The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Close ones

5 Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army

9 “Killer” members

of a pod

14 Party in a biblical

swindle

15 Get the ball rolling,

in a way

16 Not on the dot

17 Kinderklaviers

19 Weird Al Yankovic’s “Amish Paradise,” for one

20 Postseason game

played in Phoenix

21 Volleyball

maneuver

23 Pamper

24 Tests

26 Wipe out

28 Favorably inclined

toward

30 “That’s nice!”

31 Holiday hit by

Eartha Kitt

32 Trusted supporter

35 Buddhist scripture

38 Bring down,

informally

39 Non-PC?

41 “Despacito” singer

Fonsi

43 Step in a mathematical proof

46 Dixieland or bebop

vis-à-vis jazz

49 Keeps out

51 “Son of,” in Arabic

52 A founding member of 5-Across 53 Want

55 Audibly blown

away

57 All-you-can-eat venues with elbows and bow ties

58 Guru’s honorific

60 Extensive

62 Ready to pour

64 It may have a

down side

67 Clip component

68 Traveled to

another country

69 Cornfield

formation

70 Unit associated

with waves

71 Places to rest or

sleep

72 Skilled climber in the logo of Italy’s Gran Paradiso National Park

DOWN

1 Favored

2 Starting on

3 “I’m all ears”

4 Tiptop

5 Timberwolves, e.g.

6 Multinational financial services firm

7 Ducks, in poker

8 Twins Mary-Kate

and Ashley

9 2021’s Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an NCAA record

10 Rhyming

competition

11 Adriatic coast

resident

12 Brick material

13 “Resident Alien”

channel

18 Pistons great

22 Thomas Some greens? leafy

25 Make-believe

27 Bearded grazer

28 High degree

29 Tackle part 33 One in a skirmish

34 Lil ___ X

36 Accumulate charges you must … do or to what answer four clues in this puzzle

37 Clears (out)

40 Isla de la Juventud

locale 42 _ _ _ change (profound transformation)

44 Damage 45 M.M.A. finale?

47 Home run specialists, slangily

48 Log feature

50 Canny

53 Word after circle or square

54 Compound in pheromones

56 “Ditto here”

57 Like V.I.P. accommodations

59 Palm reader’s lead-in

61 Enjoy a bit of downtime

63 Candy originally marketed as a smoking cessation aid

65 ___ Newsroom (daily newscast)

66 Short-armed “Toy Story” character