NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Apex

5 Across: Curry ingredient

10 Across: Hay unit

14 Across: Robert Frost creation

15 Across: Grilled, at a taqueria

16 Across: Mined metals

17 Across: Criminals' sphere

19 Across: Have a hankering for

20 Across: Floral Van Gogh subject

21 Across: Latin gods

22 Across: Enemy

23 Across: End of the Greek alphabet

25 Across: Tsunami

28 Across: Common motive in a murder case

30 Across: Follower of latch or catch

31 Across: Nashville honor, briefly

32 Across: Oft-torn knee part, in brief

34 Across: Confederate soldier, informally

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

42 Across: Clerical vestment

43 Across: Writer Edgar Allan ___

44 Across: She, in Portuguese

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

47 Across: Zoomed past

50 Across: Stop in the afterlife

54 Across: Fill in for

55 Across: Fury

56 Across: Source of fleece

57 Across: Jazz great Fitzgerald

58 Across: White part of an orange

60 Across: Natural wonder in Venezuela

64 Across: Sound in a cavernous empty room

65 Across: Arctic creatures with flippers

66 Across: International retailer with a three-syllable name

67 Across: Dance whose name is also a hairstyle

68 Across: Golfer Els

69 Across: Letters on an invitation

1 Down: Storekeeper on "The Simpsons"

2 Down: Trick

3 Down: Like the period known as the Middle Ages

4 Down: Leave the cocoon

5 Down: Sparrows : cheeps :: crows : ___

6 Down: Grp. that entertains troops

7 Down: Tuesday, in Lyon

8 Down: Sat at a red light

9 Down: Gymnast Comaneci

10 Down: Cousin of a curtsy

11 Down: Yasir of the P.L.O.

12 Down: Chinese computer giant

13 Down: Lauder of cosmetics

18 Down: "Knives Out" director Johnson

23 Down: Philharmonic grp.

24 Down: Many a viral post

25 Down: Word after Georgia, Virginia or low

26 Down: Big name in movie theaters

27 Down: Caitlin Clark's league

29 Down: Apparel

33 Down: Place for gloss

34 Down: Actress Perlman of "Cheers"

36 Down: "Auld ___ Syne"

37 Down: "Three Sisters" sister

38 Down: Like many horror flicks

39 Down: Presentations with an 18-minute limit

40 Down: Actor Idris

41 Down: Tampa Bay players

45 Down: Financial center of Switzerland

46 Down: Franklin who sang "Chain of Fools"

48 Down: Baby bovine

49 Down: Filled pastry

50 Down: Plumbing conduits

51 Down: Needle mischievously

52 Down: Renter's counterpart

53 Down: Daughter of King Lear

57 Down: Coder's counterpart to "if"

59 Down: Non-sharer

61 Down: One of football's Mannings

62 Down: "The Magicians" novelist Grossman

63 Down: Maple syrup base