The New York Times crossword puzzle

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1 Give one a hand 5 Mescal component 10 “The ___ to you!” 14 “Sully” Sullenberger, notably 15 Champs’ exclamation 16 1958 Physics co-Nobelist ___ Frank 17 Aldrich who was a spy for the K.G.B. 18 U.S. city founded in 37-Across 20 “Have a tough day?” answer 22 Stepped-allover type 23 Slowpoke 24 Dilettante, say 25 Ink spot? 28 Congressman Schiff 31 Friend of Sheldon on “The Big Bang Theory” 34 Comedy club hit 35 Word with spot or sport

36 ORD listing 37 See 18- and 60-Across 41 Blount in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 42 Häagen-___ 44 Light source 45 Make a submarine disappear? 46 Woodcutting tool 47 Woodcutting tool 49 Long-eared pet 52 Goes on 56 Concisely 58 TV personality in a bow tie 60 U.S. city founded in 37-Across 62 Taylor of “Public Enemies” 63 Annual race, for short 64 Negative particle

65 “To Autumn” and others 66 Cheekiness 67 Detect 68 Curl maker

Down 1 Polling place hangers-on? 2 Cocktail slice 3 AT&T Center, e.g. 4 Something to be stuck on 5 Plant bristles 6 “The Big Bang Theory” sort 7 “How precious!” 8 Expert spelling?

9 Big company in 2001 news 10 Jagged mountain range 11 60-Across sight

12 One often saying “hello,” maybe 13 Three o’clock, so to speak 19 Prune 21 Cellphone feature 24 Zero

26 ___ Maria (rum-based liqueur) 27 Fiddle (with) 29 Locale 30 Wrap alternative 31 Hester Prynne’s mark 32 Somewhat 33 18-Across sights

38 Soft drink whose logo features a red circle 39 Law school beginners

40 It’s bad to be behind it 43 St. Lawrence and others 47 Changed over

48 Belt 50 Icarus, to Daedalus 51 Some Latinas: Abbr. 53 Insinuating 54 President who had 15 children

55 Big shake 56 “Aida” goddess 57 One given to doting 58 Many Wikipedia articles

59 One of the Nereids in Greek myth 61 “Winter of Artifice” writer