The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Nonmagical sort, in the Harry Potter universe 7 What’s found in cafés but not coffee shops? 13 Spanish loves

14 St. Bernard or mastiff, often 15 Hoity-toity types 16 Goofus 17 Wireless speaker brand

18 Place 19 Fencing equipment 20 Shade akin to fuchsia

23 Part of Q.E.D.

24 _ _ _ blind 27 Dispenser of drafts 28 “Black gold” or “Texas tea”

30 Out of the office 32 Nine-digit ID 34 One leaving its pad quickly 39 Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle

42 One righting writing

43 “The lowest form of humor — when you don’t think of it first,” per Oscar Levant

44 “The Song of the ___” (Willa Cather novel)

45 First Chinese dynasty

47 Broadcaster of “The Price Is Right” for more than four decades 49 Letters requesting help

50 Back talk 54 Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, for two 57 Offering in church 59 Noche’s counterpart 60 Nevada senator Jacky 64 Low-calorie cookie spinoff 66 Adverb in a contract 67 Eccentrics 68 Produce oxidation in

69 Author Hemingway 70 Tablet tool

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1 Service that might be in Latin 2 “Yeah, that won’t work for me” 3 “I’m listening ...” 4 Many a wedding cake topper 5 Unleashes on 6 Intro to sociology? 7 “Evita” setting: Abbr.

8 Word with tax or cheat

9 Type of car whose name comes from the French word for “cut”

10 Toon hunting for a “scwewy wabbit”

11 Site of a mythical lion slaying 12 Romantic rendezvous 14 “Me, too!” 16 Patty’s place 18 ___ Challenge (famous taste test) 21 Gut-related 22 Some short-term rentals 24 Hightail it 25 Was behind 26 Island between Java and Lombok 29 W.C.

31 As of now

33 Bit of shut-eye 35 450, in ancient Rome 36 Sorento and Telluride 37 Amazon-owned home Wi-Fi brand 38 Scolding sounds

40 Part of some “Red” or “White” uniforms

41 St. ___ (Caribbean isle)

46 Some German cars 48 Word on the ___ 50 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author 51 Broadcaster 52 Oktoberfest vessel 53 Place to wash up? 55 Son of, in Arabic surnames 56 “___, not ___!” 58 Approx. when planes take off 61 Circus barker? 62 “Not you, too!?” 63 Disappointing R.S.V.P.s

65 Over 100, say 66 Gives birth to