The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Doofus 5 Campus bigwig 9 Leave standing at the altar 13 Greek counterpart to Mars 14 “Tickle Me” doll 15 Walks in water up to one’s ankles, say 16 Early radio transmitter 18 Download for a Kindle 19 Deep-frying need

20 “The Farmer in the ___” 22 Letter after “ar” 23 Apply gently, as cream

25 Part of “business,” phonetically 30 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” star 32 102, in ancient Rome 34 Common Market letters 35 A sensible sort 36 Like a sorrylooking dog 38 Tiny 40 Very thin, as clouds 41 How some ground balls are fielded 43 Longtime news inits.

45 “___ whillikers!” 46 One-cent coin since 1909 49 Ballet footwear 50 Email address ending for a student 51 Busy bee in Apr.

54 Oil cartel 56 Useful item for finding a lost pet

58 Brief brawl 62 Common game in a school gym 64 Soothing succulents 65 U2’s lead singer 66 Biblical brother with a birthright 67 Bad thing to blow … or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents 68 Greek H’s 69 Some whistle blowers

Down

1 Wash oneself 2 Stackable cookies 3 Citrus peels 4 Norway’s capital 5 Announce 6 “Xanadu” band, for short

7 In the thick of 8 At least

9 The “one” in a one-two 10 Vow from a bride or groom 11 Sign between Cancer and Virgo 12 “Shame on you!” 15 “Ver-r-ry interesting!” 17 Elton John/Tim Rice Broadway musical 21 11-Down symbol 24 Prepare, as tea 26 Dummy at a protest march 27 Lasso l oop 28 Figure of speech 29 Without purpose 30 Hard-to-hit pitches 31 Freeze 32 Tragic clown in “Pagliacci” 33 Lacking sense 36 Shed old feathers 37 Casual calls 39 Blade in a sporting match 42 Alka-Seltzer sound

44 Blue hues 47 As required, after “if” 48 Classic art subject 51 Pursue, as in tag

52 Rice dish 53 Highest possible grade 55 Geezer 57 Trucker on a radio 58 Never left the bench, say 59 Inventor Whitney 60 Craggy peak 61 Letter after 22-Across 63 Paternity identifier

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