NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Three-letter sandwich 4 Ballroom dance from Cuba

9 Put up with 14 Period in history

15 In the city 16 Front and back halves of a golf course, often 17 Stick connected to a reel 18 Article of headwear for an explosives engineer? 20 Words before an expiration date 22 Appear to be 23 Stashed away 24 Poem with a dedicatee 26 Where tapas are enjoyed 28 Install, as a light bulb 32 Breadth 35 Article of neckwear for the Stooges? 37 Comedian Issa ___ 38 Set-asides for old age, for short 39 “Today” rival, in brief 40 Artist Chagall or N.B.A. player Gasol 41 Dispenser candy 42 Wrist accessory for a celebrity magazine editor? 46 Had a video call with 48 Funeral vehicles 49 “Let me give you a ride!” 51 ___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle) 52 “Help us!,” at sea 53 Frog and ___ (friends in a children’s book series) 56 Halo sporter 60 Waist accessory for a Russian cook? 63 Beam of sunlight 64 Made less difficult 65 Not go together fashionwise 66 Dog’s sound 67 Put vinaigrette on, perhaps 68 Groups of bison 69 Three-letter sandwich

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1 Lima’s home

2 Frat dudes 3 Stone prized in China 4 Actress in “Do the Right Thing” and the “Roots” miniseries 5 Address containing “www” 6 Execs’ degrees, often 7 First, second or third 8 Pays for a hand 9 Peebles in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame 10 Chart-topper 11 Burn to a crisp 12 Having a battery that’s out of juice 13 Psychic’s purported ability, for short 19 Architect of the Louvre Pyramid 21 Unfun sorts 25 “Yucky!” 27 Guitar, in slang 28 Ogre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 29 Noted Lakota leader

30 “I hate the Moor” speaker, in Shakespeare 31 Naiad or dryad 33 Drug bust officers 34 PC fixer 35 Rewards for waiting? 36 “A ___ of Two Cities” 40 Perry who lost only one case in his career 42 Vivacity 43 Wharton or Piaf 44 Musical ability 45 Christmas door decorations 47 Groups in westerns 50 V-shaped cut

52 Fly high

54 Up to the task 55 ___ John 57 Seize 58 Grey’s title, in the tea aisle 59 Uber competitor 60 Making itisa chore 61 Contents of jewel cases 62 Trippy drug