The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Volunteer’s offer 5 Fivers 9 Nickname for Cleveland Browns fans 14 Talking in a movie theater, e.g. 15 Withered

16 World Golf Hall of Famer Lorena 17 Tome

20 Like Guinness 21 Dandies 22 Editorial override 23 Down Under predator 24 Unsavory sort 26 Court org. — or a former court org. 27 D.C. summer setting 28 Palindromic girl’s name 30 Often

32 Bonny miss 34 Barely manage, with “out”

36 It’s generally n ot played so much 37 Notable

41 Give a raw deal 44 Have a bug 45 Nashville landmark, familiarly

49 Goon

52 Goose egg

54 Issa of “Insecure” 55 Boston Garden legend Bobby

56 See 51-Down

58 They can carry a tune 60 Crime film genre 62 Noah Webster’s alma mater

63 Star ___ 64 Request needed to understand four clues in this puzzle 67 Pass

68 One of Thanos’ foes in the Avengers movies 69 Vet school subj. 70 It may have a big mouth

71 ___ souci (carefree) 72 Popular bait for catching striped bass

DOWN

1 One who doesn’t

believe

2 Subject of Hemingway’s “Death in the Afternoon” 3 Rubs oil on

4 Label on some packages of jerky 5 Pale wood

6 Sexy, muscular man 7 Gaffe

8 Oozed

9 Bobs and bouffants 10 Doesn’t sit idly by 11 Common riddle ending 12 Spoiled 13 Tear-jerker

18 Cry of surprise 19 “Got it” 25 Banned pollutants 29 Frost relative

31 Childish retort 33 Nos. at the beach 35 Watergate-___ 38 ___ and Carla (1960s R&B duo) 39 Tina Fey’s role on “30 Rock” 40 “The Book of ___” (2010 film) 41 Cadged 42 Wonder Woman, for one

43 Big news regarding extraterrestrials 46 Barbecue griller’s purchase 47 Moderate’s opposite

48 “We totally should!” 50 Terrier type 51 Says “56-Across!,” for example 53 Card count 57 Kind of shirt 59 Cocoon dwellers 61 Geom. figure 65 NYC subway letters

66 Hems and haws