The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Like plans and eggs 5 High-five, e.g. 9 With 68-Across, ulterior motive … or what 21-, 37- and 59-Across each has?

15 Start of a conclusion 16 Rose or Rozelle of sports

17 Get situated 18 “Darn!”

19 Bring in 20 Bestows, in the Bible

21 New York City-born ice cream brand with a Danishsounding name 24 A scarf might cover it

25 Group of nine 26 Frank who directed “It’s a Wonderful Life” 28 Long-running sketch show, in brief

30 Fab Four drummer 31 The Wizard of ___ Park (Edison) 32 Word before angle or awake 33 Next-to-last Greek letter

35 “The Bourne Identity” org. 36 Home to the Taj Mahal

37 1970s auto that shares part of its name with one of Santa’s reindeer 43 The “E” in the mnemonic HOMES 44 “Well, well, well!” 45 Airport screening grp. 46 Wambach in the National Soccer Hall of Fame 47 Bowling alley features

49 Slabs

54 Word often confused with “lay”

55 Macho sorts 56 Perfume ingredient 57 ZZ Top, for one 59 Name for the star on Israel’s flag 61 Sparkly headpieces 63 Certain inebriate 64 Apian abode 65 “Do it again!” 66 “Will do!”

67 Dell competitor 68 See 9-Across 69 Certain bulbs, in brief

70 Loch _ _ _

DOWN

1 Tres ___ cake 2 Unmitigated 3 Lizard with a crest 4 Jackie Robinson, for one

5 Go on a shopping spree 6 Headliner

7 The faintest amount

8 “The Pirates of ___” (Gilbert and Sullivan operetta) 9 Motorcycle, in slang 10 Olympic skater Slutskaya 11 High-maintenance headliner 12 Dramatic exhalation 13 Double _ _ _ (variety of pun) 14 Math degree? 22 Wyatt and Virgil of the Wild West 23 First-aid equipment 27 Lines on a map 29 Kind of jet 31 Sports star inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2021

32 Third word in many limericks

34 Very muscular, in slang 37 Wiener schnitzel meat 38 Circling, as a satellite 39 Subject of HBO’s 2013 biopic “Behind the Candelabra” 40 Anthem lyricist with a musical name 41 Off-base? 42 Sounded satisfied, say 48 Something that can roar or purr 50 Salt Lake City resident 51 Rookie 52 Cutlery 53 Passover repasts 55 Amass a mass 56 Sailor’s speed 58 ___ Lady (nickname for Margaret Thatcher or the Eiffel Tower) 60 Camelot lady

61 Sri Lankan specialty

62 The moon’s ___ of Tranquillity