The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 “Common Sense” pamphleteer 6 Rambler maker of old, for short 9 Hindu on a bed of nails 14 Yellowstone has more than two million of them 15 Guy’s square dance partner 16 2006 Supreme Court appointee 17 Response to “Knock knock” 19 Fr. misses 20 On its way 21 “Esther …” 23 Cut, as with a letter opener 25 Ore-___ (frozen food brand) 26 One referred to as “my hero!” 29 Witchy woman 31 Not genuine: Abbr. 35 Squeeze moisture from 36 “Yvonne …” 38 Go public with 39 Natalie Portman or Gene Simmons, by birth 41 Some E.R. cases 42 “Sadie …” 44 Reason to earn a badge 46 Whodunit’s essence 47 Like all prime numbers but one 48 Where Dorothy and Toto are from 49 Camera type, in brief 51 Shelter rescues, e.g. 52 “Ken …” 57 In ___ of (replacing) 61 S.S.N., e.g. 62 “Luke …” 64 General local weather pattern 65 Like some stock trades, for short 66 Like a merino 67 Can’t stomach 68 Drop in on 69 Often-buggy software versions DOWN 1 Handles clumsily 2 Need ibuprofen, say 3 Mineral plentiful in kale 4 Occupies, as a bird does a tree 5 Ballpark fig. 6 Secret ___ 7 Musical partner of Peter and Paul 8 Queen of the Nile, briefly 9 World-renowned 10 Words of acclamation 11 Scale unit, in most of the world 12 Subject for gossips 13 Jack’s love in “Titanic” 18 ___ metal (1980s music subgenre) 22 British pol Farage 24 KenKen solver’s need 26 Washington establishment, so to speak 27 Typeface similar to Helvetica 28 Many a September birth 29 30 Overcollect?Tucked in 32 Eighth-centuryconquerors of Iberia 33 Second-mostpopulous nation 34 Components of some batteries 36 Stepped heavily (on) 37 Align the cross hairs on 40 Like some testimony and enemies 43 “The deadline has arrived” 45 Keep under one’s thumb 48 Vegas numbers game 50 Fills with cargo 51 Biden’s successor as V.P. 52 Hankering 53 Black-tie affair 54 Fire drill objective 55 “Chicago” simpleton ___ Hart 56 One to whom you might say “G’day!” 58 Rolling ___ (wealthy) 59 Pulitzer winner Ferber 60 Plays for a sap 63 Play ___ with (do mischief to)