The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 What a plumber might fix a leak in
5 Artist Vincent van ___
9 Feathered Outback runners
13 Baghdad’s land
14 Visually challenged “Mr.” of cartoons
15 Steady look
16 Universal code of ethics
18 Stick-toitiveness
19 More gray in appearance
20 Active Sicilian volcano
22 “… or thereabouts”
23 Midwife’s instruction
25 Phrase starting a legal memo
27 Xmas mo.
30 Quick-minded sort
35 Put pen to paper
37 Desire for a contestant on “The Bachelor”
38 ___ Blanc
39 Packing heat
40 What wolves do at the moon
41 Language group of southern Africa
42 Need for tug of war
43 Long-necked pear
44 Finished
45 One who says that you’re not on the ball?
48 Flamenco dancer’s cry
49 At the home of: Fr.
50 Pizzeria fixture
52 Toward the stern
54 Finish second, say
57 “Please allow me …”
61 Civil rights pioneer Parks
63 Speaking of which … or where the starts of 16-, 30- and 45-Across can be found?
65 Pivotal point
66 Singer Carpenter or actress Gillan
67 Button at the start of a Zoom call
68 Possess 69 King Kong and others
70 The “A” in B.A.
Down
1 ___ colada 2 Cousins of 401(k)s
3 Trail
4 Gear up
5 Participant in a square dance
6 Eye lewdly
7 Bearded farm animal
8 “What a kind gesture!”
9 Nog ingredient
10 Organizing guru who asks “Does it spark joy?”
11 Israeli submachine guns
12 Late-night host Meyers
14 Boggy tract
17 Got some extra life out of
21 365 días
24 Where ships arrive and depart
26 Like I, for one?
27 ___ planet (designation for Pluto) 28 Swashbuckling Flynn
29 Kia Sportage or Ford Escape
31 Make fun of mercilessly
32 Hitchcock film with a classic shower scene
33 Info from a spy
34 One of 27 Chopin piano pieces
36 Things that gears and crocodiles share
41 Lacking, with “of”
43 Brand of bubble gum
46 Conger, for one
47 Brand of water named after a town on Lake Geneva
51 Assassin of old Japan
52 One half of the McDonald’s logo
53 “It’s ___ good cause”
55 Jacket fastener that’s not a button
56 Raison d’___
58 Heathland
59 Squabbling
60 Longs (for)
62 Cancel, as a show
64 “___ dead, Jim” (muchparodied “Star Trek” line)