The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Indian state

that exports tea 6 Trade blows 10 Grade sch.

class

13 John or son

Julian

15 Renée Fleming

performance 16 Still-life object 17 Identifications on left-hand pages, traditionally [the Bible] 19 Blue expanse 20 Peace sign 21 Letter before Peter in a phonetic alphabet 22 “Oh,

hogwash!” 24 Something a bug might produce 26 Setting for a popular show [dimensions] 29 Still-life

object

31 Wood in some

closets 32 Notwithstanding

35 Hanoi holiday 36 “___ be

surprised” 39 Dense megalopolis that includes Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou [Greek alphabet] 42 Handle 43 Goddess who captured Orion, in Greek myth 44 Gobs

45 Tennis great

Ivanisevic 47 “Money ___

object” 48 Singer with the 2017 Album of the Year “24K Magic” [planets] 51 Govt. debt

instrument 55 Ran gracefully 56 Device sold

with earbuds 58 Word with

press or mess 59 Small, medium

or large: Abbr. 60 Annual greeting … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 39and 48-Across 64 Opposite of

paleo

65 Away from

the wind 66 Showstopper,

literally 67 Male swan 68 Dirty, as

tricks 69 Shock

dispenser

Down

1 Motrin

alternative 2 Cut, as ties 3 Scoffing look 4 Massachusetts’

Cape ___ 5 Interterminal

transport 6 Cousin of an

épée

7 ___-K

8 Bring out of

the closet? 9 Spoke like Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” 10 Food item ordered at a bar 11 Destroy, as

an opponent 12 Speechless,

perhaps 14 Small

protuberance 18 Something one might do after an embarrassing loss

23 Didn’t leave after everyone else left 25 Trite 27 Summer

refresher 28 Subways 30 Netflix

transmission 32 Apropos 33 Bruce or son

Brandon 34 Tremendous piece of work 35 Remote

things? 37 Pac-12

athlete 38 County prosecutors, for short 40 Macbeth’s Scottish burial isle 41 “Stop! You’ll be sorry!” 46 Hillary Clinton’s maiden name

47 Kids’ road

trip game 48 Like some vin 49 “It’s not my

first ___” 50 Come to

fruition 52 Plants also known as ladies’ fingers 53 World

champion, e.g. 54 Bygone

anesthetic 57 Out of whack 61 Stout, maybe 62 Subject of early

genetic study 63 ___ voce (without dissent)