N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Arnaz of “I Love Lucy” 5 Skewered meat dishes 11 Col. Sanders’s restaurant 14 Muscat’s land 15 Battery terminals 16 Not feeling well 17 62-Across landmark 19 Siegfried’s partner in Vegas 20 Laurence who wrote “Tristram Shandy” 21 Vietnamese holiday 22 What’s thrown in a cafeteria fight 23 Blue Jays’ home, for short 24 62-Across museum 26 Turn down, as an offer 29 N.B.A. coach Steve 30 62-Across bridge 32 “I know! I know!” 36 Opposite of WSW 37 Basketball venue 40 Roadside bomb, for short 41 Artoo-___ of “Star Wars” 44 62-Across school 47 Clutch 50 Toy that shoots foam darts 51 62-Across cathedral 55 “… or so ___ told” 56 ___ vera 57 Airport guess, for short 58 Exile 61 Family members 62 World capital that’s the theme of this puzzle 64 She tasted the forbidden fruit 65 Many 66 One of three in a hat trick 67 Dôme ___ Invalides (historic church) 68 Extends, as a lease 69 Abbr. on many a cornerstone

DOWN

1 Bucks’ mates 2 Let out 3 Social Security, Medicare, etc., collectively 4 Leading the pack 5 Green vegetable with tightly curled leaves 6 Suffix with differ 7 Diner seating option 8 Trade publication read along Madison Avenue 9 Ladybug or scarab 10 Ukr., e.g., once 11 Big name in Russian ballet 12 Elevator stop 13 Bonnie’s partner in crime 18 Scandalridden company of the early 2000s 22 Pelts 24 Grand ___ (cultural trip around Europe) 25 “… man ___ mouse?” 26 Zoomed 27 Top-notch 28 Drink that’s often iced 31 Secondlargest city of Morocco, after Casablanca 33 Mythical ruler of Crete 34 List of options 35 Genesis garden 38 ___ of the above 39 “Vous êtes ici” (“You ___ here”) 42 Shrek, e.g. 43 Galena or bauxite 45 Hide-out for Br’er Rabbit 46 At the point in one’s life 48 Think up 49 St. Genevieve, for 62-Across 51 Like a jaybird, in an idiom 52 Shade of green 53 Shades of color 54 State formed as part of the Missouri Compromise 58 Bosom buddies, in modern lingo 59 Sing like Ella Fitzgerald 60 Clutched 62 Golf course standard 63 Strew, as seed