Across
1 Diamond head?
4 At the tiller
7 Some NFL players
10 Signal at Sotheby’s
13 One of six winners in this puzzle
14 Fitch, S&P, or Moody’s
15 Good name for a tax adviser?
16 Head of London?
17 In a tizzy
19 Showy fan palm
21 Investigator
23 Quit working
25 Electrician’s device
29 Dash lengths
30 _____ x 35 across = MDCCVIII
33 Take the edge off
34 Military tank, for short
35 _____ x 30 across = MDCCVIII
36 Sun god
37 Ditch
39 Adore, Anglo style
42 Yemen’s capital
43 Type of truck
44 Director Justin of the “Fast and the Furious” franchise
45 Caesar’s “Behold!”
46 Pago Pago resident
49 Biblical sufferer
50 It’s “rarely pure and never simple,” per Oscar Wilde
52 Geiger with a counter
53 Absolutely fabulous
57 Wifely
60 Where a sale is made
63 Some ICBMs
64 Opposite of 49 across
65 CARE packages, e.g.
66 Three of six winners in this puzzle
67 G.I. suppliers
68 Help line?
69 Illmatic artist
70 P.M. times
Down
1 Chip maker
2 _____ x 31 down = MMDXX
3 Protuberance
4 Legislation
5 Doing nothing
6 Triumphant shout
7 Chinese nut (var.)
8 A staple in traditional Ayurvedic medicine
9 City on the Willamette
10 CRVM alternative
11 Two of six winners in this puzzle
12 One of four in Mississippi
18 Roadside bomb, e.g.
20 Furious
22 Romain de ___ (typeface)
23 Resolute
24 Discredit
26 Excitement
27 Clever escape
28 Acting governors
30 Office extension
31 _____ x 2 down = MMDXX
32 CBOE Volatility Index
38 Clergyman in Jakarta
39 Honshu resort city
40 Initials on a police blotter
41 Dominate
46 Cheyenne tribe
47 Bikini, et cetera
48 UK’s leading charity for mental health
51 Tourist draw
52 Dept. that oversees the FDA
54 Run through
55 Russian gold medalist Kulik
56 Messi and Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
57 Sport authority
58 Four of six winners in this puzzle
59 C.I.A. precursor
61 Boolean operator
62 Green lights
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