The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Swiss peaks 5 Cracked open, as a door

9 Do something 14 Fabric for a winter coat 15 Sport with mallets 16 God, to Muslims

17 It’s against the rules 18 Cocktail often served with a celery stick 20 Alternative to FaceTime or Google Hangouts 22 “Gil Blas” author AlainRené ___ 23 Says “Our Father, who art in heaven …,” e.g. 25 Largest city in Switzerland 29 Yellowstone attraction 31 One of 100 in D.C.

32 ___ chi (martial art) 33 Pilgrimage to Mecca 34 Horse with a reddish coat 36 Incline

Thus 38 39

Eyes up and down 41 Adele, voicewise 42 Sign of the Ram

44 A son of Isaac 45 Utah national park

46 Film director Spike 47 Month with Earth Day: Abbr. 49 Many a marathon winner 51 Layers of rock 53 Greek sandwiches 54 Minor accident 56 From Holland 60 All settled up 64 Event on Black Friday or Cyber Monday 65 Typographic flourish 66 Actress Moreno or Hayworth 67 Enemy alliance in W.W. II 68 “Bad, Bad ___ Brown” (1973 #1 hit) 69 Ten C-notes 70 Little bites

Down

1 Grain bristles 2 “Here’s the thing …” 3 My Little ___ (Hasbro toy) 4 Sandwich that might spill onto your hands 5 Police dispatch, for short 6 Pirate flag 7 Plants that yield a soothing gel 8 Aussie jumpers 9 Weapons in classic sci-fi 10 Fudd who hunts “wabbits” 11 Lead-in to carte or king 12 It goes back and forth on a street or up and down in an elevator shaft

13 “___ will be done …” 19 Groggy state 21 Triage centers, for short 24 Prefix with -naut 26 Home of Milano and Firenze 27 Ohio city that’s home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame 28 Make a pass at 29 Setting for much of “La Bohème” 30 More jittery 31 Very cheap wine, in slang 33 Gets better, as a wound 35 Weatherman Roker and others

37 Revolving tray on a dinner table 40 Litigant

43 Hit the spot 48 Opposite of future 50 Silent sign of approval 52 Prenatal procedure, informally 53 California governor Newsom 55 Submarine sandwich 57 Conveyance preceding Uber and Lyft 58 Video segment 59 Gas company with toy trucks 60 Immigrants’ class subj. 61 Geese’s flying formation 62 Make a boo-boo 63 Keep pestering