  32. 50. Attractive to bargain hunters
  33. 51. Gait slower than a canter
  34. 56. Little hooter
  35. 58. The absolute worst, with "the"
  36. 59. Grin from ear to ear
  37. 60. Purges
  38. 63. Rio automaker
  39. 64. Suffix with Gator or Power
  40. 65. "The birds and the bees"
  41. 66. Explosive in Road Runner cartoons

This puzzle was published on Wednesday, Aug 31, 2016 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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