NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Alphabetically first month (5 letters)

6 Across: Affliction in "The Hurt Locker," in brief (4 letters)

10 Across: "That so?" (4 letters)

14 Across: Large safari sight (5 letters)

15 Across: Island with Waikiki Beach (4 letters)

16 Across: A goose egg (4 letters)

17 Across: Staged fighting (10 letters)

19 Across: Confirm with confidence (4 letters)

20 Across: Beat, as cream (4 letters)

21 Across: "I'll pay" (7 letters)

23 Across: Tennis great Huber (4 letters)

26 Across: Part of Lincoln's cabin (3 letters)

28 Across: Convenient excuses (4 letters)

29 Across: Extinct cousin of an elephant (13 letters)

33 Across: Garlicky dip (5 letters)

34 Across: Homer Simpson's watering hole (4 letters)

35 Across: Angsty music genre (3 letters)

38 Across: Repulsed cry (3 letters)

39 Across: Longtime N.F.L. all-star game (7 letters)

42 Across: J.F.K. or Obama, in brief (3 letters)

43 Across: Cupful for a cold (3 letters)

44 Across: Sitar maestro Shankar (4 letters)

45 Across: Catherine of "The Last of Us" (5 letters)

47 Across: Unethical marketing tactic (13 letters)

51 Across: Olivia of "The Newsroom" (4 letters)

52 Across: Feedbox bit (3 letters)

53 Across: "Star Wars" twin sister (4 letters)

54 Across: Deviate from the herd (7 letters)

57 Across: What someone behind bars may need (4 letters)

59 Across: Greiner of "Shark Tank" (4 letters)

60 Across: Like an untrustworthy business ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 29-, 39- and 47-Across (10 letters)

65 Across: Pep (4 letters)

66 Across: Instrument to which an orchestra tunes (4 letters)

67 Across: Biology class? (5 letters)

68 Across: Which way the Great Sphinx of Giza faces (4 letters)

69 Across: It trickles down an hourglass (4 letters)

70 Across: Island off the coast of Venezuela (5 letters)

1 Down: One of the four in "all fours" (3 letters)

2 Down: Vietnamese soup (3 letters)

3 Down: Rocker Ocasek of the Cars (3 letters)

4 Down: Bygone writing accessory (7 letters)

5 Down: Nessie's body of water (4 letters)

6 Down: Cheerleader's accessory (6 letters)

7 Down: Can opener (3 letters)

8 Down: False front (4 letters)

9 Down: Responsibility (4 letters)

10 Down: Stagnant (6 letters)

11 Down: Words said with reservation? (11 letters)

12 Down: Brainchilds (5 letters)

13 Down: Small pie (4 letters)

18 Down: Overly smooth (4 letters)

22 Down: It might follow "Up top" and "down low" in a high-five trick (7 letters)

23 Down: Stand by for (5 letters)

24 Down: Neat, at a bar (5 letters)

25 Down: "Laughing" birds from Down Under (11 letters)

27 Down: Notorious Mafia family name (7 letters)

30 Down: Bit of facial jewelry (7 letters)

31 Down: Cry before being milked, maybe (3 letters)

32 Down: Cry for milk, maybe (3 letters)

36 Down: "Thank you, Madame" (5 letters)

37 Down: Midwest city where Malcolm X was born (5 letters)

40 Down: Snitch (on) (3 letters)

41 Down: I.V.F. extractions (3 letters)

46 Down: Tougher, in a way, as a bike course (7 letters)

48 Down: Officially designate (6 letters)

49 Down: Applied gently (6 letters)

50 Down: "Don't go!" (4 letters)

51 Down: Cold, hard cash (5 letters)

54 Down: Great delight (4 letters)

55 Down: Crafts seen around the world? (4 letters)

56 Down: Idris of "A House of Dynamite" (4 letters)

58 Down: "Young Frankenstein" woman (4 letters)

61 Down: Over there, to a poet (3 letters)

62 Down: White-bearded animal in the Serengeti (3 letters)

63 Down: Center of operations (3 letters)

64 Down: They wave their wands so you can fly, for short (3 letters)