The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Diving gear 6 Home to seven “-stan” countries
10 Drive-up bank conveniences 14 Wagner on a very valuable baseball card
15 James of Her Majesty’s Secret Service 16 Actress Patricia of “Hud” 17 *Currency replaced by the euro
19 ___ a soul (no one) 20 G.O.P. fund-raising org. 21 Makes a boo-boo 22 Apply suddenly, as brakes
24 Not go bad
26 Just one small bite 28 Pigeon’s sound
29 Trip through the bush 31 *Decorative garden feature with fish
33 Many an adopted pet 36 Star pitchers 37 *Almost-identical pair, figuratively
41 ___ Sea (mostly dried-up lake)
42 Country on an isthmus
43 *It flows through Turin 46 Big name in sunglasses 50 Clinch victory in 51 Result of a coup 54 Top-notch 55 Preachers preach it 57 Oodles
59 Periods after the fourth qtr. 60 Duchess of ___ (Goya subject) 61 Common New Year’s resolution — as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues
64 “Dear Santa” requests 65 Like 2, 4, 6, 8 …
66 The mermaid in “The Little Mermaid” 67 Magnetite and cassiterite 68 Common first word 69 “___ after class”
DOWN
1 Neglects, as responsibilities 2 It’s reshaped by Lasik surgery 3 Humanitarian org. since 1946
4 Clear tables in a restaurant 5 Tennis’s Arthur ___ Stadium 6 Call off, as a mission 7 Composer whose work might be appropriate during March Madness? 8 Alternative to an Airbnb 9 Supplements
10 Elsa’s sister in “Frozen” 11 Fans of Conan O’Brien, colloquially
12 Cast away, like Crusoe 13 Subtle acknowledgments 18 Give kudos
23 Floral necklace 25 Sentence shortener 27 Yarn purchase
30 Gym lifter’s unit 32 Tropical fruit with orange flesh
34 Mafia bosses 35 Olympics chant
37 Like the French and Italian flags 38 Silently bids adieu 39 Limited, as a search 40 Doctors’ org.
41 Thank you, in Tokyo 44 Eggs on sushi
45 Like some teeth, pork and punches
47 Get down on the dance floor
48 “God Save the Queen,” for one
49 Big name in chocolate and bottled water 52 Zapped at a riot, perhaps
53 Kagan on the bench 56 Comment at a bridge table 58 Herbal brews
62 Egg cells
63 Emotion that’s “raised”