The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 “The Winner Takes It All” group
5 Singer Diana
9 Radiate
13 Hardly a jaunt
14 Ready to go
16 Central points
17 Tolled time
18 “Byeee!”
19 One having a turn at a roast?
20 You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em
23 Worrier’s words
24 Former queen of Jordan
25 Good cheer
26 What do ewe say?
27 Spice ___
29 Often-changed item of wear
31 Know when to fold ‘em
35 ___ Mode, animated film character who says “Words are useless! Gobblegobble-gobblegobble-gobblegobble!”
36 It might be in the form of a thumbnail
37 “The Music Man” locale
41 Know when to walk away
46 Famed designer whose career was boosted by “American Gigolo”
49 Small batteries
50 Butter, e.g.
51 Concern for a tailor
52 ___ facto
55 Box markings
57 And know when to run
60 Moistens
61 Water nymph
62 Earnest request
64 Pueblo people
65 “The Child,” also known as Baby Yoda
66 Snack, as on a knish
67 Places with springs
68 Exclamation after a witty comeback
69 ___ Major
Down
1 Bit of air pollution
2 Gasbag
3 Anthony of “Parts Unknown”
4 Concur
5 Speaker’s platform
6 Scott Turow memoir
7 Gertrude who wrote “We are always the same age inside”
8 “___ to This” (song from “Hamilton”)
9 Jewelry designer Peretti
10 Mod do
11 It comes to a point when it’s too cold outside
12 One who gives one-tenth
15 Tiered temple
21 Actress Gilbert
22 Hosp. scans
23 Light wind?
28 Lettuce wrap lettuce
30 “Yeah, suuuure”
32 Event with a dress code
33 Snoopy grp.
34 German film award akin to an Oscar
38 Risqué
39 “What is your greatest ___?” (interview question)
40 Section of a Sunday newspaper
42 “Wilco!”
43 Erasing, as data
44 Prepared to skate
45 Org. with thousands of inspectors
46 Forty winks
47 Provoke
48 View from Catania, in brief
53 Shoots up
54 Whopper ingredient
56 College sports channel
58 Print collectors, for short
59 “A Song of Ice and Fire,” e.g.
63 “Why, that’s it!”