The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Places for baseball team insignia 5 Weaver’s device 9 Rigged 15 Eight-sided solids 17 Shaky beginning? 18 Simple, simple, simple [1,2,3] 19 Half of the rap duo Black Star [4,5,6] 20 Performed, to Shakespeare 21 Gilbert of “The Conners” 23 Santa’s “gift” for bad children 24 “Pow!” 27 Prefight ritual [7,8,9] 29 Singer with the 2010 3x platinum single “All I Do Is Win” [10,11] 33 Hightail it away 34 Gambling locale 35 Greek T’s 37 Ban competitor 41 Response to a court oath 42 Dark movie genre [12,13,14,15] 45 Stat for a pitcher 46 Mischievous fairy 48 Capital of West Germany 49 Island party 50 Emperor who rebuilt Rome after it burned 53 Substitute for Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers, informally [16,17] 55 Silly marketing ploy designed to get attention [18,19,20] 58 Covers with black goo 59 Real comedian 60 Hightail it away, with “out” 62 When some lunches end 66 Tiny bit of sunlight, for short [21,22,23] 68 Diplomatic controversy of the 1790s [24,25,26] 71 Author of “Faust” 72 Tutor of Alexander the Great 73 Underline 74 Patsies 75 “Phooey!”

Down 1 Open to both men and women, as a college 2 Palm berry 3 Veteran’s woe, for short

4 “Oh, yeah?” 5 “___ Miz” 6 Room in a harem 7 Crystal balls, e.g. 8 Colorful parrot 9 Post office service 10 Prefix with conservative 11 Bobby who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship 12 “Same here!” 13 “Like … um …” 14 “Hilarious!,” online

16 Kind of yoga 22 Call, as a soccer game 25 Some choir voices 26 Repast 28 Boots, mask, etc., for a firefighter 29 Evidence of a leak 30 Obi-Wan Kenobi, for one 31 Kentucky’s Fort ___

32 Like a “doh!” moment 36 Condescending sort

38 Enlist again 39 Where the Tigris and Euphrates flow 40 Paint carelessly 42 Parts of a yard 43 Go ___ great length 44 Ancient speakers of Quechua 47 Like some tuition at public universities 49 Hotly desire 51 Coins in India 52 United

54 Big name in cheese 55 Change direction sharply 56 To whom a coxswain calls 57 Houston’s home 59 Toupees, in slang 61 Vega’s constellation 63 “So long!” 64 Droop from lack of water 65 Things assayers assay 67 DVD forerunner 69 “___ your lip!” 70 Obstinate animal