The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Close ones

5 Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army

9 “Killer” members of a pod

14 Party in a biblical swindle

15 Get the ball rolling, in a way

16 Not on the dot

17 Kinderklaviers

19 Weird Al Yankovic’s “Amish Paradise,” for one

20 Postseason game played in Phoenix

21 Volleyball maneuver

23 Pamper

24 Tests

26 Wipe out

28 Favorably inclined toward

30 “That’s nice!”

31 Holiday hit by Eartha Kitt

32 Trusted supporter

35 Buddhist scripture

38 Bring down, informally

39 Non-PC?

41 “Despacito” singer Fonsi

43 Step in a mathematical proof

46 Dixieland or bebop vis-à-vis

jazz

49 Keeps out

51 “Son of,” in Arabic

52 A founding member of

5-Across

53 Want

55 Audibly blown away

57 All-you-can-eat venues with elbows and bow ties

58 Guru’s honorific

60 Extensive

62 Ready to pour

64 It may have a down side

67 Clip component

68 Traveled to another country

69 Cornfield formation

70 Unit associated with waves

71 Places to rest or sleep

72 Skilled climber in the logo of Italy’s Gran Paradiso National Park

DOWN

1 Favored

2 Starting on

3 “I’m all ears”

4 Tiptop

5 Timberwolves, e.g.

6 Multinational financial services firm

7 Ducks, in poker

8 Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley

9 2021’s Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record

10 Rhyming competition

11 Adriatic coast resident

12 Brick material

13 “Resident Alien” channel

18 Pistons great Thomas

22 Some leafy greens?

25 Make-believe

27 Bearded grazer

28 High degree

29 Tackle part

33 One in a skirmish

34 Lil ___ X

36 Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle

37 Clears (out)

40 Isla de la Juventud locale

42 ___ change (profound transformation)

44 Damage

45 M.M.A. finale?

47 Home run specialists, slangily

48 Log feature

50 Canny

53 Word after circle or square

54 Compound in pheromones 56 “Ditto here”

57 Like V.I.P. accommodations

59 Palm reader’s lead-in

61 Enjoy a bit of downtime

63 Candy originally marketed as a smoking cessation aid

65 ___ Newsroom (daily newscast)

66 Short-armed “Toy Story” character