NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: ___ Batlló, Antoni Gaudí masterpiece whose roof arch mimics a dragon's back (4 letters)

5 Across: Cheese that comes from northern Italy (and not another continent!) (6 letters)

11 Across: Tote, for one (3 letters)

14 Across: Certain sports bet (4 letters)

15 Across: You can see right through it (6 letters)

16 Across: Subject of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (3 letters)

17 Across: Hand-held communication devices (13 letters)

19 Across: Pioneers, in hip-hop slang (3 letters)

20 Across: D.O.J. branch (3 letters)

21 Across: Online chat sign-off (3 letters)

22 Across: Pottery needs (5 letters)

24 Across: It accompanies a promotion, typically (5 letters)

26 Across: Songs played on an oldies station (11 letters)

30 Across: Word after pipe or before team (5 letters)

31 Across: Canal site (3 letters)

32 Across: Book of the Bible that includes doings of Cyrus the Great (4 letters)

33 Across: Whistle blower, informally (3 letters)

35 Across: Disapproving sounds (4 letters)

38 Across: Sound after a gut punch (3 letters)

39 Across: Admission of confusion ... or a hint for interpreting four answers in this puzzle (15 letters)

44 Across: Flying off the shelves (3 letters)

45 Across: Author Morrison (4 letters)

46 Across: Political leader? (3 letters)

47 Across: Gray matter? (4 letters)

49 Across: Sea urchin, on a sushi menu (3 letters)

51 Across: Women's dress shoes (5 letters)

55 Across: Juggernauts (11 letters)

58 Across: Buy a round for, say (5 letters)

59 Across: Like the alphabet of the circled letters in the Down answers, but not in the Across answers (5 letters)

60 Across: Junior's Jr. (3 letters)

62 Across: Way to go: Abbr. (3 letters)

63 Across: Voice, as grievances (3 letters)

64 Across: Popular fund-raising event (13 letters)

68 Across: Vehicle for taking a trip? (3 letters)

69 Across: The smallest of samples (6 letters)

70 Across: Ampere or volt (4 letters)

71 Across: Symbols on a post (3 letters)

72 Across: Governor Gavin (6 letters)

73 Across: Head honcho (4 letters)

1 Down: Hardly a risk-taker (6 letters)

2 Down: A gamer may use one (6 letters)

3 Down: One might be taken with a stick (6 letters)

4 Down: U.S. state with the most dry counties: Abbr. (3 letters)

5 Down: Feeling tender (6 letters)

6 Down: Comfort (6 letters)

7 Down: Peeve (3 letters)

8 Down: Nickname of the protagonist in 2024's "Anora" (3 letters)

9 Down: Enthusiasts, so to speak (5 letters)

10 Down: Refueling spot (5 letters)

11 Down: Big Apple menagerie (10 letters)

12 Down: 0.1 nanometer (8 letters)

13 Down: Super-fun time (3 letters)

18 Down: Salt for wintry roads (7 letters)

23 Down: More than just exaggerate (3 letters)

25 Down: Singer Bareilles (4 letters)

27 Down: Place to go, in the army (7 letters)

28 Down: British bottom (4 letters)

29 Down: Call made with outstretched arms (4 letters)

34 Down: Rock duo ___ & Eddie (3 letters)

36 Down: Center of a beer blast (3 letters)

37 Down: Unlikely buyer? (7 letters)

39 Down: Restaurant chain with a smiling face in its logo (4 letters)

40 Down: Where things get ticked off (8 letters)

41 Down: Cruise ship workers (8 letters)

42 Down: Wildebeests (4 letters)

43 Down: Go on the road (4 letters)

48 Down: Solidify (3 letters)

50 Down: Digs (6 letters)

52 Down: ___ wool (6 letters)

53 Down: Vernacular (6 letters)

54 Down: Medical inserts (6 letters)

56 Down: Galileo, for one (7 letters)

57 Down: Get together (5 letters)

61 Down: Couple (6 letters)

63 Down: In the manner of (3 letters)

65 Down: What a bill may become (3 letters)

66 Down: Letter indicating ownership? (3 letters)

67 Down: Large popcorn purchase (3 letters)