THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Snake charmer’s snake 6 Smile from ear to ear 10 Preceder of two, three, four 13 Geographer's reference 14 Middle- earth area under the Misty Mountains 15 Volcanic debris 16 Union representative 18 Pi follower 19 Car- pool lane designation 20 Manning manning the Giants' backfield 21 Mature 23 Louisiana Purchase region from 1838 to 1846 28 Savory taste of MSG 30 Lends a hand 31 Seize, as formerly held land 33 Samovar 34 "Mr. Robot" network 37 What’s found hidden inside 16-, 23-, 47- and 59- Across 41 A& E, in D. C.? 42 Onetime Mets manager Hodges 43 Navigated against, as the current 44 Barely gets ( by) 46 Fixtures in Pillsbury facilities 47 Job at a circus 53 How a dying machine goes 54 Path of the moon through the sky 55 Glass of public radio 58 Prelude to a kiss 59 Spring greeting 64 Clear ( of) 65 Sri Lanka's nearest neighbor 66 Muy ___!" 67 ___ Technica, website with gadget news 68 "Holy Toledo!" 69 Brought to a conclusion DOWN 1 Dollars and cents 2 Roman emperor of A. D. 69 3 Goes on and on about nothing 4 Genre for DJ Khaled 5 Beast of burden 6 Kind of knife 7 Victorian ___ 8 Scuba tankful 9 Home of the Prado Museum 10 ___ Productions, Oprah Winfrey enterprise 11 One walking down the aisle 12 Faker 14 Hot sandwich 17 Darjeeling, for one 22 "___ a beautiful day in the neighborhood": Mr. Rogers 24 General Bradley, W. W. II commander 25 Collaborative online site 26 Still red in the middle 27 Fruit roll- ups? 28 Cities, informally 29 Bump into 32 Georgia of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 33 Internet address 34 Not deserved 35 Bring to a standstill, say 36 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" menaces 38 General idea 39 "Victory is mine!" 40 Window shade? 44 Runner with wings 45 TV host ___ Lee Gifford 47 Director Kurosawa 48 Lowest point 49 Music players of the 2000s 50 Word before fire or transit 51 ___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" protagonist 52 Makeup of Saturn's rings, mostly 56 Philosopher Descartes 57 Former Yank with 25 career grand slams 60 Director Lee 61 Holding hands or kissing on the street, in brief 62 Vigoda of old TV and movies 63 Morning riser