The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Bridge

5 “I’ll take care of that” 9 American Girl products

14 Jai ___ 15 Common blessing 17 Undercover buster 18 Rhyming description for IHOP’s “Fresh ’N Fruity” pancakes 19 Safety warning for some kitchenware 21 Born

22 ___ Park, Calif. 23 Jots

26 Outer thigh stabilizers, in brief

29 See in court, say

30 Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzerwinning graphic novel 31 Craze 34 Road Runner cartoon sights 38 Goof 39 Warm and cozy spots 41 Manning with two Super Bowl M.V.P. awards 42 Homeland of many 2010s refugees 44 What bugs are found in 45 Bug on a hook, maybe 46 Ctrl-___-Del 48 On the loose 50 Big news involving extraterrestrials 54 Caddies’ suggestions 55 Some four-year degrees, for short 56 Kangaroo’s pouch 59 Loudly angry, as a group 62 Flight part 64 Rolls the dice and moves one’s token 65 Perfect dives 66 Parts of porch chairs 67 Airport postings, in brief 68 Italian wine region

Down

1 Lead-in to Francisco or Pedro 2 With 36-Down, astronomical rarity … or a hint to the circled letters 3 Alexander Hamilton’s nemesis 4 ___ Maduro, successor to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez 5 Fairy tale baddie 6 Sign gas 7 Gets tagged, say 8 Rwandan minority 9 Banned insecticide 10 “Well, well, well!” 11 Sierra ___ 12 Some Millers 13 Bad eye sight? 16 Nabokov’s nos 20 Part of many German names 22 They act in silence

24 Big name in antacids 25 Meade’s opponent at Gettysburg 27 “Dr.” of hip-hop 28 Onetime Volvo alternative 32 Master’s seeker’s hurdle, for short 33 Suffix with oper35 Shipping lanes

36 See 2-Down 37 Browser history contents 39 “Freeze!” 40 Fedora, for one 43 McKellen who played Gandalf 45 One who won’t serve the average joe 47 Florida city on a bay 49 Back talk 50 Ear passage 51 Japanese city on a bay 52 ___ blanche 53 Prey for a brown bear 55 Smithereens 57 Actress Ramirez of “Grey’s Anatomy” 58 Cremation containers 60 Pull in

61 ___ Intrepid (New York City tourist attraction) 63 Letter after “X”