The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Green letters? 4 Place for a ceremony

9 Means of support 13 Carbonated citrus drink

15 One living south of the Sooner State 16 Cease fighting [Opposite of 61-Across?] 17 Request in blackjack [Opposite of 48-Across?]

18 ___ Timor (nation near Indonesia) 19 Lebron James, notably

21 Mens ___ (guilty mind)

22 “And the ___ goes to …”

25 Cut communication [Opposite of 63-Across?]

27 Some fast food [Opposite of 50-Across?] 30 Judge’s garment 31 Piercing tool 32 Wombs

34 Place to find gold … that’s not yours?

38 Some grammatical no-nos … or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle? 42 _ _ _ mater 43 Egg-shaped

44 Long time

45 Sign in a school zone

48 Text to someone who’s been away for a while [Opposite of 17-Across?] 50 Submit [Opposite of 27-Across?]

53 Not shiny

54 _ _ _-friendly

55 Glum sort 57 Simplicity

61 Simple exercise [Opposite of 16-Across?]

63 Traffic regulator [Opposite of 25-Across?]

66 Is rife (with) 67 Promotional event at a dealership 68 Messes up 69 Three-pointers, in basketball

70 Abbr. on toothpaste tubes

DOWN

1 Otherwise

2 Org. opposed to wearing fur

3 Amo, ___, amat … 4 “Also …”

5 It might cause someone to trip 6 “No point in trying at this point”

7 Coke vs. Pepsi, e.g.

8 Put in order 9 Flowery necklace 10 Bonus

11 Player with a console

12 Move covertly

14 Like a ballerina, often

15 Pulse painfully 20 Inner self, in psychology

23 Inner self, in religion

24 Adorable

26 Singer Lovato 27 “Behold!”

28 Missing

29 Heidi of “America’s Got Talent”

30 Annoying process 33 Fire up

35 Alabama governor Kay ___

36 Infamous Roman

37 Genesis twin 39 Foundation 40 Tussling 41 Assessment 46 Hobbles along 47 Musician Yoko 49 “You understand?” 50 “Beau ___” (1924 novel)

51 More slippery, in a way

52 Party person? 53 Yard alternative 56 “Over here!” 58 Turkish title of respect

59 Covered, as feet 60 Active volcano in Italy

62 Speech stumbles 64 Layer

65 ___ Vegas