NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Feeling at the Grand Canyon, say 4 Curse

11 Music sales largely replaced by streaming, in brief 14 Get along well (with)

15 Scuba diver’s need 16 MSN alternative 17 Roadside assistance org. 18 Grounder that squeezes between two infielders, in baseball slang 19 Genetic inits. 20 EMTs may insert them 21 “Treasure Island” writer’s monogram 22 American ___ (beetle target) 23 Chronic drinker’s ailment, informally 24 Salary after deductions 26 Book after Song of Solomon 28 Narrow waterway 29 Had a base, as a runner in baseball 33 Courtroom VIPs 34 *Cartoon billionaire 37 Bronzer in a bottle

38 Cliff’s edge 40 Grassy plain 43 Lingua ___ (common tongue) 44 Swimming 46 Something an opera singer and a rancher have

47 Pace

48 Lab eggs

49 :’-(

55 “The Raven” writer’s monogram 56 Sport that takes place in a dohyo 58 Kind of vote for a shareholder 59 10th grader, informally 60 Easy pace 61 Trims

62 Fit for military service

63 Gabs

64 Small silvery fish 65 Sassy

DOWN

1 Not for the first time 2 Finchlike birds that build intricate nests

3 Like a bungee cord 4 Hummus and guacamole brand

5 *1971 role for Gene Wilder 6 You are, in Spain

7 Had

8 “Great manners you’ve got!” 9 *U.S. leader who said “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” 10 Contract details 11 Heart-related 12 Terse response to “Rough day?” 13 Mark separating lines of poetry 25 Dissecting grammatically 27 Put on a pedestal 30 FBI worker: Abbr.

31 Home of the kraken 32 Every, in an Rx 35 Roughly 1.5, in a standard shot of alcohol 36 Widen

38 Great technical skill

39 Went wild

41 “Oh yeah? Give me a single example!” 42 Theoretically 43 *“A jolly happy soul,” in a holiday song 45 Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle’s grid 50 iPhone purchases 51 Apothecary’s weight 52 “Heads up!,” to a golfer 53 Skating leap 54 Skin abnormality 57 “Fifth quarters,” in sports: Abbr. 59 Soak (up)