NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Apex (4 letters)

5 Across: Curry ingredient (5 letters)

10 Across: Hay unit (4 letters)

14 Across: Robert Frost creation (4 letters)

15 Across: Grilled, at a taqueria (5 letters)

16 Across: Mined metals (4 letters)

17 Across: Criminals' sphere (10 letters)

19 Across: Have a hankering for (4 letters)

20 Across: Floral Van Gogh subject (4 letters)

21 Across: Latin gods (3 letters)

22 Across: Enemy (3 letters)

23 Across: End of the Greek alphabet (5 letters)

25 Across: Tsunami (9 letters)

28 Across: Common motive in a murder case (7 letters)

30 Across: Follower of latch or catch (4 letters)

31 Across: Nashville honor, briefly (3 letters)

32 Across: Oft-torn knee part, in brief (3 letters)

34 Across: Confederate soldier, informally (3 letters)

35 Across: Any foreseeable difficulty ... with a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across (15 letters)

42 Across: Clerical vestment (3 letters)

43 Across: Writer Edgar Allan ___ (3 letters)

44 Across: She, in Portuguese (3 letters)

45 Across: Zing ___ (brand of Bloody Mary mix) (4 letters)

47 Across: Zoomed past (7 letters)

50 Across: Stop in the afterlife (9 letters)

54 Across: Fill in for (5 letters)

55 Across: Fury (3 letters)

56 Across: Source of fleece (3 letters)

57 Across: Jazz great Fitzgerald (4 letters)

58 Across: White part of an orange (4 letters)

60 Across: Natural wonder in Venezuela (10 letters)

64 Across: Sound in a cavernous empty room (4 letters)

65 Across: Arctic creatures with flippers (5 letters)

66 Across: International retailer with a three-syllable name (4 letters)

67 Across: Dance whose name is also a hairstyle (4 letters)

68 Across: Golfer Els (5 letters)

69 Across: Letters on an invitation (4 letters)

1 Down: Storekeeper on "The Simpsons" (3 letters)

2 Down: Trick (3 letters)

3 Down: Like the period known as the Middle Ages (8 letters)

4 Down: Leave the cocoon (6 letters)

5 Down: Sparrows : cheeps :: crows : ___ (4 letters)

6 Down: Grp. that entertains troops (3 letters)

7 Down: Tuesday, in Lyon (5 letters)

8 Down: Sat at a red light (5 letters)

9 Down: Gymnast Comaneci (5 letters)

10 Down: Cousin of a curtsy (3 letters)

11 Down: Yasir of the P.L.O. (6 letters)

12 Down: Chinese computer giant (6 letters)

13 Down: Lauder of cosmetics (5 letters)

18 Down: "Knives Out" director Johnson (4 letters)

23 Down: Philharmonic grp. (4 letters)

24 Down: Many a viral post (4 letters)

25 Down: Word after Georgia, Virginia or low (4 letters)

26 Down: Big name in movie theaters (4 letters)

27 Down: Caitlin Clark's league (4 letters)

29 Down: Apparel (4 letters)

33 Down: Place for gloss (3 letters)

34 Down: Actress Perlman of "Cheers" (4 letters)

36 Down: "Auld ___ Syne" (4 letters)

37 Down: "Three Sisters" sister (4 letters)

38 Down: Like many horror flicks (4 letters)

39 Down: Presentations with an 18-minute limit (8 letters)

40 Down: Actor Idris (4 letters)

41 Down: Tampa Bay players (4 letters)

45 Down: Financial center of Switzerland (6 letters)

46 Down: Franklin who sang "Chain of Fools" (6 letters)

48 Down: Baby bovine (4 letters)

49 Down: Filled pastry (6 letters)

50 Down: Plumbing conduits (5 letters)

51 Down: Needle mischievously (5 letters)

52 Down: Renter's counterpart (5 letters)

53 Down: Daughter of King Lear (5 letters)

57 Down: Coder's counterpart to "if" (4 letters)

59 Down: Non-sharer (3 letters)

61 Down: One of football's Mannings (3 letters)

62 Down: "The Magicians" novelist Grossman (3 letters)

63 Down: Maple syrup base (3 letters)