NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Actress Longoria or Mendes (3 letters)

4 Across: Word after op or pop (3 letters)

7 Across: Jabbers on a plane? (6 letters)

13 Across: Hip-hop's ___ Wayne (3 letters)

14 Across: "If I ___ a Carpenter" (4 letters)

16 Across: First-year professional athlete (6 letters)

17 Across: Illegal (8 letters)

19 Across: Meal, formally (6 letters)

20 Across: Not working, as a phone (4 letters)

21 Across: Tool for winter fishing (6 letters)

23 Across: Affirmative (3 letters)

24 Across: To be, in Barcelona (5 letters)

26 Across: Made level (6 letters)

28 Across: Apple all-in-one computer (4 letters)

30 Across: Contribute something more (3 letters)

31 Across: Hoppy brews, for short (4 letters)

35 Across: Dependable, upstanding guy (6 letters)

37 Across: Key often near Caps Lock (3 letters)

38 Across: Bog down (4 letters)

39 Across: What a hen lays (3 letters)

40 Across: Robes tied with obis (7 letters)

43 Across: Bit of acne, informally (3 letters)

44 Across: How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 (4 letters)

46 Across: ___ and Driver (magazine) (3 letters)

47 Across: "Holy cannoli!" (6 letters)

49 Across: Fret (4 letters)

50 Across: Kipling novel or its young hero (3 letters)

51 Across: Singer Bareilles (4 letters)

52 Across: "Beats me!" (6 letters)

55 Across: Indian princes (5 letters)

58 Across: Rotor speed fig. (3 letters)

61 Across: Ordered (around) (6 letters)

63 Across: Carry (4 letters)

64 Across: Wizard's mixture (6 letters)

66 Across: Not now, but later (8 letters)

68 Across: Cut out (6 letters)

69 Across: List, as in a reference (4 letters)

70 Across: Yea's opposite (3 letters)

71 Across: Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling (6 letters)

72 Across: "Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!") (3 letters)

73 Across: Org. checking carry-on bags (3 letters)

1 Down: Deftly avoid (5 letters)

2 Down: Plants with tendrils (5 letters)

3 Down: Electric with excitement (10 letters)

4 Down: Cry over a newborn (3 letters)

5 Down: Home loan overhaul, in brief (4 letters)

6 Down: Halt to hostilities (5 letters)

7 Down: Some gofers (10 letters)

8 Down: Handbag fashion label from Madrid (5 letters)

9 Down: Playful knock on the noggin (3 letters)

10 Down: Give the thumbs-up (4 letters)

11 Down: Sagacious (4 letters)

12 Down: Divisions in a tennis match (4 letters)

15 Down: Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares (13 letters)

18 Down: President after Washington (5 letters)

22 Down: Alternative to a convertible or station wagon (5 letters)

25 Down: Hat holder (4 letters)

27 Down: Barely visible, as light from a star (3 letters)

29 Down: Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band (10 letters)

32 Down: Dive offering slices (10 letters)

33 Down: Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g. (4 letters)

34 Down: Meyers of late night (4 letters)

35 Down: Clutter (4 letters)

36 Down: Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short (4 letters)

41 Down: Slips in a slot at the post office (5 letters)

42 Down: Fly to new heights (4 letters)

45 Down: Dominate, in sports slang (3 letters)

48 Down: "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake (5 letters)

53 Down: Passing notices, informally (5 letters)

54 Down: Counting-out rhyme opener (5 letters)

56 Down: Book made obsolescent by GPS (5 letters)

57 Down: "Buh-bye!" (5 letters)

58 Down: Attempt anew (4 letters)

59 Down: Said "guilty," say (4 letters)

60 Down: One of 26 in a marathon (4 letters)

62 Down: Contents of an Excel spreadsheet (4 letters)

65 Down: Kisses, symbolically (3 letters)

67 Down: Like some dog kisses (3 letters)