NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Swear 5 “America” begins and ends with this 10 Greeting card text, often 14 Mother of Castor and Pollux 15 Rigel’s constellation 16 Tolstoy heroine 17 Australian wind instrument 19 Old story 20 Commencement 21 Pinochle plays 23 It may be checked at a station 24 Decorative garden element 27 Build up charges 30 Impolite onlooker 31 ___ interface 32 [Like magic!] 35 Dot follower 36 Cavernous opening 37 Petulant 39 Sound of a penny dropping? 42 Map abbr. before 1991 44 Garment in Gujarat 45 “Rats!” 46 Word of greeting or farewell 49 Gently boosted, as someone’s ego 51 “Grease” song with onomatopoeic lyrics 54 Figure on some greeting cards

55 Ltr. accompaniers 56 How seafood may be shipped 60 ___ Blanc, highest of the Alps 62 Phrase in an article on grown-up child stars, perhaps … or a hint to this puzzle’s shaded squares 64 Clip 65 Pandemonium 66 Dungeons & Dragons figure 67 Locale of Charon’s ferry 68 Worries 69 Travels (about)

DOWN 1 Brand of shoes and handbags 2 Target for a phlebotomist

3 Racetrack ratio 4 Engage in conflict 5 Frat.’s counterpart 6 Mafia don, for one 7 One who’s not “it” 8 Penner of the line “Language is wine upon the lips” 9 Some terminals 10 Brand of cooking spray 11 Line heard from the starting line 12 Unabridged 13 “Das Lied von der Erde” composer 18 “L’___ c’est moi” (declaration of Louis XIV)

22 Nickname for Louis Armstrong 25 Fiesta finger food 26 Confucian path to enlightenment 27 Ingredient in a Bahama Mama

28 Its members are represented by stars 29 Reuters or Bloomberg 33 Costcontrolling W.W. II org. 34 Winter milestone 37 Put pen to paper 38 Wielders of the dark side of the Force 40 Tint

41 Contribute 43 ___-mo 45 Carnival fare on a stick 46 Overwhelms 47 Billy 48 Their days are numbered 50 Steed stopper 52 Onetime instantmessaging app

53 École attendee 57 Female role in “Young Frankenstein” 58 Thin rope 59 Members of a flock 61 It borders Mex. 63 Window boxes, for short