N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Swedish group that once comprised two married couples 5 With skill 9 Opening to be filled 12 Sagan who hosted TV’s “Cosmos” 13 Like calamari … or overloaded circuitry 15 Catches, as a crook 16 Game with Mrs. White and Professor Plum 17 Kendrick with 13 Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize

18 “The Little Rascals” assent 19 Model/ TV host on a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers 22 Envision

23 Top card 24 Skeeves (out) 26 Spirited horse

28 “Grey’s Anatomy” actress

30 Snitch (on) 32 Rink surface

33 It has a double helix 34 “Full Frontal” host

38 Dem.’s counterpart 40 Prefix with -phyte or -lithic41 Down Under hopper, informally 42 North Carolina senator who unseated Elizabeth Dole

45 Kind of tea from India 49 Highly

decorative 50 Parts of the body that are “crunched” 52 Blue, e.g. … or a rhyme for “blue” 53 Female scholars … or a hint to 19-, 28-, 34- and 42-Across 57 Cher or Adele 58 Storehouse of valuables 59 “Pick me, pick me!” 60 Like, for-EVer

61 See 64-Across 62 ___ mortals 63 Fashion monogram 64 With 61-Across, like some typefaces 65 Small wire nail DOWN

1 Means of entering 2 “Swan Lake,” for one 3 Crème ___ (dessert) 4 Downwind, at sea 5 Company with a spokesduck 6 Aid for a twisted knee or ankle

7 Result of a twisted ankle 8 Opposite of nah 9 Beverage with a lightning bolt in its logo

10 Leave in the lurch 11 “Gangnam Style” rapper

14 Got close 15 Negative reply to a general

20 ___

President 21 G.O.P. color on an election map 25 ___ Na Na 27 1970s measure that fell three states short of passing, in brief

28 Not publish yet, as a scoop 29 German’s “Alas!” 31 Completely different lines of thought

34 Typical

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Carré work 35 Unionized teachers’ grp. 36 Brag

37 Greek goddess of the dawn 38 Studio behind

“It’s a Wonderful Life” 39 Pincered insects

43 Gaza

Strip governing group

44 Devoured 46 Common pronoun pairing 47 Roman goddess of the dawn

48 Intertwined 50 Choreographer Ailey 51 Fortifies, with “up” 54 Metal deposits 55 Places to hold discussions 56 Dead zone? 57 Temp’s work unit