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. fundraising 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
Give kudos
18 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”