The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Expressions of amazement 6 Amaze 9 Illegal motions by pitchers 14 Houston player 15 Great Dane, e.g. 16 Notable happening 17 Great Dane of animated cartoons 19 Happen again 20 Immensely long stretches 21 Broke bread 22 Limited in number 23 Escalator feature 24 Result of overnight condensation 26 Lipton offerings 28 “Bus Stop” dramatist William

29 Nut often squirreled away 31 Basic trig ratio 33 Invitation request, in brief 37 Sound on a dairy farm 38 “Impossible for me!” 41 Harmful cigarette stuff 42 Equestrian’s sport 44 Umpteen 45 Lessen

47 Fee payer, often 49 Londoner, e.g., informally 50 Words on returned mail 55 Vegetarian’s no-no 58 Aviator Earhart 59 Cozy lodging 60 Ricelike pasta 61 Bring home, as a runner 62 Couple’s ballet dance

64 Turn aside 65 Number replaced by “hup” by a drill sergeant 66 Resort island near Naples 67 Key Watergate evidence

68 72, maybe, on a golf course 69 Twin Mary-Kate or Ashley

Down 1 Oxygen and nitrogen 2 Racecourse near Windsor Castle 3 Implement for a Neanderthal 4 Thrive 5 Break down in tears 6 Make larger 7 Swain 8 Conscious self, to Freud 9 Explorer who lent his name to a strait off Alaska 10 Member of a Marvel superhero team 11 French play about a storied Spanish soldier 12 Gridiron legend Rockne 13 Spread here and there 18 Thanksgiving dishes 22 Made to pay as punishment 25 Dingbat 27 TV journalist Curry 29 Intensify, with “up” 30 Dove’s sound 31 Fright 32 Knighted actor McKellen 34 Some downballot electees, informally 35 Big tub 36 Lead-in to occupy 39 From alpha to ___ 40 Rowboat mover 43 Summary of key points 46 Like a probability curve with two peaks

48 New Orleans footballers 49 Flex

50 “Blue Ribbon” brew 51 Nebraska’s largest city 52 Establish 53 Princess mourned in 1997

54 Indy racer Al or Bobby 56 Sky-blue 57 Snake venom, e.g. 62 Champagne opening sound 63 Environment related prefix

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