NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pilgrim who's been to Mecca

6 Show stopper

10 What a keto diet is high in

14 Writer Nin

15 ___ Emhoff, stepdaughter of Kamala Harris

16 Property claim

17 Small, spiny lizard

19 ___ Mountains, dividers of Europe and Asia

20 Fruit appearing on a Southern license plate

22 Mindlessly repeat

25 Insult, informally

26 Dried Mexican chili

27 South African plant whose leaves are used for a popular herbal tea

29 “All ___ go”

31 Not sitting well?

32 Occupation for

32-Down

33 Ready to go

34 Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across

38 Monogram on an expensive handbag, maybe

41 Zap

42 Play again

46 Transitional region

between biomes 48 Having good marketing instincts

50 Many whiskey-based cocktails

51 Leader namechecked in the Beatles' “Revolution”

52 Singer nicknamed the Prince of Motown

53 D.C. mayor first elected in 2014

57 Gray ___

58 “Clumsy me!”

62 Like fine wines

63 Mental spark

64 A giant one rises in Citi Field after every Mets homer

65 They're prescribed by docs

66 It may go out on a limb

67 Stiller's comedy partner

DOWN

1 “As if!”

2 What makes God good?

3 Peanut butter container

4 Excessive flag-waving and the like

5 “OK, that makes sense”

6 Game where everything falls into place

7 Some Youtube journals

8 Jai ___

9 Common first word for a baby

10 Well-versed (in)

11 Heroes of the sky

12 “I want to learn!”

13 Alec Baldwin, on more than

15 occasions

18 Dumb bunny

21 Congregation leaders

22 Period of history

23 Reason against

24 Like freshly brewed coffee

28 Close way to win

29 Have a bawl

30 “___ out!” (ump's call)

32 Fittingly, the first three letters of 32-Across

35 Sprint … or see print

36 Nickname of a 1950s president

37 Native Caribbean plant whose fruit grows in clusters

38 Polite affirmative

39 Source of great trouble

40 “Walk on the Wild Side” singer

43 Director Duvernay

44 Columbia or Brown

45 Bread choice

47 Three-tone chords

48 Clumsily handles

49 Flushed, as cheeks

51 Looks down

54 Cut of pork

55 Foretell

56 Cheese of the Netherlands

59 Hip thing to sip

60 35mm camera inits.

61 Vote of support