The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Floating ice chunk

5 House of mirrors at a carnival, for one

9 Takes a load off

14 Skunk’s defense

15 Leon who wrote “Exodus”

16 Super

17 “___ upon a time …”

18 Loud, prolonged noises

19 ___ badge (award for a scout)

20 Stick your tongue out, say

22 Use an e-cigarette

23 Kind of exam at school or the dentist’s

24 Like oldfashioned railroad crossing signs

27 Tinder / or Hinge

29 Beer ingredient

32 ___ trick (hockey feat)

33 College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

34 Move onto a new topic of conversation, metaphorically

39 Campus quarters

41 Beverage that comes in green and black varieties

42 Jacket fastener that’s not a button

43 Pass to a different owner, as a business 48 Aunt: Sp.

49 Electric ___

50 Princess who says “Into the garbage chute, flyboy”

51 Traveler’s stopover

52 Best Rap Performance and Best Instrumental Composition, for two

56 “Get outta here!”

58 Hershey’s candy with a caramel center

59 Epitome of precision … or a description of 20-, 34- and 43-Across?

64 “You can’t make me!”

66 Capital of Italia

67 Yoke-wearing animals

68 Enclose, as on a farm

69 ___-friendly

70 Onedimensional drawing

71 Upright

72 Put a patch on, say

73 Winter forecast, often

Down

1 Sound of an explosion

2 ___ Mode of “The Incredibles”

3 Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” for one

4 Actress Garson of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” 5 Landslide of wet sediment

6 Diva’s delivery

7 97.5% of a penny

8 County in England or New Jersey

9 Pirate’s bottleful

10 Gives a lift

11 Wristwatch component

12 Balderdash

13 Having had enough food

21 Sounds from a sauna

25 “Quiet!”

26 Witch

27 “Back in Black” band

28 “Hunny”-loving A. A. Milne character

30 Bitter part of an orange

31 Thieve

35 Bit of Christmas candy 36 Venom neutralizer, e.g.

37 Spring forecast, often

38 Bridge

40 Memory device like “How I wish I could calculate pi,” e.g.

44 Jewel

45 Ron of “Tarzan” fame

46 Throw out

47 Bag

52 Complaint

53 Crew team member

54 Flying solo

55 Rugby formation

57 Army noshows

60 Finish last, say

61 A rainbow may be seen as a good one

62 Nevada’s “Biggest Little City in the World”

63 Understood

65 Maker of an explosion