NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Made chitchat (9 letters)

10 Across: Underground rock (5 letters)

15 Across: "Slow down a second!" (9 letters)

16 Across: What you might hear when you get someone's goat? (5 letters)

17 Across: Nay sayers (15 letters)

19 Across: Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides" (5 letters)

20 Across: One way to stand (4 letters)

21 Across: Hang time, for short? (4 letters)

22 Across: Important (3 letters)

23 Across: Journey, so to speak (4 letters)

25 Across: Access, as to an elite network (6 letters)

27 Across: "___ ME" (humorous "sign") (4 letters)

29 Across: European landmark whose name begins with an "A" in classical literature (4 letters)

31 Across: Reduced price? (3 letters)

32 Across: Revered one (4 letters)

34 Across: "Keep on going!" (4 letters)

36 Across: Word in a Tibetan leader's title (5 letters)

38 Across: "Infection" common among schoolkids (7 letters)

40 Across: California city bisected by Interstate 5 (7 letters)

42 Across: Not continue beyond (5 letters)

43 Across: Stunner (4 letters)

45 Across: Cette femme (4 letters)

46 Across: Toy popularized by Queen Victoria, familiarly (3 letters)

47 Across: ___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition) (4 letters)

49 Across: Shiny material (4 letters)

51 Across: Annular reefs (6 letters)

53 Across: Stock market option (4 letters)

55 Across: TV drama whose past guest stars have included Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber (3 letters)

58 Across: Its license plate might read "FOR HIRE" (4 letters)

59 Across: Land, marked (4 letters)

61 Across: Held the elevator door for, say (5 letters)

63 Across: Sarcastic response to boasting (15 letters)

66 Across: Carnival line? (5 letters)

67 Across: Score sneakily (9 letters)

68 Across: "The door's open!" (5 letters)

69 Across: Conclude an agreement, say (9 letters)

1 Down: Ritzy (5 letters)

2 Down: Luxury fashion house based in Paris (5 letters)

3 Down: Incident so dramatic it feels like a movie (15 letters)

4 Down: Apt name for a yoga instructor? (4 letters)

5 Down: "Our best thought came from ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson (6 letters)

6 Down: "Found you!" (3 letters)

7 Down: Cracker alternative to Ritz (5 letters)

8 Down: Mobile library? (7 letters)

9 Down: Cope (4 letters)

10 Down: Future manager's goal, for short (3 letters)

11 Down: Most-celebrated celebrities (5 letters)

12 Down: Primary follower (15 letters)

13 Down: Thing you may regret hitting "Reply All" to (9 letters)

14 Down: When it happened (9 letters)

18 Down: Valley with gentle slopes (4 letters)

24 Down: "I can't catch a break!" (4 letters)

26 Down: Bubkes (4 letters)

28 Down: 20-Across, en español (4 letters)

30 Down: Green-winged water bird (4 letters)

32 Down: Stunning attraction at a winter festival, maybe (9 letters)

33 Down: Clothing tag warning (9 letters)

35 Down: Seat of one European monarchy (4 letters)

37 Down: Tongue-in-cheek interjection akin to "Told ya …" (4 letters)

39 Down: "___ turn out fine" (4 letters)

41 Down: Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays (4 letters)

44 Down: Boorish (7 letters)

48 Down: Game on a car trip (4 letters)

50 Down: Form of a gene (6 letters)

52 Down: The sound that concludes "The Sound and the Fury" (5 letters)

54 Down: Befuddled (5 letters)

56 Down: "We're alike in that way" (5 letters)

57 Down: Cove (5 letters)

60 Down: Stock market woe (4 letters)

62 Down: Diminishing return? (4 letters)

64 Down: Waterproofing material for a sail, once (3 letters)

65 Down: Lahore is here: Abbr. (3 letters)