The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Roast a bit 4 Tee off 8 Called on 14 Roast bit 16 Words in a threat 17 Contents of a football “shower” 18 Echelons 19 As many as 20 Last readout before an odometer rolls over

22 Kobe cash 23 Juillet’s season 24 Accordingly 25 Church recesses

27 A. A. Milne hopper 29 Self-help genre 31 Miscreant 35 Peddled 39 One of Snoopy’s brothers, in “Peanuts” 40 Surfing moniker 42 Wrath 43 Actress Adams 44 Strawberry, e.g. 45 Numerical prefix 46 “Little” one of old TV 48 Witness 50 Staggering 52 “The Simpsons” clerk

53 Beat 56 Noted Hungarian puzzler 59 Inflate, as a bill 62 Oaxaca whoop 63 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John

64 “I am not what I am” speaker 65 Exerts 68 How some deposits are held 70 Fragrant compounds 71 Public 72 Contemporary of Pizarro 73 Da’s opposite 74 Course of action

Down 1 Good-fornothing 2 Not pertinent 3 What things on the downslide may have “seen”

4 Old space station 5 Ludicrous 6 Provided, as data 7 Historical event suggested by each of the six groups of circled letters 8 Coin ___ 9 “What you can get away with,” according to Andy Warhol 10 For each 11 What Ascap counts for purposes of royalties

12 First name in

skin care 13 Emory board

feature? 15 Lav, in Leeds 21 Abbr. in helpwanted ads 24 Ad ___ committee 25 Not much 26 Punch line? 28 Big lug 30 Attempt, informally 31 Wild pig 32 President Coin in the “Hunger Games” series 33 Veil material 34 Spanish shebear

36 Start some trouble 37 Harper’s Bazaar cover designer 38 Pricey 41 Darling of baseball 44 Betting game popular with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday 45 Alley-___ 47 Limit 49 Symbol of durability 51 Big time 53 Like most repos 54 Beethoven honoree 55 Pool competitions 57 Andersson of Abba

58 It merges with the Rhone near Valence

60 Old Greek square 61 Old-fashioned in attire

63 ___ buco 64 Govt. watchdog until 1996 66 Sign of summer 67 Richard Gere title role 69 Goal for one trying to “collect ’em all”