The New York Times Crossword

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1 Arid Mongolian expanse

5 Forensics facility at Quantico, Va. 11 Driver’s guide, for short

14 Mireille ___, costar of AMC’s “The Killing”

15 Yale, to alums 16 Muscle worked by a kettlebell swing, informally

17 “This is payback!” 19 Manipulate

20 N.F.L. Hall-ofFamer Dawson 21 “Hold your horses!”

22 Cheese in a Greek salad

23 Winning

25 City that’s home to the Anne Frank House

27 Teri of “Mr. Mom” 28 ___ punk (fusion genre with Jamaican rhythms) 29 Toilette water

30 Bit of firepit debris 31 Bull with a horn, informally 33 “Silence!”

37 The Thinker and others

39 ___ 500

(NASCAR’s “Super Bowl”)

41 German bacteriologist who lent his name to a kind of dish 42 “Ripped” 44 Destination on a fast-food lover’s bucket list? 45 “Knives Out” actress de Armas 47 Constitutional initiative passed in ’72 but never ratified 48 Self-description for many an expert hobbyist

49 Desk item that’s shaken

53 Linger

54 Countess’s counterpart 55 Actress Bonet 56 “___ House” (1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young hit)

57 Fright ___ (gag item)

58 Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle’s circled letters

62 Señora Perón 63 Grimm sister

64 One of 24

65 Kylo ___ of “Star Wars”

66 Bullfighter

67 CPR specialists DOWN 1 ___-X

2 The Yoko of “Oh Yoko!”

3 Headgear for Laurel or Hardy 4 “Cross my heart!” 5 Jump ___ joy 6 Displayed affection from across the room, say

7 He’s got notions 8 Some jeans

9 Small building wing

10 Container for recycling

11 Stuck together, in a way

12 Spaghetti, e.g. 13 Emission from a whistling kettle 18 Bitter ___

22 Peach or persimmon

23 Audibly astonished 24 Undue hurry 26 Rapper on 1988’s “Straight Outta Compton”

28 “___ Drives Me Crazy” (Fine Young Cannibals hit) 31 Having misgivings about

32 Shoe insert

34 Part of a house that might have a full house

35 Surmise

36 Exhibiting poor taste

38 Big drag on a fishing expedition? 40 In the style of

43 Place to get a cookie, maybe 46 Yearly honor awarded for each N.F.L. position 48 Lacking grace and refinement

49 Ninja turtle hangout

50 Unwise to the ways of the world

51 Hymn player 52 Edmonton athlete 53 Piggy, in a nursery rhyme

58 Pepper or Friday: Abbr.

59 ___-mo

60 Bolt’s counterpart 61 A.M.A. members: Abbr.