The New York Times

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