PUZZLE: This week’s crossword.

ACROSS

1 Gave a fig 6 Ellipsis trio 10 Unlikely, as odds 14 Member of the Axis 15 Like much testimony 16 Hatcher of “Lois & Clark” 17 1894 Mark Twain novel 20 Select, as a jury 21 Peach Bowl city 22 “___ Girls” (Gene Kelly musical) 24 Blades with buttons 25 Came down in buckets 30 Sharp, like wit 33 Holy Communion spot 34 Shortly, in poetry 35 Org. opposed to fur coats 39 Spot, in kid-lit 42 Arthur ___ Courage Award 43 Fifteen-season Fox show, for short 44 Hard to pin down 45 World’s fourth-largest news agency 46 Sci-fi weaponry 47 Ballplayer with a star logo 51 Big bird of the outback 53 Cuss out 56 Bovine-pulled vehicles 62 Any of several Rowling works 64 Alternative word 65 Splice, as film 66 Fall off in intensity 67 Palmist, e.g. 68 Eliciting an “eh” 69 Revealed, as one’s soul

DOWN

1 ___ Field (Mets’ home) 2 Particle of interest to Bohr 3 Skate park feature 4 Klensch of fashion 5 Cannon of “Heaven Can Wait” 6 Creator of Holmes and Watson 7 ___-Ida (tater tots maker) 8 The O’Hara estate 9 Deck chair piece 10 Subway standee’s handful, once 11 Sergio of spaghetti westerns 12 All worked up 13 Golden Touch king 18 Metalworker’s joint 19 Ran in the wash 23 Costa Rica’s capital 25 “There, I did it!” 26 “Boola Boola” collegians 27 Fix in one’s memory 28 Be on time for 29 Neolithic or mesozoic 31 Common locomotive fuel, once 32 Chaucer’s Tabard, e.g. 34 Says “P.S.” 35 Free TV spots, briefly 36 Move gingerly 37 Play gigs on the road 38 Many moons, so to speak 40 Peeples of “Pretty Little Liars” 41 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” girl 45 Conservative Brit 46 De ___ (posh) 47 Phoenix’s remains, and origin 48 Marshy tract 49 Far from verbose 50 Like triple plays, vis-a-vis double plays 52 Words on a coat of arms 54 Primatologists’ subjects 55 Chore list heading 57 Grouchy sort 58 Group that inspired “Mamma Mia!” 59 Sound from the bleachers 60 Telethon gift, often 61 Tube lineup (Abbr.) 63 Contraction in “America”