The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Many flat screens 6 “Red, white and blue” land, for short 11 Zero, in soccer scores 14 Quintet followed by “… and sometimes Y” 15 Absolute minimum 16 Rocks sent to a refinery 17 Devil-may-care 19 Piece of lawn 20 Actor Guinness of “Star Wars” 21 Fashion line? 22 Summer romance, perhaps 24 Town crier’s cry 28 Diamond great Ripken 31 Gives a red card, in short 32 Lerner’s partner on Broadway 33 Carne ___ (burrito filler) 35 Broadband letters 36 Touch 39 Bar request … or hint to the letters in the circles 43 German auto sold mainly in Europe 44 Reaction to a body blow 45 Latches (onto) 46 Élan 48 Offering from Hertz or National 50 Messagespewing program 51 Rock drummer whose last name is the same as his band 55 Gift recipient 56 Eggs for fertilization 57 Petri dish medium 61 Hour after midnight 62 Accessing, as a passwordrestricted website 66 Race, as an engine 67 Pick up the tab for 68 Be of use 69 Slice of time 70 Dark wood 71 Midler of “Beaches”

Down

1 ___ funny (genuinely humorous) 2 “You’re on!” 3 Goodyear product 4 Give personal assurance (for) 5 Total 6 Belly aches? 7 Run-down 8 Crew blade 9 The Seminoles of the A.C.C. 10 Charge to get cash from a bank, say 11 “Absolutely, positively not!” 12 Humor with a twist 13 Overhang 18 Basketball’s O’Neal, informally 23 Permissible 25 Dutch cheese town 26 Disney snow queen 27 Wrestling maneuver 28 G.I. garb, for short 29 “Hurry!,” on an order 30 Body of water between France and Switzerland 34 Of the highest quality 35 ___ Jam records 37 Falsetto-voiced Muppet 38 For fear that 40 Wee bit 41 Lunchtime, often 42 Fairy tale villain 47 Gracefully thin 48 Cause for a dental filling 49 Computer science pioneer Turing 51 Love to pieces 52 Recluse 53 Paul who played Crocodile Dundee 54 Easily fooled 58 Flying pest 59 Going ___ (fighting) 60 Part in a movie 63 Space ball 64 Nat ___ Wild (cable channel) 65 Yammer