THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Amphibian once associated with bad spirits 5 Big coverage provider 10 Nipper 14 No longer stuck on 15 ___ Motel 16 Crop circles, e.g. 17 Part of many a rural skyline 18 Line up 19 Former Soviet leader Andropov 20 Singer Goulding 22 Bad way to run 23 Start of some Southwest city names 24 Film title role for Tyrone Power and Brad Pitt 26 Theoretical 27 ___Kosh B’Gosh 28 Wrigley’s field 29 Noted bomb in a longtime war 31 Energy qtys. 33 Block letters? 35 Staying put 36 Skeptical rejoinder 39 Vegan milk source 41 “Sketches by ___” (1830s work) 42 Criticize in no uncertain terms 45 Ranchers’ enemies 47 Dispensary measures: Abbr. 49 ___-cow 50 Civil engineering projects 51 One might take you in 54 Producer for Bowie and the Talking Heads 55 ___ sch. 56 French toast 57 Like Hawaiian shirts 59 Denver’s ___ University 61 Place 62 Warranting a heart on Instagram, say 63 Bridge unit 64 Trochee’s counterpart 65 Emperor after Galba 66 Flip 67 Father of Harmonia

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1 Hook remover, perhaps 2 Most baleful 3 “Huh, how about that!” 4 French crowd? 5 Only three-letter constellation other than Leo 6 Driver’s visual aids in bad weather 7 West Coast N.F.L.’er 8 Certain blackjack 9 Basic order at Domino’s 10 “Go ___ ways to a nunnery”: Hamlet 11 Statement akin to “Have we met?” 12 Bar activity 13 Was 21 Headlines, for short? 25 Comeuppance 26 Fast-food debut of 1981 30 Turn tail? 32 Drives off 34 Hunky-dory 37 Sugar lover 38 Extended interview components 39 Big name in auto parts 40 Give for a while 43 “I messed up … what of it?!” 44 Jet settings 46 White of the eye 48 Yearbook div. 52 Backing 53 Actress Shire 58 “___ gratias” 60 Blue hue