N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Note to readers: Due to a production error, the incorrect New York Times crossword appeared in Thursday’s paper. This is the puzzle that should have appeared.

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 upperclass 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