The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Like some

committees 6 Many a Syrian

or Yemeni 10 “Ri-i-i-ight” 14 “Je t’aime” : French :: “___” : Spanish 15 Does some

tech work 17 Firm fruit 18 With 66-Across, hint for solving this puzzle

20 “Roll doubles to get out of jail” or “You do not talk about Fight Club” 21 Supreme Egyptian deity 22 Centerpiece of

an agenda 24 Actor George of “The Goldbergs” 27 Museum

curators’ degs. 28 “Lah-di-___!” 31 Some nightclub

performances 33 Sound of

impact

36 Vexed 38 Garment

patented in 1914 by Mary Phelps Jacob 39 “My alarm didn’t go off,” for one 41 Young

musician 42 Mount

Olympus 44 Look good 45 One of the

Three Magi 47 Insurance giant bailed out in 2008

48 Some turban

wearers 49 Hwy. accident

respondent 50 Call home 53 Singer with the 2016 #1 hit “Cheap Thrills” 54 Gossip 55 Sticky plant

stuff

57 As a unit 61 Takes a whiff 65 Thick Japanese

noodle 66 Continuation of

18-Across 69 Cuts short 70 Feature of a helmet, maybe 71 Absorb, as

information 72 Water buffalo 73 ___ Midas Wolf (Disney’s “Three Little Pigs” antagonist) 74 Senator Joni of

Iowa

Down

1 Gillette razor

name

2 Judge

3 Give birth to 4 Signs of

trouble 5 Emend

6 No soft serve 7 Caviar, for

example

8 Only human,

briefly 9 Wasn’t, then

was

10 Actor Elba of

“Cats” 11 Engagement

ring

12 What is she in

France? 13 Abound 16 Went to third,

say

19 Story spanning

generations 23 Lil ___ (“Old Town Road” rapper) 25 U.S.A., USB or

U.S.C.

26 Wild West

show rope 28 Word with

square or line 29 Crew top 30 Job bank 32 Symbol of

sharp wit 33 Does not 34 Official beer sponsor of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 35 Group thinking 37 Grossglockner,

for one

40 CBS forensic

drama 42 Object of hate-watching, perhaps 43 Giant

storybook 46 Not very

much

48 Rod used to

make yarn 51 1978 movie musical starring Diana Ross

52 U.N. member

until 1991 54 Like a neutron

star

56 Not as

nasty

57 Part IV 58 Evidence of

expiration 59 Cold Asian

desert 60 National flower

of England 62 Cold Spanish

dessert

63 Pelts 64 Lampooned,

with “up” 67 Pan Asian 68 Rock hard