NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Mimicking (5 letters)

6 Across: Altered mortgage, for short (4 letters)

10 Across: "___ Abner" of old comics (3 letters)

13 Across: Washer cycle after "wash" (5 letters)

14 Across: ___ White, three-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding (5 letters)

15 Across: Wedding vow (3 letters)

16 Across: Walled area for a racket sport (11 letters)

18 Across: Aunt, in Tijuana (3 letters)

19 Across: "___ Lips Are Sealed" (1981 Go-Go's hit) (3 letters)

20 Across: Little hopper (4 letters)

21 Across: "It's boiling in here!" (5 letters)

23 Across: Food, water or shelter (4 letters)

25 Across: Band with the 1999 triple-platinum hit "All Star" (10 letters)

28 Across: Political connections (3 letters)

30 Across: "Laughing" beast (5 letters)

31 Across: Sonnets and such (5 letters)

34 Across: Partner of gloom (4 letters)

36 Across: Break off suddenly (4 letters)

39 Across: "Pretty please? I won't ask again" (15 letters)

42 Across: "Absolutely, amigo!" (4 letters)

43 Across: Kids' fun run length, for short (4 letters)

44 Across: Have a knee-jerk response, perhaps (5 letters)

45 Across: Something acute or obtuse (5 letters)

47 Across: Dinghy thingy (3 letters)

48 Across: Played mind games with (10 letters)

52 Across: Post-Christmas event (4 letters)

56 Across: Game with numbered balls (5 letters)

57 Across: "The ___ thickens" (4 letters)

59 Across: Beantown home team, informally (3 letters)

60 Across: "I am the eggman. They ___ the eggmen …" (Beatles lyric) (3 letters)

61 Across: All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across (11 letters)

65 Across: Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!" (3 letters)

66 Across: Actress Shire of the "Godfather" trilogy (5 letters)

67 Across: "Old MacDonald" refrain (5 letters)

68 Across: ___ King Cole (3 letters)

69 Across: Contract detail, informally (4 letters)

70 Across: Painter's stand (5 letters)

1 Down: Firing offense? (5 letters)

2 Down: Arouse, as interest (5 letters)

3 Down: Make accustomed (to) (5 letters)

4 Down: Hush-hush D.C. org. (3 letters)

5 Down: Bit of derring-do (4 letters)

6 Down: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff (5 letters)

7 Down: All-vowel French 101 word (3 letters)

8 Down: Sable or mink (3 letters)

9 Down: Before the deadline (6 letters)

10 Down: Vilnius is its capital (9 letters)

11 Down: No-brainer? (5 letters)

12 Down: Reluctant (to) (5 letters)

14 Down: Phishing scheme, e.g. (4 letters)

17 Down: Brother on TV's "Bonanza" (4 letters)

22 Down: Bogeymen (8 letters)

24 Down: Having a sharp outline (8 letters)

26 Down: "All ___ Up" (Elvis #1 hit) (5 letters)

27 Down: It's sung in praise (4 letters)

29 Down: Manhattan-based media org. (3 letters)

31 Down: Bedwear, in brief (3 letters)

32 Down: All-vowel French 101 word (3 letters)

33 Down: Blue-book event (9 letters)

34 Down: Partner of wined (5 letters)

35 Down: Suffix for some sugars (3 letters)

37 Down: "Better Call Saul" network (3 letters)

38 Down: ___ peeve (3 letters)

40 Down: Reason to give a darn? (4 letters)

41 Down: 1970s feminist cause, for short (3 letters)

46 Down: Ends a relationship with by suddenly cutting off communication (6 letters)

47 Down: Central Plains tribe (4 letters)

48 Down: Without any toppings (5 letters)

49 Down: To a degree, informally (5 letters)

50 Down: Of the eyes (5 letters)

51 Down: Big name in cosmetics (4 letters)

53 Down: Grill residue (5 letters)

54 Down: Sergeant's superior, slangily (5 letters)

55 Down: Praise to the skies (5 letters)

58 Down: Word with family or fir (4 letters)

62 Down: One may be twist-off (3 letters)

63 Down: Pub pint, perhaps (3 letters)

64 Down: One-named "Chandelier" singer (3 letters)