The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 Green spot in a city 5 Top dog 10 ___ threat 14 Monopoly token replaced by a cat in 2013 15 Like the boondocks 16 “… ___ the twain shall meet” 17 Group of winners at a film awards show? 19 Reminder of a past injury 20 Discharges 21 Not real royals, maybe 23 Executed, as a program 24 Team ___ 26 Something to take up or let out 27 Target for William Tell? 33 Singing Crow 36 Cause of some breathing problems 37 F-, for one 38 Command-C, on a Mac 39 Turn into a film, e.g. 41 To boot 42 Comedian Wong 43 Personification of Earth, in Greek myth 44 Tiny parts of archipelagoes 46 Where séance leaders get their degrees? 49 Unfinished crusade of the 1970s, in brief 50 Inning : baseball :: ___ : curling 51 Eggs in a lab 54 Art of bone carving 59 Green spot in a desert 61 Actors who don’t play their roles subtly 62 Lo-o-ong lecture from a parent? 64 Early Ron Howard role 65 “___ you a little short for a stormtrooper?”: Princess Leia 66 Do more than just check out 67 Fling 68 The Rockies, e.g. 69 Drink from a Viking’s goblet DOWN 1 Itinerant musician with a flute 2 Patisserie allure 3 “The Kiss” sculptor 4 Heal, as a broken bone 5 Word after long or strong 6 One-named ancient satirist … or a Pokémon character 7 Baby buggy in Piccadilly Circus 8 Hinged bit of hardware 9 Cher, voicewise 10 Part of a foot 11 Convert into a higher-level language, as computer code 12 King of English theater 13 Muffs 18 Crime of great interest 22 Carpet type 25 Arabic “peace” 27 Alan Paton’s “___, the Beloved Country” 28 Oscar ___, player of Poe Dameron in “Star Wars” films 29 One who calls people out 30 Statement to a chair of a meeting 31 In need of directions 32 Grandson of Adam and Eve 33 Almost every getrich-quick scheme 34 Spot in a green 35 Outer layer of skin 40 Throw shade at 41 Monopolist’s portion 43 Territory ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1898 45 Vice city 47 Van Gogh work that in 1987 became the most expensive painting ever sold 48 Chopping 51 ___ orange 52 Home on the Riviera, say 53 Didn’t contain one’s curiosity 54 Attempt 55 Aria da ___ 56 Symbol on an “8” key 57 Juno’s Greek counterpart 58 Mideast’s Gulf of ___ 60 Itsy-bitsy bit 63 Tribe for which the 45th state is named