New York Times - Dec 3 2018 Monday Crossword Puzzle Answers

New York Times - Dec 3 2018 Monday 

Across
1. Expressions of amazement : GASPS
6. Amaze : AWE
9. Illegal motions by pitchers : BALKS
14. Houston player : ASTRO
15. Great Dane, e.g. : DOG
16. Notable happening : EVENT
17. Great Dane of animated cartoons : SCOOBYDOO
19. Happen again : RECUR
20. Immensely long stretches : EONS
21. Broke bread : ATE
22. Limited in number : FINITE
23. Escalator feature : STEP
24. Result of overnight condensation : MORNINGDEW
26. Lipton offerings : TEAS
28. "Bus Stop" dramatist William : INGE
29. Nut often squirreled away : ACORN
31. Basic trig ratio : SINE
33. Invitation request, in brief : RSVP
37. Sound on a dairy farm : MOO
38. "Impossible for me!" : NOCANDO
41. Harmful cigarette stuff : TAR
42. Equestrian's sport : POLO
44. Umpteen : MANY
45. Lessen : ABATE
47. Fee payer, often : USER
49. Londoner, e.g., informally : BRIT
50. Words on returned mail : POSTAGEDUE
55. Vegetarian's no-no : MEAT
58. Aviator Earhart : AMELIA
59. Cozy lodging : INN
60. Ricelike pasta : ORZO
61. Bring home, as a runner : BATIN
62. Couple's ballet dance : PASDEDEUX
64. Turn aside : SHUNT
65. Number replaced by "hup" by a drill sergeant : ONE
66. Resort island near Naples : CAPRI
67. Key Watergate evidence : TAPES
68. 72, maybe, on a golf course : PAR
69. Twin Mary-Kate or Ashley : OLSEN
Down
1. Oxygen and nitrogen : GASES
2. Racecourse near Windsor Castle : ASCOT
3. Implement for a Neanderthal : STONETOOL
4. Thrive : PROSPER
5. Break down in tears : SOB
6. Make larger : ADDTO
7. Swain : WOOER
8. Conscious self, to Freud : EGO
9. Explorer who lent his name to a strait off Alaska : BERING
10. Member of a Marvel superhero team : AVENGER
11. French play about a storied Spanish soldier : LECID
12. Gridiron legend Rockne : KNUTE
13. Spread here and there : STREW
18. Thanksgiving dishes : YAMS
22. Made to pay as punishment : FINED
25. Dingbat : NINNY
27. TV journalist Curry : ANN
29. Intensify, with "up" : AMP
30. Dove's sound : COO
31. Fright : SCARE
32. Knighted actor McKellen : IAN
34. Some down-ballot electees, informally : STATEREPS
35. Big tub : VAT
36. Lead-in to occupy : PRE
39. From alpha to ___ : OMEGA
40. Rowboat mover : OAR
43. Summary of key points : OUTLINE
46. Like a probability curve with two peaks : BIMODAL
48. New Orleans footballers : SAINTS
49. Flex : BEND
50. "Blue Ribbon" brew : PABST
51. Nebraska's largest city : OMAHA
52. Establish : SETUP
53. Princess mourned in 1997 : DIANA
54. Indy racer Al or Bobby : UNSER
56. Sky-blue : AZURE
57. Snake venom, e.g. : TOXIN
62. Champagne-opening sound : POP
63. Environment-related prefix : ECO