NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fruit often seen in still lifes
5 Black wood
10 Fable’s message
15 Opera highlight
16 Elaine’s last name on “Seinfeld” 17 Flabbergast
18 Historic California route, with “El” 20 Schmoozing gossip
21 Bottoms of high-tops
22 Departs
23 Desirable feature of a rented room 29 Mathematician Turing who was the subject of “The Imitation Game” 30 Genetic copies
31 Forwards, as a misdelivered letter 35 Weaving machine
36 Mani-pedi place
39 2016 film for which Viggo Mortensen earned an Oscar nomination
42 Pig’s digs
43 Ancient France
44 Navigation instrument
45 Many Monty Python skits 47 Crumb carriers
48 Common computer peripherals 54 Sigher’s words
55 College officials
56 “Here’s to the newlyweds!,” e.g. 58 Part of a person’s psyche … or a hidden part of 18-, 23-, 39- or 48-Across? 63 Wonderland girl
64 Division of a play
65 Notion
66 Chill out
67 Played (with)
68 Polo mount
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1 “Super” group buying campaign ads 2 One-third of pitching’s Triple Crown, for short
3 Command between “Ready!” and “Fire!” 4 Chocolate-covered morsel often eaten at the movies
5 Virus in 2014 news
6 Special Forces cap
7 “Gimme a minute” 8 Schoolteacher’s org.
9 French designer’s monogram
10 With 62-Down, a spring festival 11 Symbols of resistance
12 Talked incessantly 13 Quetzalcoatl worshiper
14 Car deal that’s not a purchase 19 Election mo.
23 Skirt fold
24 Hoarse
25 “___ Enchanted” (2004 film) 26 “High” times
27 Govt.-issued security
28 Century 21 rival
29 Paths of pendulums
32 Bother persistently
33 Book with handwritten thoughts 34 Ducked (out) furtively
36 Easel, e.g.
37 Pub purchases
38 Divisions of a play
40 Escape
41 The Enterprise, for example
45 Soft drink in a green bottle
46 2000 Summer Olympics city 48 Smallest OPEC nation
49 Entire
50 Letter that doesn’t need an envelope or stamp
51 Designer Geoffrey
52 Got into a row?
53 Nelson Mandela’s org.
57 ___-Mex
58 “Was ___ das?” (German question) 59 Cpl., e.g.
60 Altar affirmation
61 Spy novelist Deighton
62 See 10-Down