The New York Times Crossword

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ACROSS

1Some water bearers 6“M*A*S*H” co-star

Alan

10Dressed 14 “Kate & ___” (1980s sitcom)

15 Tandoori chicken accompaniment 16“In time we ___ that which we often fear”: Shak. 17 First American to orbit the earth

19 Littlest speck 20Born

21 Flinch, say

22 Made a choice

23 Fancy “so” 25Selma march leader who served 17terms in Congress 27Pageant prize

29 Not learned 30Introductory course?

31Throws in

34Its HQ is sometimes called “Crypto City” 35 Winter underwear … or what appear four times in this puzzle

39“Eureka!” 42 Damage, so to speak 43Football penalty markers

47 “Gracias!” response 50With 63-Down, boxer who retired undefeated in 2007

51 Only U.S. president elected under the Federalist Party

56 Event with a royal court 57 Barber’s razor sharpener 58Talk to shrilly 60Dawg

61 Norse god portrayed in film by Chris Hemsworth 62 Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls

64 Bridle strap

65“The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine 66“How about that!” 67Logical operators that output “true” only if both inputs are true

68 Dry run

69 Like many bathroom floors

DOWN

1 Refrigerator decorations 2 Largest country in Africa

3 Bootleg, e.g.

4 Goose egg 5Oracle

6 Yearly record

7 Jousting weapon 8Italian poet who wrote “Nature is the art of God”

9 ___ Taylor 10Contribute 11 Like some Hmong

12 Bears witness

13Its shores have the lowest land-based elevation on Earth

18 Fish with “snowflake” and “sawtooth” varieties 22 Have title to 24Unwritten 26One might be made on a birthday

28Kerfuffle 31In the past

32CD players?

33.

36Sports org. with more than a thousand members

37 Sports org. in which five members have bird names

38 *How rude!*

39 2019Brad Pitt sci-fi movie whose title means “to the stars”

40Pagan

41 IOS alternative

44 Court failure 45“Hallelujah!” 46Siberian sled dog 48Decorates 49 Fist bump 52“Baloney!” 53Busy places at Christmas

54 Food fight sound effect 55 Old saying 59Nincompoop 62 Make a fast stop?

63See 50-Across