The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 It might come in a package
4 Showy accessories on marching band uniforms
10 Big mouth
13 Measure of inflation, in brief
14 Bygone
16 Money maven, for short
17 *Allot time
19 The False Good Samaritan, e.g.
20 Account that's been overdrawn?
21 Delightful diversion
22 Mo. without a federal holiday
23 *Acre on the ocean floor
28 Menu fish
29 It'll all shake out
30 Wood commonly used in mid-century modern furniture
33 One way to come out
36 Aware of
39 Limitless quantity
40 *Ice is found on it
43 Animal whose name, when capitalized, is a major West African language
44 Things to piece together
46 Fireplace bit
47 "That being said …"
48 Days leading up to the next sign, in astrology
51 Director Johnson
53 *Ovid of Greek mythology
58 Verizon sale of 2021
59 Greet the day
60 Roundup sounds
62 You might need a lift to do this
63 Thrice-remade movie … or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle
67 First name in objectivism
68 Horace's "Ars ___"
69 Hosp. scan
70 Faddish 1990s disk
71 Like some coding loops and measuring cups
72 Not wavering
Down
1 Does like
2 It follows the Hijri calendar
3 Saber-toothed tiger in the "Ice Age" movies
4 Summer setting in S.F.
5 Bloomers worn around one's head?
6 Visitor from a faraway place
7 Alice with a Nobel Prize in Literature
8 Words before time or story
9 Roguish sorts
10 *Assist in a foursome
11 One way to run
12 Anna May ___, Hollywood's first Chinese American film celebrity
15 Naturally
competitive
18 Musical with Rum Tum Tugger and Mungojerrie
24 Winter frost
25 For grades K-12
26 Superman portrayer
27 Athlete with the only vertically mounted marker on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so his holy name is not walked upon
30 "Don't ___"
31 Half of dodici
32 *Ascent stage
for a bird
34 Sightsee?
35 Name that's an anagram of BREAD
37 Be beholden to
38 Clear
41 Attachment to a bit
42 Graceful horse
45 Seek retribution, in a way
49 Small brawl
50 Joint, so to speak
52 Deadened
53 2020 Olympics site
54 Perfume name
with an accent
55 Milk sources
56 Devices with shuttles
57 Peter of 1934's "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
58 "Yesterday!"
61 Cross fit?
64 Gradually slower, in music: Abbr.
65 Suffix with coward
66 Heavy-hearted