The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Cinnamon or cardamom

6 Big-ticket ___

10 From the beginning

14 Hot drink with marshmallows

15 Foal's mother

16 Sweeping tale

17 Signs that it's time to take out the trash

18 "Toy Story" dachshund with a springy body 20 This emoticon: ;-)

22 Gather together

23 ___ Vegas Aces (W.N.B.A. team)

24 Assistance

25 Spot for a card skimmer, in brief

26 L.A. winter clock setting

27 Pressed one's luck

32 "Defend the rights of all people nationwide" org.

35 Vegetarian street food known for its distinct smell

37 Pork portion

38 Oscar winner Mahershala

39 Singer Diana with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

40 Tony Awardwinning musical with the song "Sex Is in the Heel"

44 "Don't worry about me!"

45 One with unselfish motivations

46 Trojans' sch.

48 Condition that may involve repetitive behavior, for short

49 Variety

50 "Mamma ___!"

53 Follow, as a package

56 Little finger adornment

59 Small-time

61 Basil-based sauce

62 Target for salicylic acid

63 A single time

64 Eroded, with "away"

65 A school one starts in the fall

66 Top part

67 In a sneaky way

Down

1 Disapproving look

2 Speakers' platforms

3 Revered celebrities

4 Champagne stopper

5 Classes that are hard to fail

6 :-(

7 After-bath powder

8 Great Lake with a vowel-heavy name

9 "It's Raining ___"

10 Like a dress with a diagonal hemline, say

11 Nothing, in Mexico

12 "Me, me, me" attitudes

13 Moves excitedly, like a puppy's tail

19 "Misery" co-star Bates

21 "If the shoe ___ ..."

25 Inquire

26 Hard-edged, anticorporate musician

27 Cockpit figure

28 Liter or meter

29 Gloom's partner

30 "Assuming that's true ..."

31 Walrus feature

32 ___-Seltzer

33 Spring's shape

34 Bellybutton buildup

36 New Mexico art community

41 Gross

42 Make an offer at an auction

43 Wallow moodily

47 Makes a certain video call

49 Tatted

50 Like areas around waterfalls

51 Spy's gathering

52 Ecstasy's opposite

53 Cafeteria food holder

54 Serving with chop suey

55 Elsa's sister in "Frozen"

56 Christmas tree, often

57 Machu Picchu resident

58 Not fake 60 Homer Simpson exclamation

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