No. 1231 The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Diving gear

6 Home to seven “-stan” countries

10 Drive-up bank conveniences

14 Wagner on a very valuable baseball card

15 James of Her Majesty’s Secret Service

16 Actress Patricia of “Hud”

17 *Currency replaced by the euro

19 ___ a soul (no one)

20 G.O.P. fundraising org.

21 Makes a boo-boo

22 Apply suddenly, as brakes

24 Not go bad

26 Just one small bite

28 Pigeon’s sound

29 Trip through the bush

31 *Decorative garden feature with fish

33 Many an adopted pet 36 Star pitchers

37 *Almostidentical pair, figuratively

41 ___ Sea (mostly dried-up lake)

42 Country on an isthmus

43 *It flows through Turin

46 Big name in sunglasses

50 Clinch victory in

51 Result of a coup

54 Top-notch

55 Preachers preach it

57 Oodles

59 Periods after the fourth qtr.

60 Duchess of ___ (Goya subject)

61 Common New Year’s resolution — as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues

64 “Dear Santa” requests

65 Like 2, 4, 6, 8 … 66 The mermaid in “The Little Mermaid”

67 Magnetite and cassiterite

68 Common first word

69 “___ after class”

Down

1 Neglects, as responsibilities

2 It’s reshaped by Lasik surgery

3 Humanitarian org. since 1946

4 Clear tables in a restaurant

5 Tennis’s Arthur ___ Stadium

6 Call off, as a mission

7 Composer whose work might be appropriate during March Madness? 8 Alternative to an Airbnb

9 Supplements

10 Elsa’s sister in “Frozen”

11 Fans of Conan O’Brien, colloquially

12 Cast away, like Crusoe

13 Subtle acknowledgments

18 Give kudos

23 Floral necklace

25 Sentence shortener

27 Yarn purchase

30 Gym lifter’s unit

32 Tropical fruit with orange flesh

34 Mafia bosses

35 Olympics chant

37 Like the French and Italian flags 38 Silently bids adieu

39 Limited, as a search

40 Doctors’ org.

41 Thank you, in Tokyo

44 Eggs on sushi

45 Like some teeth, pork and punches

47 Get down on the dance floor

48 “God Save the Queen,” for one

49 Big name in chocolate and bottled water

52 Zapped at a riot, perhaps

53 Kagan on the bench

56 Comment at a bridge table

58 Herbal brews

62 Egg cells

63 Emotion that’s “raised”