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NY Times, Tue, May 02, 2017 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Like some basketball shots and unwanted calls
  2. 8. Slangy turndown
  3. 11. Law man
  4. 14. Woo
  5. 15. ___ crossroads
  6. 16. "... fish ___ fowl"
  7. 17. Markswoman dubbed "Little Sure Shot" [1977]
  8. 19. Male swan
  9. 20. Site of two French banks
  10. 21. Free from
  11. 22. Prefix with center
  12. 23. High lines
  13. 25. Variety of pool [1982]
  14. 27. 2017 N.C.A.A. basketball champs
  15. 30. Opposite of a gulp
  16. 32. Rapidly spreading over the internet
  17. 33. Mushroom or balloon
  18. 35. Group that takes pledges, informally
  19. 38. Massage target?
  20. 39. Capital city with only about 1,000 residents [2016]
  21. 44. Stew morsel
  22. 45. "Right away!"
  23. 46. Geraint's wife, in Arthurian legend
  24. 47. Understand
  25. 49. Rallying cry?
  26. 51. "Gloria in Excelsis ___" (hymn)
  27. 52. Landlord's register [1996]
  28. 56. Ring on a string
  29. 58. Columbia, for one
  30. 59. Winds down in a pit?
  31. 61. Boise's home
  32. 65. President pro ___
  33. 66. Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down
  34. 68. ___-la-la
  35. 69. Get a good look at
  36. 70. Country north of Latvia
  37. 71. Hankering
  38. 72. 70-Across, e.g., formerly: Abbr.
  39. 73. TV's "Maverick" or "Gunsmoke"

Down

  1. 1. They may be strapless or padded
  2. 2. Solo
  3. 3. Luxury hotel chain
  4. 4. Oscar winner for "Hannah and Her Sisters"
  5. 5. Prepares to be knighted
  6. 6. Prefix with tourism
  7. 7. Sweetie
  8. 8. Nita of silent films
  9. 9. Used as the surface for a meal
  10. 10. Antihistamine target
  11. 11. 400 meters, for an Olympic track [2012]
  12. 12. Commotion
  13. 13. Clay character in old "S.N.L." sketches
  14. 18. They're related
  15. 24. Search (through)
  16. 26. 1996 Foo Fighters hit
  17. 27. "That's awful!"
  18. 28. Hunters' org.
  19. 29. Superloyal employee [1971]
  20. 31. Crackerjacks
  21. 34. Oscar winner for "Hannah and Her Sisters"
  22. 36. Caste member
  23. 37. Means of avoiding an uphill climb
  24. 40. Blankets for open-air travelers
  25. 41. Series ender: Abbr.
  26. 42. Run out of power
  27. 43. Commotion
  28. 47. Courageously persistent
  29. 48. Noted colonial silversmith
  30. 50. Bank jobs
  31. 53. Follows orders
  32. 54. Deadbeat, e.g.
  33. 55. Tennis call
  34. 57. Buffoon
  35. 60. Eurasian duck
  36. 62. Teen woe
  37. 63. Wig, e.g.
  38. 64. Pearl Buck heroine
  39. 67. Helpfulness

This puzzle was published on Tuesday, May 02, 2017 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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