NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Actress Longoria or Mendes

4 Across: Word after op or pop

7 Across: Jabbers on a plane?

13 Across: Hip-hop's ___ Wayne

14 Across: "If I ___ a Carpenter"

16 Across: First-year professional athlete

17 Across: Illegal

19 Across: Meal, formally

20 Across: Not working, as a phone

21 Across: Tool for winter fishing

23 Across: Affirmative

24 Across: To be, in Barcelona

26 Across: Made level

28 Across: Apple all-in-one computer

30 Across: Contribute something more

31 Across: Hoppy brews, for short

35 Across: Dependable, upstanding guy

37 Across: Key often near Caps Lock

38 Across: Bog down

39 Across: What a hen lays

40 Across: Robes tied with obis

43 Across: Bit of acne, informally

44 Across: How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927

46 Across: ___ and Driver (magazine)

47 Across: "Holy cannoli!"

49 Across: Fret

50 Across: Kipling novel or its young hero

51 Across: Singer Bareilles

52 Across: "Beats me!"

55 Across: Indian princes

58 Across: Rotor speed fig.

61 Across: Ordered (around)

63 Across: Carry

64 Across: Wizard's mixture

66 Across: Not now, but later

68 Across: Cut out

69 Across: List, as in a reference

70 Across: Yea's opposite

71 Across: Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling

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

73 Across: Org. checking carry-on bags

1 Down: Deftly avoid

2 Down: Plants with tendrils

3 Down: Electric with excitement

4 Down: Cry over a newborn

5 Down: Home loan overhaul, in brief

6 Down: Halt to hostilities

7 Down: Some gofers

8 Down: Handbag fashion label from Madrid

9 Down: Playful knock on the noggin

10 Down: Give the thumbs-up

11 Down: Sagacious

12 Down: Divisions in a tennis match

15 Down: Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares

18 Down: President after Washington

22 Down: Alternative to a convertible or station wagon

25 Down: Hat holder

27 Down: Barely visible, as light from a star

29 Down: Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band

32 Down: Dive offering slices

33 Down: Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g.

34 Down: Meyers of late night

35 Down: Clutter

36 Down: Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short

41 Down: Slips in a slot at the post office

42 Down: Fly to new heights

45 Down: Dominate, in sports slang

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

53 Down: Passing notices, informally

54 Down: Counting-out rhyme opener

56 Down: Book made obsolescent by GPS

57 Down: "Buh-bye!"

58 Down: Attempt anew

59 Down: Said "guilty," say

60 Down: One of 26 in a marathon

62 Down: Contents of an Excel spreadsheet

65 Down: Kisses, symbolically

67 Down: Like some dog kisses