The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Walk all over 6 Put back

together

10 88 or 98 14 “It’s now

or never” 16 Converge 17 Nailing a

performance 18 Origination point of some drips 19 Sheet music

abbr. 20 Having hit successfully, say 21 Weightlifter’s

concern 22 Obliterates 24 Port whistler 25 Classic arcade game with a glass backboard that shatters 27 86 or 99 29 Still learning

the ropes of 31 Large W.W. II

area: Abbr. 32 Save 34 Agenda-topping issue 36 Momentarily 38 Started to work 41 Bratty girl on “Little House on the Prairie” 45 Qualifier in

46-Across 46 Messages

with emojis 48 Size zero, say 49 Savory Indian

appetizer 51 Marking for a very soft passage 53 Show great

fondness 54 Abundance 55 Mothered

or fathered 58 ___ pros.

(lawsuit abbr.) 59 French filmdom 60 Rid of inefficient extras

62 What makes consumers blush?

63 Plays

peacemaker 64 Pet sounds 65 They may

be soaked up 66 They’re

favorites

Down

1 Moorish

castle

2 Heavy rain 3 Wrongly

assumed 4 Some patrons:

Abbr. 5 Voice-activated

Amazon device 6 “The ponytail’s hipster cousin,” per GQ

7 Its honorees plan to become one 8 Org. for forensic specialist Abby Sciuto 9 Class clown’s

comeuppance 10 Competitor

of Cartier 11 Means of travel

for a V.I.P. 12 Get sidetracked 13 Part of a blended family 15 Soupçon 23 Crafty sort 26 Article of attire with strings 28 Convictions 30 W.W. II service

member 33 Old-fashioned

letter opener 35 Dogged it

37 It shares a key

with a caret 38 What motivates people to get to first base during a game? 39 Survivor’s

cry

40 “Let’s get

real here …” 42 Strong and

majestic

43 Half spoken,

half sung 44 Naturally

blind

47 Flings 50 Eponym of USA Track & Field’s highest award

52 It may be poached 56 View from Catania

57 Photo ID

issuers 61 Commander during John Brown’s capture in 1859