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
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1 Either part of a yinyang 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.