The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 It may be mined or crunched

5 Night lights, of a sort

11 ___ card (auditioner’s need)

14 Suit

15 Documents 16 Actress Mendes 17 Mechanical

18 Snack

19 Dispensers 20 An official language of the Northwest Territories 22 Go ashore

24 French

27 Cake

30 Advocate?

31 Word with sing or string

33 Green hazard 35 A word before we forget?

36 Loud firework 38 Catherine of “Schitt’s Creek” 40 Warning before a gory movie scene … or a phonetic hint to answering four rows in this puzzle

44 Thoroughly enjoyed

45 Somber rings

47 Burn a bit

50 Fictional Christian of books and films

52 Sussex smell 53 Atlantic

55 Division

57 Skaters

58 Tries to please, with “to”

60 Host that preceded and succeeded O’Brien

62 Home

63 Office 66 Convenience 70 “Didn’t I tell you?” 71 Game 1 in a playoff series

72 Jolly season 73 Poet’s palindromic preposition

74 More than a hypothesis, but not quite a law 75 PlayStation rival

DOWN

1 Part of R&D: Abbr. 2 Big name in body sprays

3 Face value? 4 “Thunderstruck” band

5 Sleeper’s problem 6 !, in emails

7 _ _ _-com

8 Some cryobank deposits 9 Accounting dept. stamp

10 Vampiric in appearance

11 House that’s not the House

12 Turns away 13 “Blown” seal 21 Facepalm emotion 23 Fixed, as a climber’s rope 24 Guide showing relief, maybe 25 Smart ___

26 Kind of scoring in fantasy sports leagues, informally 28 Speeder stopper 29 American home of a royal palace 32 Pamplona’s province

34 Top gear?

37 Last little bit 39 Celebrity 41 Mongolian tent 42 University near Greensboro 43 Counterfeit token

46 G.R.E. takers, usually: Abbr. 47 Obsolescent music holder 48 Revival figure

49 P.M. preceded and succeeded by Churchill

51 Modern food critic 54 “… but perhaps

I’m wrong”

56 City in Northern Ireland

59 Former frosh 61 Mineral with parallel bands 64 Meghan Mountbatten Windsor ___ Markle

65 Composer Brian 67 Butter purchase 68 “Turn to Stone” band of 1977, for short

69 Playmate of Fido and Rover