NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: "OK," in modern slang (3 letters)

4 Across: Develop (5 letters)

9 Across: Postlarval insects (5 letters)

14 Across: Prefix with skeleton (3 letters)

15 Across: Ewok's home (5 letters)

16 Across: Blow, as 13-Down does repeatedly (5 letters)

17 Across: Top starter (3 letters)

18 Across: *Unsecured artillery that can slide across the deck (11 letters)

20 Across: "Semper Fidelis," for one (5 letters)

22 Across: Advantage (5 letters)

23 Across: Me-time destination (3 letters)

24 Across: Creature of Egyptian myth (6 letters)

26 Across: Bus schedule component (4 letters)

28 Across: Some landscaping equipment (6 letters)

31 Across: Worker who's behind the Times? (6 letters)

35 Across: Plow puller of old (4 letters)

37 Across: "Verb," ironically (4 letters)

39 Across: Part of a black suit (5 letters)

40 Across: Its three largest cities all have names starting with C (4 letters)

41 Across: Completely lost … or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning (5 letters)

43 Across: Barely made (out) (4 letters)

44 Across: Chat, informally (5 letters)

46 Across: Old-timey "Listen!" (4 letters)

47 Across: Out of juice (4 letters)

48 Across: Paint options (6 letters)

50 Across: Permanent-press (6 letters)

52 Across: Part of many a shallow-water ecosystem (4 letters)

54 Across: Music genre for some yoga classes (6 letters)

57 Across: Suffix with devil (3 letters)

60 Across: Expresses approval, in a way (5 letters)

63 Across: Remove from its original packaging, say (5 letters)

64 Across: *Equatorial ocean area notorious for lack of winds (11 letters)

67 Across: Consumed (3 letters)

68 Across: Character in "Monsters, Inc." (5 letters)

69 Across: Like many a campfire story (5 letters)

70 Across: Hiker to a QB: Abbr. (3 letters)

71 Across: Elevate, as a flag (5 letters)

72 Across: Shell out cash (5 letters)

73 Across: Word with sewing or starter (3 letters)

1 Down: Has a happy face (5 letters)

2 Down: Former member of the force (5 letters)

3 Down: *Stand barefoot in formation along seams of deck planks (10 letters)

4 Down: Fit in (6 letters)

5 Down: Game in which players draw and skip (3 letters)

6 Down: Big celebrity (4 letters)

7 Down: When repeated, leading only to bad outcomes (4 letters)

8 Down: Leftovers (5 letters)

9 Down: Stir-fry add-ins (7 letters)

10 Down: Decorative vessel (3 letters)

11 Down: "Sofa, so good" and such (4 letters)

12 Down: Each (4 letters)

13 Down: Sicilian smoker (4 letters)

19 Down: ___ as a bug's ear (4 letters)

21 Down: *Drift with the natural flow of currents (8 letters)

25 Down: TV's "Warrior Princess" (4 letters)

27 Down: *Bosun's whistled call signaling a shift change (8 letters)

29 Down: I.R.A. classification (4 letters)

30 Down: Lazy ___ (5 letters)

32 Down: *Flattened against the masts in a changing wind (10 letters)

33 Down: Roman theaters (4 letters)

34 Down: Comedian Foxx (4 letters)

35 Down: Soft leather shoes, for short (4 letters)

36 Down: "That's not good" (4 letters)

38 Down: Fiddler-emperor, legend has it (4 letters)

42 Down: Similar (4 letters)

45 Down: Minimal paint job (7 letters)

49 Down: Promote (4 letters)

51 Down: Not just thrown away, say (6 letters)

53 Down: Gradually tapered cuts (5 letters)

55 Down: Jailed New York crime boss (5 letters)

56 Down: Wield, as authority (5 letters)

57 Down: Bite reminder, maybe (4 letters)

58 Down: "Get away!" (4 letters)

59 Down: Prefix with sphere (4 letters)

61 Down: Dice peppers, e.g. (4 letters)

62 Down: Positive (4 letters)

65 Down: Personally contacts online, for short (3 letters)

66 Down: Max's opposite (3 letters)