Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Tie named for an annual race venue 6 Destroy, as one’s hopes 10 Spanish hero El __ 13 Land at the water’s edge 14 Look at rudely 15 Genetic messenger 16 *Ground-beefand-gravy dish 19 Out of sorts 20 Ginormous 21 Actor Eckhart of “Sully” 23 Hefty slice 25 *Penny-pincher 28 Completely wrecks 30 Pastry with a crust 31 Long-jawed fish 32 Shorthand crackerjack 33 2019 comedy “__ It Romantic” 35 Cuban coin 36 *“Ode to a Nightingale” poet 39 Numbers game 42 Where about one-third of Istanbul residents live 43 Yellowjackets, e.g. 47 George Harrison memoir “__ Mine” 48 Only partner? 49 “Border” breed 50 *Hung in the balance 54 Cat breed from an Irish Sea isle 55 101 course, typically 56 Commanded 58 T’ai __ 59 Different points of view ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues 63 NFL receivers 64 “Crikey!” is a mild one 65 Soccer shoe 66 Dreyer’s partner in ice cream 67 Miss Muffet fare 68 Flocks’ relatives
DOWN
1 Basketball stats 2 Bulb in a vinaigrette 3 Collect and put in order, as document pages 4 “You do it, __ will!” 5 Radio host John 6 Bread-to-be 7 See eye to eye 8 Wily 9 Fellows 10 Sound from an old staircase 11 Steamed up 12 Montana neighbors, with “the” 17 Tampa NFL team 18 Shock, as a perp 22 Emperor after Claudius 24 Steve Martin’s instrument 26 Sleep clinic study 27 Falafel holder 29 John in the Albert Hall 33 Atlas enlargement 34 Enjoy the slopes 35 Song of praise 37 Oscar-winning composer Zimmer 38 Weeks in a fortnight 39 New Zealander 40 Flow (from) 41 Cuddled up 44 One shirking work 45 “Angels dancing” site, in a theological question 46 Gender-biased sorts 48 Oklahoma tribe 49 Formally give up 51 Pretentious 52 Let up, as a storm 53 “My Life on the D-List” comic Griffin 57 Carve in stone 60 Use oars 61 “Don’t think so” 62 Microbrewery brew