The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Musical measures
5 Stats for H.S. students
9 Positive quality
14 Corporate bigwig
15 Figure on a Monopoly card
16 Guy of Food Network fame
17 Additionally
18 Ye ___ Shoppe
19 Pup’s peeves
20 Topic of debate regarding online service providers
23 And so forth: Abbr.
24 Arab dignitary
25 Much of a
Facebook feed
28 “Ready, ___, go!”
31 “Now I get it!”
33 Evil-repelling trinket
35 Feign sleep
39 Jacques ___, “Mon Oncle” filmmaker 40 Basic trick at a skatepark
41 Eighth mo.
42 Personification of evil
43 Not spoil
44 Helpful feature for tyops ... um, typos
46 Novelist Hemingway
48 “___ out!” (ump’s shout)
49 P, to Plato
50 Its motto is “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” in brief
51 Stroke on a golf green
54 Product that’s often mintflavored
56 Opposition party group in British politics
62 Created for a certain purpose, as a committee
64 Fish’s breathing organ 65 Nativity gift givers
66 Go “Zzzz” 67 Fruit with a cedilla in its name
68 Worshiped figure
69 Pieces that are typically sacrificed in gambits
70 “This email is finished” button
71 Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across
Down
1 Noggin
2 Rod through two wheels
3 Pause, on sheet music
4 British biscuit
5 Mustachioed Marx brother
6 Bombard, as with snowballs
7 Comedian Eric
8 Hot shower emanation
9 Declare confidently
10 Riverbank deposit
11 “Hasta la vista!”
12 Distinctive period
13 “___ the season ...”
21 French word for a leg of the Tour de France
22 Actor Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games”
26 Unfasten
27 Drunk, in dated slang
28 Like commands given to Siri and Alexa
29 ___ Queen, crime novel pseudonym
30 “The X Factor” or “The Voice”
32 Right away
34 Destination of the Mormon migration
36 Cry of pain
37 Take to court
38 Unattractive
42 Wash with elbow grease
44 Mate for a mare
45 Passport or driver’s license
47 What_the_ underlines_in_ this_clue_show
52 Attire on many Roman statues
53 How many times Bette Davis won Best Actress 55 Imitate
57 Common center of a steering wheel
58 Tight-knit tribe
59 Zilch, zip, zero
60 Senses of selfworth
61 Be at an angle
62 Nile serpent
63 23andMe sample