The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Equine animal, in rural dialect 5 Caper

10 Take steps (into) 14 One of two in the McDonald’s logo 15 Italian name of six popes

16 Ice skating maneuver

17 Dr. Zhivago’s love 18 Rapture 20 Projecting rim of a metal beam 22 Fake eyelash, in slang

23 Org. whose members may be fore-warned? 24 With this puzzle’s central black squares, ecstasy 27 Heating unit 29 Heating fuel 30 Hogs

35 Perez whose film debut was in “Do the Right Thing” 36 Join at the altar 37 ___ Island (part of Brooklyn that isn’t an island) 38 “Let’s be ___ about this” 40 Mindless 41 Affectionate nickname for the “Father of the Symphony” 45 Beats by a whisker

46 Face With Tears of Joy, for one

47 Keanu Reeves’s role in “The Matrix” 48 Houston ballplayer 52 Kind of computer port, in brief 53 Protection for vampire hunters 56 Bar “where everybody knows your name” 58 Steadfastly maintained, as one’s beliefs 59 Comforting mental state 63 Like a soldier who might be courtmartialed 64 Dunkable cookie 65 Sign up for more 66 Nickname for Grandma 67 Volume from Horace 68 Dingbats 69 Colorist

DOWN

1 Either part of a yin-yang symbol, e.g. 2 Unwritten exam 3 Manages to gather, as cash 4 Heaven 5 Church recess 6 “I’ll pass” 7 Something a wedge often leaves exposed 8 Paris’s ___ de la Cité

9 Greek tourist destination 10 Part of a squash court 11 Center of rotation 12 Arnaz of “I Love Lucy”

13 Part of a coding conditional 19 Research findings that can’t be reproduced, say 21 Field of mathematics pioneered by John von Neumann 24 Word with cash or holy

25 Take a risk when taking a polygraph test 26 Aged 27 Golfer’s challenge 28 Kotb of “Today” 31 Realm of marvels 32 Pleasantly

33 Hawaii’s state bird 34 Peepers 39 Uncle _ _ _ 42 Whom 39-Down wants, in a classic poster

43 Some SiriusXM workers, for short 44 Pen tip 48 Cause for a blessing 49 Pottery fragment 50 Plains dwelling 51 Auto takebacks, for short

54 A flat one is best to skip

55 Kind of energy 57 Lively for one’s age

58 Chops down 60 Sign before Virgo 61 Unspecified quantity 62 Corporate V.I.P.