The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Muslim pilgrim’s destination 6 Indian prince 10 Kemo ___ 14 Map collection 15 “’Tis a pity” 16 Shortly,

to a poet 17 Bloodhound’s

trail 18 Move like

a butterfly 19 Watch chains 20 Second

first lady 23 Daydream 25 Doctorate

grillings 27 Declare 28 American Dance Theater founder 32 Mister : English

:: ___ : German 33 Part of the eye around the pupil 34 Football field

units: Abbr. 35 Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” 40 K2 and Kilimanjaro: Abbr. 43 Pitcher Hershiser 44 Prefix with dynamic 48 Tennis champion with a stadium named after him 52 ___ the

Impaler 53 Largest asteroid in the solar system 54 Digestion

aids 56 Achieved great fame … or what 20-, 28-, 35- and 48Across did? 60 Erica who wrote “Fear of Flying” 61 Winter frost 62 ___ Circus (ancient Roman stadium) 65 Ye ___ Shoppe 66 Part of the U.S. that’s usually first with election returns 67 Some Scots 68 One giving

orders

69 Alimony givers or receivers 70 Precipitation around 32°

Down 1 Pas’ mates 2 Catchall

abbr. 3 Butcher’s knife4 Down Under capital 5 Up and about 6 San ___, Calif. 7 “That’s ___ ask” 8 First corner after “Go” in Monopoly 9 Dashiell Hammett hound 10 African

big-game hunt 11 Deviation from

the standard 12 Winter Olympics vehicle 13 Officer on a PT boat: Abbr. 21 Actress Scala 22 “___ say!” 23 Cheerleader’s

cheer 24 Garden of Eden

woman 26 The “S” of

GPS: Abbr. 29 Lab

containers 30 Like the verb “be” in many languages: Abbr. 31 Suffix with no-good 36 No-good sort 37 Airport info:

Abbr. 38 Grant-giving

org. 39 Special Operations warrior 40 PC alternative 41 Vibrating

effect 42 Leaves high

and dry 45 Target for a certain bark beetle 46 Comic

Charlotte 47 Gets too high,

for short? 49 Property dividers that may need clipping 50 Card game

for romantics? 51 Photo lab abbr. 55 Witty

put-downs 57 “My country, ’tis of ___” 58 April 1 news story, maybe 59 Comfort 60 Occupation 63 Corrida

cheer 64 Across-the-Atlantic flier of old, briefly