The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Close ones 5 Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army

9 “Killer” members of a pod

14 Party in a biblical swindle

15 Get the ball rolling, in a way

16 Not on

the dot 17 Kinderklaviers 19 Weird Al Yankovic’s “Amish Paradise,” for one 20 Postseason game played in Phoenix 21 Volleyball

maneuver 23 Pamper 24 Tests

26 Wipe out 28 Favorably inclined toward 30 “That’s nice!” 31 Holiday hit by

Eartha Kitt 32 Trusted

supporter 35 Buddhist

scripture 38 Bring down,

informally 39 Non-PC? 41 “Despacito”

singer Fonsi 43 Step in a mathematical proof 46 Dixieland or bebop vis-àvis jazz 49 Keeps out 51 “Son of,” in

Arabic

52 A founding member of 5-Across 53 Want 55 Audibly blown

away 57 All-you-caneat venues with elbows and bow ties 58 Guru’s

honorific 60 Extensive 62 Ready to pour 64 It may have a

down side 67 Clip component 68 Traveled to another country 69 Cornfield

formation 70 Unit associated

with waves 71 Places to rest

or sleep 72 Skilled climber in the logo of Italy’s Gran Paradiso National Park

DOWN

1 Favored 2 Starting on 3 “I’m all ears” 4 Tiptop 5 Timberwolves,

e.g. 6 Multinational financial services firm 7 Ducks, in poker 8 Twins MaryKate and Ashley

9 2021’s Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record 10 Rhyming

competition 11 Adriatic coast

resident 12 Brick material 13 “Resident

Alien” channel 18 Pistons great

Thomas 22 Some leafy

greens? 25 Make-believe

Daniel Bodily

27 Bearded grazer 28 High degree 29 Tackle part 33 One in a

skirmish

34 Lil ___ X 36 Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle 37 Clears (out) 40 Isla de la Juventud locale

42 ___ change (profound transformation) 44 Damage 45 M.M.A. finale? 47 Home run specialists, slangily 48 Log feature 50 Canny

53 Word after

circle or square 54 Compound in

pheromones 56 “Ditto here” 57 Like V.I.P. accommodations

59 Palm reader’s

lead-in

61 Enjoy a bit of

downtime 63 Candy originally marketed as a smoking cessation aid 65 ___ Newsroom (daily newscast) 66 Short-armed “Toy Story” character