The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Georgetown athlete 5 Path left behind by a mower 10 Item on a Native American moccasin 14 Genesis garden 15 Sign after Virgo 16 First word in a fairy tale 17 Service organization with a wheel logo

19 10:1 or 3:2 at a racetrack 20 Get up 21 Prison unit 23 Where Siberia is 25 Connecticut Ivy 26 Wowed 29 Bird of prey’s claw 33 Domicile with wheels 38 Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were ___” 39 No room at the ___ 40 Praising 42 London’s Old ___ 43 Something a strawberry has on the outside 45 Wiseass 47 Neighbor of Jordan 49 Cleans, as a chalkboard 50 Christmas trees 53 Place where a mother might sing “Rock-a-Bye Baby” 54 Action taken by a company in distress 58 Breadth 62 Hawaiian feast

63 They bring music to one’s ears … or a hint to 17-, 21-, 33-, 45- and 54-Across 65 Big vases 66 Rage 67 Surmounting

68 “Let’s ___ a Deal” 69 Always telling people what to do 70 Broadway award

Down

1 Zeus’ wife 2 Smell 3 Dubious sighting in the Himalayas 4 Prehistoric Southwest culture 5 Crafty 6 Pagan religious practice 7 Qualified 8 Yours ___ (letter sign-off) 9 “Se ___ español” 10 Kind of logic in which all values are either true or false 11 Prefix with -plasm 12 “Back in Black” rock band 13 Place for a laptop other than a lap 18 Flip, as a property 22 Diner sandwich, for short 24 Notions

26 Not quite right 27 $, € and £ 28 Li’l ___ of the funnies 30 Amours 31 In reserve 32 Long, narrow parts of bottles 34 Good engine sound

35 ___ Mae (Whoopi’s role in “Ghost”) 36 Onetime Russian space station 37 Opposite of exit 41 Obtrusively bright and showy

44 Not concentrated, as light 46 Researcher’s wear 48 Televise 51 Program for addicts 52 “___ evil …” 53 Gives up, as territory 54 Juicy fruit with a pit 55 Mystique 56 Tug sharply 57 Veers the other way

59 Word after lock or glom 60 Unpaid intern, jocularly 61 Catch sight of 64 Not mind one’s own business