The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Issue 6 Fodder for sports analytics 11 Place, as a bet 14 What a current flows through 15 Dickens’s ___ Heep 16 “Aladdin” monkey 17 Nickname for a glitzy author? 19 It contains M.S.G. 20 Emmy-winning Falco 21 Stark of “Game of Thrones” 22 A cluttered one is a sign of a cluttered mind, it’s said 23 [Don’t touch my bone!] 25 Nickname for a clumsy composer? 28 Sunken track 29 Key below Z, on a Mac 30 Country singer Tillis

31 John who played an older Kunta Kinte on “Roots” 33 “The bay in the fifth,” for one

35 Actress McDonald 39 Nickname for a sloppy painter? 43 “Get Happy” composer 44 Gangster’s gun 45 Setting for 46-Across on a very hot day 46 See 45-Across 48 “___ official …” 50 Compete 51 Nickname for a fiery philosopher? 56 Shape of a swan’s neck 57 Get under the skin of

58 ___ grecque (served with olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings) 59 Names in film credits

61 City where trap music originated: Abbr. 62 Classic hairstyle … or a hint to the puns in 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across 66 Prefix with colonialism 67 According to 68 Chair designer Charles 69 Parched 70 Prime minister called “Pandit” 71 Address, with “to”

Down

1 ___ Mahal 2 Start of every ZIP code in Pennsylvania 3 Jigsaw, e.g. 4 Named, for short 5 Toyota coupe sold from 1970 to 2006 6 Hyundai Santa Fe or Tucson, briefly 7 Focus of a Facebook sidebar 8 Put on TV 9 Kind of bike or kayak 10 Miss identification? 11 Freeway divisions 12 Deep, deep pit 13 Eliciting an “ugh,” maybe 18 Have as a customer 22 Port at the west end of Lake Superior 23 Persona non ___ 24 It might begin “Did you hear …?” 26 Old blues singer Johnny 27 Fellow bringing roses, perhaps 32 Sordid sort

34 Hard throw, in baseball 36 Rush-hour 37 TV host Philbin 38 Bodily complaints 40 First word of “The Raven” 41 Secular 42 Hook up (to) 47 Few and far between 49 Schedules 51 ___ X 52 Soda bottle unit 53 Bronze, but not silver or gold 54 Beth’s preceder 55 More rational 60 Give and take

62 Item above a kitchen stove 63 Grand finale? 64 “The vasty deep,” in Shakespeare 65 “What a shame!”