The New York Times crossword puzzle

Note: To mark the 75th anniversary of the New York Times crossword, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword and regular Times puzzle contributors that will appear periodically through the year. This collaboration is by Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg.

Across

1 Not so exciting 4 Purchase that can be deleted 7 Spongy sweet 13 It may contain gold 14 Sigh of relief 16 Billy 17 Film technique — or a bad thing for it to get? 18 Apex predator of the ocean 19 Like, so cute! 20 58-Across, notably 23 Road sign animal 24 Elsa’s sister in “Frozen” 25 Able to run smoothly, say 29 Apt rhyme of “squeak” 31 Violator of YouTube standards 33 Bids “one club,” say 36 British Invasion band that launched Van Morrison’s career 38 Swig from a flask 39 Part of a magic show 43 Tip-___ (easy baskets) 44 All-vegetarian frozen food brand 45 Like the smiling eyes of song 46 Approach furtively, with “on” 49 51-Across, e.g. 50 Mexican silver city 51 Paris accord subj. 54 Cartoonist who popularized Uncle Sam 58 Subject of this puzzle (who has himself done a 39-Across) 61 Lily Tomlin’s role in “All of Me” 64 Latin lover’s love 65 ___ one-eighty 66 Total bore 67 Goes out for a while? 68 Mess up 69 Asylum seeker, maybe 70 Org. whose budget is classified 71 Lead-in to horse or lion

Down

1 Portmanteau ride 2 Take out 3 Therefore 4 Individually 5 Old-style hacker 6 Kind of pie 7 Cuisine with many curries 8 2013 World Series champs 9 “Success!” 10 Pro 11 Chocolate ___ 12 A.P. exam inits. 15 Not punish just yet 21 Olympics venue 22 They’re shocking 26 Hawaii’s ___ City, on an island of the same name 27 “Cleopatra” and “Spartacus” 28 What a plane lacks 30 Mysterious gift? 32 Classic record label 33 Tribute writer of sorts 34 Fastest of three historic ships 35 Geographical name that comes from Old English for “East Saxons” 36 Home of Arizona State University 37 Part of a stable diet? 40 ___ Gasol, six-time N.B.A. All-Star 41 Actor Cage, informally 42 D, in an emoticon 47 Crushing, as a test 48 One who probably doesn’t get out much 49 Spills 52 Recyclable item 53 Country whose national anthem is “Nashid As Salaam as Sultani” 55 Picnic coolers 56 Needing Bengay, say 57 Reid of Hollywood 59 “r,” in a text 60 Pretoria’s land: Abbr. 61 Hieroglyphic symbol 62 Flow stopper 63 “A Farewell to Arms” setting, briefly