The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 “Meet the Press” host Chuck 5 Trippy drug 8 Iraqi city whose name, appropriately, is an anagram of ARABS 13 Dumpster emanation 14 Berry for a purple smoothie 16 Silly prank 17 Watch, as the bar 18 “Nonsense!” 20 Best 22 Home to the N.B.A.’s Heat 23 Flier from flower to flower 24 Shady places 27 Covering of a corn ear 29 Boneless cut named for a New York restaurant 34 Saucer in the sky, for short 35 ___ Alto, Calif. 36 Carrying a gun Very off-color 38 40 43 Some blossoms, showy informally City north of Carson City Samples “Later!” 44 46 48 49 SSW 180° from Jet that evades radar detection 53 The biblical wise men, by tradition Slobbers 54 55 58 Corner PC key Steer clear of Sup 61 62 Hilton hotel chain … or what 18-, 29- and 49-Across each have 65 Actress Perlman of “Cheers” 68 National Geographic 69 has a new one every month Spot for a flowerpot 70 “Nuts!” 71 Sweetness, sourness or bitterness 72 Kim, to Khloé Kardashian, for short 73 “Don’t go!”

Down

1 Wee one 2 Verse dedicated to someone 3 Snarky comment after “This is your big chance” 4 Archenemy of the Fantastic Four 5 Place for experimenting 6 Run a con on 7 Limp watch painter 8 Server at a coffeehouse 9 “What else?” Random guess 10 11 12 Get up Painful throb 15 Boise’s state 19 Birds on some Australian coins 21 Item held by an actor 24 18+ ticket category 25 Alludes (to) 26 Glitch 28 Deborah of “The King and I” 30 Down with a bug 31 Cheap section in a plane 32 “So true!” 33 Dog shelter 37 Active types 39 Bug spray component 41 42 45 47 50 “What’s the (“Who Expressed Brand “nobody doesn’t Folklore Performing ___?” that cares?”) like” baddie 51 52 55 now Honeybunch Squirrels Polish, prose as away 56 Baseball’s “Slammin’ 57 Sammy” Use four-letter words 59 State flower of Tennessee 60 Place to order a ham on rye 63 “However …” 64 Golfer Ernie 66 Time in history 67 “___ takers?”