The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Acad. or univ. 4 Starring role 8 Bieber with the 2010 hit “Baby” 14 Lyricist Gershwin 15 Olympic event with electrified equipment 16 Presume 17 Lean-___ (temporary shelters) 18 Squeezing tool 19 Not checked for speed 20 It’s measured by polls 23 Height: Prefix 24 Home of the San Diego Padres 27 Tank engine of children’s fiction 30 “Never mind” 31 Some jeans 33 Hurt 35 Be fond of 38 Dog’s bark 39 Conqueror of the Incas 44 Pro’s opposite 45 Mexican snack 46 Some cameras, for short 47 Frankie Valli’s “___ Take My Eyes Off You” 49 Alphabetically first state: Abbr. 51 Seaport SE of Roma 55 Traveler to Cathay 59 Supply-anddemand subj. 60 Sting operative … or a hint to 20-, 24-, 39and 55-Across 63 Make obsolete 66 Portent 67 Actress Thurman 68 Flies 69 Festooned with bathroom tissue, informally 70 Campus in Troy, N.Y. 71 Leather worker 72 Sailors 73 ___ Andreas fault

Down

1 Decide against making any changes 2 Catcher’s stance 3 Company that makes Scrabble 4 Jeans maker Strauss 5 Awesome, in slang 6 Fable writer 7 Get worse, as losses 8 Month after mayo 9 Slangy request for a high-five 10 Kind of cord or column 11 Male turkey 12 Suffix with expert 13 Beatty of “Charlie Wilson’s War” 16 Frito-Lay product once sold in a 100% compostable bag 21 The salesman in “Death of a Salesman” 22 Author Calvino 25 Rump 26 Deborah of “The King and I” 28 Bank holding: Abbr. 29 Sunni rival 32 California’s second-busiest airport, after LAX 34 Fugitives 36 Pottery oven 37 Poet Pound 39 Media monitoring grp. 40 Move aimlessly 41 26-Down’s role in “The King and I” 42 1950s TV innovation 43 “___ our agreement …” 48 Whom “Dewey Defeats” in a classic Chicago Tribune headline 50 “Little Women” author 52 Takes place 53 See 58-Down 54 Hurting 56 Bill worth 100 smackers 57 More peculiar 58 With 53-Down, Willy Wonka employee 61 Swerve 62 Finales 63 Kellogg’s Cracklin’ ___ Bran 64 The Cavaliers of the A.C.C. 65 Its atomic symbol is Sn