The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0317

Across 1 Vacationing, say

5 Blue Ribbon brewer 10 “___ Rabbit,” 2019 Oscarnominated film 14 Mexican money 15 Justice who replaced O’Connor 16 Slangy prefix meaning “super”

17 One who goes a-courting 18 Befitting a king or queen 19 Homes for cubs 20 Child, to doting parents 23 Offshoot of punk music 24 “That being said …” 25 Classic Hunter S. Thompson novel, familiarly 34 Set of values 35 U.K. lexicon 36 “Rubber Duckie” singer on “Sesame Street” 37 Vaper’s buy

38 Palmer with an “army” 40 German chancellor ___ von Bismarck 41 Strategy during the 2003 invasion of Iraq 44 Dot over an “i” or “j” 46 Singer with the 1994 hit “You Gotta Be” 49 Prefix with freak or warrior 50 Dispute between Wikipedia page updaters 54 ___ whiskey 55 “Fiddling” emperor 57 “Nothin’ doin’!” 58 On an even ___ (steady) 59 Ambivalence … or a hint to 20-, 25- and 41-Across 64 Novelist Ahern with the best sellers “PS, I Love You” and “Love, Rosie” 65 Made privy to 67 Doesn’t stop performing 68 Place to graze 69 As a minimum 70 Suffered from cramps, say

Down 1 Police alert, for short 2 Eensy 3 “Stat!”

4 “I agree” 5 Presidential absolution, as for a Thanksgiving turkey

6 Out of the wind, at sea 7 Nickname for Angel Stadium, with “the”

8 Pal of Kyle and Kenny on “South Park” 9 “See? Just as I said!” 10 Takedowns at dojos

11 Toe the line 12 Actress Aniston, in tabloids 13 Stitching sites, briefly

21 Apple introduced in 1998 22 Ballerina’s springing jump 25 A.T.M. expense 26 “… yadda, yadda, yadda” 27 Ignoring the record of past events 28 Square figure? 29 Dunham of “Girls” 30 Father of Thor 31 Period during which a throne is vacant 32 Minor gripe 33 Prefix with political or physics 38 Completed perfectly 39 Icelandic saga 42 When repeated, a World Cup chant

43 ___ Lingus

44 Highest point value for a Scrabble tile 45 Winter sidewalk application 47 Weedy vacant lot, e.g. 48 Moray, for one 51 Newborn 52 ___ Bo (workout system) 53 Pups

56 Kind of daisy 58 Makes socks, e.g. 60 “Frozen” snow queen

61 God: Sp. 62 ___ year (2020, for example) 63 Celebratory words before “boy” or “girl” 64 Tax whiz, for short 66 Homer’s neighbor on “The Simpsons”