NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Note: To mark the 75th anniversary of the New York Times crossword, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword and regular Times puzzle contributors that will appear periodically through the year. This collaboration is by Peter Sagal and Mike Selinker.

ACROSS

1 Any of the Galápagos, e.g.

5 Small cape

9 Step 5: A show of contempt 14 Freddie Mercury or Martin Sheen 16 S.H.I.E.L.D.’s enemy, in Marvel comics 17 Little Dipper’s place 18 Coming-out phrase

19 Epitome of easiness

20 Poppy products

22 Noted government agent during Prohibition

23 Steps 4 and 6: A 1940s program 25 Car decal abbr.

27 Trump is often involved in these 28 Step 3: An upper-class accent

32 Site of arthroscopic surgery 35 Profess

36 “Why, yes, I am, in fact, a cow” 37 Event held on the first Sunday in November, and whose path is recreated in this puzzle

42 Early metal?

43 Pizza maker John Schnatter’s nickname

44 Square for a white rook, in chess notation

45 What each step in this puzzle lacks, in proper order

47 Actress Issa and others

50 Draw on

51 Step 2: An old baseball team 54 Trounces, slangily

57 Thickset

59 Interstellar sitcom star

61 Pilfers

63 Many teachers disallow it in footnotes 65 Sprite in “The Tempest”

66 “Knock yourself out”

67 Step 1: A passenger ship since 1817 68 Bunches

69 Attire, informally

DOWN

1 Was just on deck

2 Busy retail area

3 ___ beam

4 Istanbul commander

5 Made a petty verbal attack

6 Freaks out

7 “That’s it for me,” in poker

8 Life, for one

9 Life force

10 Item on the back of a pew

11 Lip

12 Period pieces

13 Sea creatures that are a homophone of 47-Across

15 Face With Tears of Joy, e.g.

21 Less gonzo

24 Toe the line

26 Where Mumtaz Mahal is entombed 28 One of the Gabor sisters

29 It may mean “I’m about to tell you you’re wrong”

30 Any moment

31 Fine-tune

32 Pinch : salt :: ___ : butter

33 He was emperor at 16, dead at 30 34 Item by a basin

35 Org. with a noted weekly research journal

38 Work

39 Storms

40 European driver’s concern: Abbr. 41 Electrically stun

46 Coup result

47 Comment with the pinkie and forefinger extended upward

48 Country singer Trace

49 Where Zagazig is

51 1982 Stevie Wonder title query 52 “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” medium 53 It might be supporting a cast 54 Count of children’s literature 55 Came out in

56 Café ___s

58 Dunderhead

60 They’re in

62 Arch

64 CPR provider