The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 One side of a sheet 5 Ending with centi- or milli9 Eritrea’s capital 15 Made a fast break after breakfast, say 17 Mob member 18 Dangerously near 20 Some people 21 Playlet 22 Simple chord 23 “Gimme a moment” 26 One who eschews all pop culture, say 28 Word after big or go 29 No-goodnik 30 Like a controversial political issue, maybe 34 Needs to be corrected 36 Goat’s cry 37 Board hiree, in brief 38 Trendy and overconfident, slangily 44 Necklace made from natural materials 45 They check out people who check in, in brief 46 Self-referential 48 Triple-platinum 1991 Hammer album 54 Central 55 Big feller? 56 Mouthpuckering 57 ___ flour (macaron ingredient) 59 Animal that might make a waterslide to play on 62 Fad 64 Prohibition 65 Not enough, and without the urgency, to make a difference … or a literal hint to 18-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across 70 Water gate 71 Some compound gases 72 Great respect 73 Just like *that*! 74 Fortified tower
Down
1 ___-Man 2 Hartsfield-Jackson airport code 3 Onetime auto replaced by the Chevrolet Aveo 4 Moderates 5 Adobe file suffix 6 God of fertility 7 Sci-fi cult classic of 1974 8 Los Angeles neighborhood whose name means “oak” in Spanish 9 Branch 10 Sort (through) 11 Secure, in a way 12 The “A” of A-fib 13 Take over? 14 Film character whose lines were all bleeped out? 16 ___ Cherry, singer with the 1988 hit “Buffalo Stance” 19 “And yet …” in a text 23 Iron Range haul 24 Deal breaker? 25 Candied fruits or nuts 27 Romantic music genre originating in the Dominican Republic 31 “The way,” per 48-Down 32 Prefix with classical 33 Send to a terrible fate 35 Jus ___ (birthright citizenship) 39 Frequent word before “x = …” 40 Common caviar source 41 Long-running forensics drama 42 Stereotypical product for a kid’s first entrepreneurial endeavor 43 “Yer darn ___!” 47 Do some basic arithmetic 48 Noted ancient philosopher 49 Praises 50 “Scram!” 51 Dutch astronomer with an eponymous “cloud” 52 Reservations 53 Place for a screwdriver 58 Singer Zayn 60 Novelist Wiesel with a Nobel Peace Prize 61 Food often served in bed? 63 Sicilian skiing spot 66 Pro ___ 67 Alley ___ 68 Bit of merch 69 In particular: Abbr.