The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Potato, informally 5 Desert succulent 10 Net material 14 … approximately 15 ___ Heights (Syria/Israel border area) 16 Reverberation 17 “So, this red thing, Mom? This is not good.” 19 Ending with church or party 20 Wild time at the mall 21 Assesses visually 23 Lounge around 26 Amend a tax return, perhaps 27 “The French one is my favorite. Wait, no, the pretzel one.” 32 Lamb’s mother 33 Gaze intently 34 Get out of ___ (leave town) 38 Boring 40 Mexican marinade made with chili pepper 42 Sonnet or ode 43 Request from 45 Blissful spots 47 Printer malfunction 48 “Eww, mollusks … I don’t know, didn’t this make me sick last time?” 51 Actress Meryl with nine Golden Globe Awards 54 “Buona ___” (Italian greeting)

55 Render impossible 58 Fumble (for)

62 It’s a crime to lie under it 63 “Wow, Mom, this is like at a restaurant! Dibs on the chocolate pudding!” 66 Garfield’s canine pal

67 Energy giant synonymous with corporate scandal 68 “I get it now” 69 Ecosystem built by corals

70 Seat at a counter 71 Has an evening meal

DOWN

1 Weeps loudly 2 Get ready for a test, say

3 ___ name and password 4 “Ooh, spill the tea!”

5 “___ before beauty” 6 Republicans, for short

7 ___ vera 8 Change into different forms 9 Walks in

10 Epic failure 11 Culprit in some food poisoning cases 12 Conch, e.g. 13 Animal in a stable 18 Rises up on its hind legs, as a 13Down

22 Item strung on a necklace 24 Actress Catherine ___-Jones 25 Manages to elude 27 Singer McEntire 28 You can’t say they won’t give a hoot! 29 Reveal, as confidential information 30 Gradually wear away, as soil 31 Rises up in protest 35 Training place for martial arts 36 One of 10 on a 10-speed 37 Award won multiple times by “Modern Family” and “All in the Family” 39 Popular meal kit company (or the mother of the food critic featured in this puzzle?)

41 “You can count ___”

44 Gas or coal 46 Twilled fabric for suits

49 Sea foams 50 Former Philippine president Ferdinand 51 Scent of an animal 52 Exchange

53 Fix, as a knot 56 Journey’s “___ Stop Believin’”

57 $ : dollar :: € : ___ 59 Honolulu’s home 60 Sound of sitting down heavily 61 Fraternal order 64 Phillipa ___, Tony nominee for “Hamilton” 65 NBC sketch show, in brief