The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Money owed 5 Lamebrain 9 Nukes 13 Good, as a

driver’s license 15 Addict 16 Replacement for the mark, franc and lira 17 Pilotless plane 18 “___ closed!” 19 Opera solo 20 Impatiently endure passing time 23 Hoopla 25 “Have

something!” 26 Outback

bird 27 Hi-___ monitor 28 Win by enough points, in sports gambling 32 Big-jawed dinosaur, for short 33 Erie Canal

mule 34 No. on a

business card 35 Brand of

kitchen wrap 37 Rug rat 39 Hits with a fist 43 One of the

Three Stooges 45 Friend 47 Grammy winner from County Donegal, Ireland 48 Perform a routine household chore 52 Dispirited 53 Post-op area 54 “___ Abner” 55 Line of Canon

cameras 56 Pass through

a crisis safely 60 Where the

Himalayas are 61 Tied,

as a score 62 Egypt’s

Sadat 65 Craft in which to go down a river, say 66 Part to play 67 Get ready to sing the national anthem 68 Monotonous

routines 69 Concordes,

for short 70 Roget offerings (abbr.) … or, loosely, the first and last words of 20-, 28-, 48and 56-Across

Down

1 Netflix rental 2 Big part

of a hare 3 Pass without effect, as a storm 4 Funny Fey 5 So 6 “Time ___

a premium” 7 Fits with another, as a gear tooth 8 Forestall by

acting first 9 Fervor 10 ___ borealis 11 Having a

store tag 12 Long baths 14 Hinder 21 Lions and

tigers 22 Medical

successes 23 Each of Shakespeare’s plays has five 24 Nickelodeon’s “___ the Explorer” 29 Tests 30 Have a nontraditional marriage, in a way 31 Talk show host

De generes 36 Like a perfect game in baseball 38 Some brewskis 40 In progress 41 Greek

sandwich 42 Utters 44 Crystal trophy

inscribers, e.g. 46 Where a

lion hides 48 Onetime Wisconsinbased insurance giant 49 Directionless

at sea 50 Spanish

eggs 51 Radii neighbors 52 Ringo who sang “Yellow Submarine” 57 D.C. team,

informally 58 Hibernian,

for one 59 Tolkien’s talking tree race 63 The Beach Boys’ “Barbara ___” 64 Hwys.