The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Annual tennis or golf championship 7 “Sign me up!” 11 ___ dispenser 14 Team spirit 15 Detective Wolfe 16 Friend for Philippe 17 Zombies with a sense of humor? 19 Pinch 20 What to do after saying grace 21 Spree 22 Removes, as from a club 24 Had high hopes 27 Gay rights or climate change 29 Grizzlies that don’t fall for traps? 33 Writer who went through hell? 36 Rat-___ 37 Cheer from the stands 38 Greek god who fought with the mortal Hercules 39 Many a time 41 Prefix with space 42 Small set 43 Surrealist Maar 44 Called off 45 Exam in an interior design class? 49 Singer Luis with the 13x platinum hit “Despacito” 50 Write the book on, so to speak 54 Automaton of folklore 56 Like some spicy food 58 “Snakes ___ Plane” (2006 film) 59 Abbr. before an alias 60 Terrible attempts at peeling corn?

64 Org. that collects 1099s 65 Wonder Woman, for Gal Gadot 66 Mexican dish prepared in a cornhusk 67 “Hmm, I don’t think so” 68 Shift and Tab, for two 69 Less fresh

Down

1 Called balls and strikes 2 Word before system or panel 3 Deliver a stemwinder 4 Be punished (for) 5 Figure in Santa’s workshop 6 Neither feminine nor masculine 7 Lead-in to China 8 Introductory scene in some rom-coms 9 Subj. of the federal tax form 5498 10 “For sure” 11 Like some salmon that’s not baked or broiled 12 Give off 13 10001, 10002, etc., informally 18 Ore source 23 Exercise 25 Fifth book of the New Testament 26 Daisy ___ (character who loved Li’l Abner) 28 Astronaut Shepard, first American in space

30 Like almost 0% of tarantula bites

31 Like blue moons 32 Having footwear 33 Harebrained 34 ___ 51 35 “Hey, let me be the first to tell you …” 39 Reactions to gut punches 40 Orchard pest 41 Up the ___ 43 Nation whose flag is a white cross on a red background 44 Neighbor of F1 and a tilde 46 Outer edge of a golf club 47 Shade akin to turquoise 48 Is 51 One giving directions to a tourist, say 52 Where a pant leg and a sock meet 53 It’ll give you a shock 54 Benefit 55 Vegetable that’s frequently fried 57 Colors 61 Great distress 62 Lid, so to speak 63 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction”

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