N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 With 68-Across, release philosopher John Stuart from cryonic suspension? 5 Not one, colloquially 9 With 66-Across, slow learner in the litter? 14 Abu Simbel’s waterway 15 “Hmm …” 16 “Cleanup on ___ 4” (store announcement) 17 Hybrid fruit 18 ___ butter (moisturizer) 19 Slacker 20 Turkey servings for the famished? 23 Flanged construction beam 24 Sportscaster Berman 25 Mandela’s org. 28 Minimal poker draw 31 Poker draw follow-up, often 34 Order to attack 36 Sob syllable 37 First name at Woodstock 38 Quadrennial competition for hitchhikers? 42 Home run swings 43 Numeral atop a face 44 Classical column style 45 Sharpton and Roker 46 Toon tots of ’90s-’00s TV 49 Author LeShan 50 Like cardinals 51 Court units 53 TV critic’s approval of a show’s opening tune? 60 Copy, in a way 61 “Casablanca” heroine 62 Online read, for short 63 “Such a shame” 64 Bank-protecting agcy. 65 Copland’s “Laurie’s Song,” e.g. 66 See 9-Across 67 Something that has low stakes? 68 See 1-Across

Down

1 Flanged fastener 2 Weather forecast figure 3 “For ___ care …” 4 Consider carefully 5 Yokohama auto giant 6 How things may drift 7 Boater’s hazard 8 Wine datum 9 Followed, as a suspect 10 Used as cover 11 Capri, e.g. 12 G ___ 13 Start to “plunk” 21 Eniwetok blaster, informally 22 The Jetsons’ son 25 “Per ardua ad ___” 26 Zero, to Nero 27 Features of many bras 29 Gospel group 30 Web giant 31 Pickling need 32 Charlton Heston title role 33 Opera that premiered in Rome in 1900 35 Grp. with defibrillators 37 How to address a sgt.? 39 Display, as charm 40 Oil driller’s construction 41 A bit teary 46 Aspirin, for a headache 47 Welcomes warmly 48 Cause of a 1773 “party” 50 Game follow-up 52 Cook, as dim sum 53 Drop ___ (moon) 54 Padlock holder 55 De-lump, as flour 56 ___ English Bulldogge 57 Father of King Ahab 58 Contents of some drop boxes 59 Even, to Yvonne 60 Sugar amt., maybe