The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Venomous African snake 6 Quandaries 10 Duchess of ___ (Goya subject) 14 “Ghosts” playwright 15 Cartoon dog 16 Trollish sort 17 1984 Schwarzenegger sequel 19 Go fast 20 Reeves of “The Matrix” 21 Kind of bar 22 ___ Ranch (onetime “Texas White House”) 25 Early form of airmail? 28 “Yay, me!” 30 It’s measured in cups 31 Minor but essential part 32 “In this way”

34 Round cleaner floor 36 Many a bar mitzvah attendee 37

Chrysler discontinued model in 2010

39 Mother Virgin Mary of the

42 Butters up? 44 Opened one’s mouth but didn’t speak? 46 Fair-hiring inits. 48 Campaign freebie

49 Scary figure in Stephen King’s “It”

50 Grinder

55 Org. whose symbol is an eagle atop a key

56 Run-of-the-mill

57 Language from which “kayak” comes

59 Pac-12 team 60 It’s four units long in a popular board game (with the game’s other pieces hinted at by the circled letters) 65 Red giant in the constellation Cetus 66 A penny is a small one 67 Express 68 Future C.P.A.’s study 69 “Gotta go,” in textspeak 70 Fragrant compound

DOWN

1 Word after hot or open 2 Blood letters 3 ___ Explorer (browser) 4 Schnozz 5 Wings 6 Pope before Leo VI 7 For two 8 Potpourri 9 Congress 10 Bella of 1970s politics 11 Unpredictable sort 12 “Oh, cry me a river!” 13 Giving heat? 18 Duty 21 Neighbor of India and China in Risk 22 Cheerful tune 23 Cocktail party spread 24 Foreigner song with the lyric “With that one guitar / He’ll come alive” 26 Gaming debut of 2001 27 Agent 29 Actress Headey 33 Join voluntarily 34 Just what the doctor ordered, for short? 35 Turn on the waterworks 38 Watch over 40 Google heading 41 Novelist Ferber 43 Filter target 45 Pull off 46 Unearth 47 Pet store category 51 Lazy ___ 52 Good at repartee 53 Big name in microprocessors 54 ___-de-sac 58 Chinese menu possessive 60 Take some swings 61 Army ___

62 Success in the game 60-Across … or a hint to interpreting the circled squares 63 Winter coat 64 Each

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