The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Autonomous household helper since 2002

7 “I feel your pain!”

16 More bountiful

17 Inspiration for an often-repeated golf story

18 Patsy + French “to be” + Singe + Pop queen = Sales wonk

20 Be nosy

21 River at Arles

22 Leopold’s partner in 1920s crime

23 Give a few laughs

24 1952 Winter Olympics host

27 Boat pole + Old “once” + Pace + Essence = Chief planner

34 Study at the eleventh hour, say

35 River past Cincinnati

36 Sound emitted by methane emitters

37 Cryer in movies

38 What you’re on when you’re crawling ... or a hint to parsing 18-, 27-, 46 and 61-Across

42 Flat … or inflate?

43 Part of a stable diet?

44 Like some practice courts

45 Sticky note, maybe

46 Fiber source + Auto make + Red planet + Boxing family = Noted jazz saxophonist

52 All: Prefix

53 Cloudless

54 Early foe for 007

57 With 58-Across, SEAL missions 58 See

57-Across

61 Interpret + Hockey’s Kovalchuk + Colorado ski town + Fit = On hand

66 Regards

67 Arrived on horseback

68 “Wretched hive of scum and villainy,” per Obi-Wan Kenobi

69 Gently rocked

Down

1 Incline 2 Somali-born congresswoman from Minnesota

3 Grand Ole ___

4 ___ Day (Jan. observance)

5 Slangy request

at a kegger

6 Playwright Miller

7 “Interwebs”

8 Gas pump attachment

9 Quaff of gruit and wort, in days of yore

10 Drink “for two” in song

11 Entitled Brit?

12 Open, in a way

13 Silver salmon

14 Bend it, like Beckham?

15 Nikola Tesla, ethnically

19 “Friends” friend

23 Bank drive-thru convenience

24 Pearl Harbor National Memorial locale

25 Begin to wake

26 Presidents Harrison, Hoover, Clinton and Obama, by birth

27 Uninspiring or low-paying work

28 Erupting with noise

29 One getting credit for seasonal gifts 30 Young inhabitant of the Hundred Acre Wood

31 Push on

32 “Ditto”

33 Fusses

38 Radio toggle

39 Lake bird

40 ___ Greiner, the so-called “Queen of QVC”

41 Co. making arrangements

45 Tag, key or chip, say

47 “Gourd”

48 James who plays Professor X in film

49 Thomas ___ Edison

50 Shows for a later audience

51 Unhealthy-looking

54 1/8 fluid ounce

55 Certain tow job

56 Takes some down time

57 ___ the Great (sleuth of kidlit)

58 Comply

59 It may mean squat to a dancer

60 Thrill

62 Right on the dial of a grandfather clock?

63 “Au Revoir ___ Enfants”

64 Big fashion inits.

65 ___-compliant (what public facilities must be, in brief)