The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0617

Across

1 In first place

6 Help with a crime

10 Wild guess

14 Nintendo character who says "It's-ame!"

15 "Voilà!"

16 Swimmer's response to "Marco!"

17 "Let's see what you've got," in poker

18 Minor deviation

19 Large-screen film format

20 2018 Childish Gambino hit that won the Grammy for Song of the Year

23 Telemachus, to Odysseus

24 Movie locations

25 2,000 pounds

28 Card up one's sleeve, perhaps

29 Follower of "www"

30 ___ Jima

31 Pixar film that takes place mostly underwater

36 Tennis do-over

37 Base's opposite, in chemistry

38 Not feel so hot

39 Vocal part that often provides harmony to a soprano melody

40 What fits the Venn diagram of "Computers" and "Pastas"?

41 Holder of bait

45 Before, poetically

46 Bit of band equipment

47 Roadside assistance org.

48 Do some cryptography

50 Flushed, as cheeks

52 Airport screening grp.

55 Affirmative at sea ... or a phonetic hint to what's found sequentially in 20-, 31- and 41-Across

58 Being broadcast 60 0%

61 Participated in an Ironman, e.g.

62 Lingerie fabric

63 World's largest furniture company

64 Dark shade of green

65 Dry, as skin

66 Unit of suburbia

67 Portions (out)

Down

1 Leaves out

2 Cheesecovered chip

3 Subway vehicle

4 Some paintings

5 College major for government studies, informally

6 Chance for a hit, in baseball

7 Soothing ointments

8 Falco of "The Sopranos"

9 Locale for beers on draft

10 Zhuzh (up)

11 Ingredient in salsa verde

12 In the style of

13 Container for a birthday gift

21 Witnessed

22 Really digging

26 Have because of

27 Simply unacceptable

28 Tally up

29 Where cold cuts are cut

31 Widely known

32 "Fine, see if ___!"

33 Kudos to an eagle-eyed proofreader

34 [What?!]

35 Medical research org.

39 Cry of understanding

41 Become less bright

42 "Seriously!"

43 Org. that shoots for the stars?

44 Queer-friendly high school dance

49 Yiddish "Yeesh!"

50 Subscribe for another year

51 Place for barnacles and barracudas

52 Understood without being stated

53 Kitchen strainer

54 Mountain range that extends from Venezuela to Argentina

56 Musician Ono

57 Story

58 Portuguese greeting

59 Rap's Lil ___ X