The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0110

Across

1 “Rent” character who sings “Light My Candle” 5 “And there you have it!” 10 “Woo-hoo! The weekend’s here!” 14 Stench 15 Darling one 16 Otherwise 17 Titular animated character whose theme music is by Henry Mancini 19 Place for a ponytail 20 Add, as an extra perk 21 Indian and Arctic 23 Baseball great Mel 24 Cereal mascot who says “They’re gr-rreat!” 29 Like a famed piper 31 Winning tic-tactoe line, when player X isn’t paying attention 32 All together 33 Barely manage 36 Certain sib 38 Triumphed 39 Fictional feline from Japan … or how one might greet 17-, 24-, 54- or 65-Across 42 Yard cover 45 Wooden part of a railroad track 46 Animal with a long, sticky tongue 50 ___ Gay (W.W. II plane) 52 Song refrain syllable 53 There’s no place like it 54 Oz resident lacking in courage 59 Jenna Fischer’s role on “The Office” 60 Negotiator’s refusal 61 Toy item set up to be toppled 63 Cried 65 Lewis Carroll character with a disembodied smile 68 Hoppy beers, in brief 69 Duke Ellington’s “Take the ___” 70 Partner 71 London art museum 72 Body parts that might be “bumped” 73 Stadium cries

Down

1 Shaggy Beatles hairdos 2 Inane 3 Under-the bed resident, in a child’s imagination 4 Peeves 5 Middle of many German names 6 Choose 7 Old Apple picture-editing app 8 Freeloader 9 “___ Grows in Brooklyn” 10 Pickleball relative 11 Scottish city on the River Clyde 12 Web connection letters 13 Around 2%3%, for a customer using a credit card 15 Hand: Sp. 18 Avocado’s center 22 Just one tiny bite 25 Like the gases argon and xenon 26 Cellist ___ Ma 27 Ambient music trailblazer Brian 28 Stimpy’s pal in cartoons 30 Morse code “morsel” 34 Old explosive device used to breach castle walls 35 Retired QB Manning 36 Mount that Moses mounted 37 Hairy cousin in “The Addams Family” 40 Philosopher Marx 41 “___, sure, you betcha!” (classic Minnesotan expression) 42 Fraction of a min. 43 Artist/activist Yoko 44 Thoroughly memorized 47 Buzzworthy, say 48 Flow (from) 49 Broadcasts not done in a studio 51 Taoism founder 52 1840s White House family 55 Common afterdinner coffee preference 56 Christine of “Chicago Hope” 57 Norse god of wisdom and war 58 Neither’s partner 62 Note “to all staff” 63 Cleverness 64 Energy monitoring org. 66 Ordeal for many H.S. seniors 67 What’s-___face