NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Takes out 5 Deckhand 9 Covertly drops a line to 13 Make faces, perhaps 14 Window’s counterpart 16 ___-chic (hippieinfluenced style) 17 Red root 19 Groan-inducing dice roll 20 Note below F, perhaps? 21 Judean king 23 Undefined degree 24 Certain red wine, to connoisseurs 26 Slip up 28 Kind of scenario 31 Comfort 32 Give a good beatin’ 33 Ornamental pond fish 35 One of many in Jesus’ crown 37 Line of clothing 38 Diaper 41 Org. whose members meet in an alley 42 Live in a studio 44 “___: Cyber” (2010s TV spinoff ) 45 Symbol of England 46 Altogether 49 Long-handled weapon 51 Went on 53 Fortune 54 It “lives from constraints and dies from freedom,” per Leonardo da Vinci 55 Went after 57 Tennis star Naomi 61 “I dare you!” 63 Name tag 65 Blood moon, to some 66 Slightly brown 67 Old Dodge 68 Cause of class struggle? 69 Video file extension 70 Handful of golfers?

Down

1 Figures at a racetrack 2 Let go 3 Rattle 4 Stretchy headwear 5 ___ João de Meriti, Brazil 6 Employed by 7 They may be packed for a trip in the mountains 8 Says quickly without thinking 9 ___ World Service 10 Thanksgiving centerpiece 11 One talking on and on and on 12 They outrank frosh 15 Affordable, in company names 18 It may be well done 22 “Keep Climbing” sloganeer 25 Need for a triathlon 27 – 28 “Well, I guess if everyone else is …” 29 History and literature, e.g. 30 Problem for a mariner 32 “Am I supposed to know this person?” 34 Close of business? 36 Old ___, “Game of Thrones” caretaker 38 Rubbish 39 Subj. of some thought experiments 40 Six-stringed instrument 43 ___ Tech, notable bankruptcy of 2016 45 “I’d rather we skip it” 47 Strata 48 Yoked pair 50 Pillage 51 Gal in “Wonder Woman” 52 Gobble 56 Place for un béret 58 “Je t’___” (French for “I love you”) 59 Xanadu resident 60 Without change 62 It may be placed in mines 64 Coatroom item