NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “How fast does a ___ have to run before it looks gray?”: Demetri Martin
6 Sharp divide
14 They come with strings attached
16 Sycophant
17 Words from a witness
18 Like some colleagues
19 Go around
20 Takes care of for the family?
22 Lozenge target, maybe
23 ___ City, nickname for Seattle
25 “Yikes!”
28 ___ makhani (buttery dish)
29 Steve with four NBA coaching championships
31 Foe of the Roman Empire
33 With 38- and 43-Across, historymaking SCOTUS appointee
36 With calmness and self-control
37 Sale incentive, informally
38 See 33-Across 40 “___ Coming,” 1969 Three Dog Night hit
41 Fluffy fur source
43 See 33-Across
45 Tangled mess, maybe
46 Lead-in to a Southern “-ville”
47 Chill
48 Lexicographic bit, in brief
50 Spot for a spot
55 Bagful purchased at a nursery
57 Sports event with many touching moments
59 Big player
60 Second half of a doubleheader
63 Disgraces
65 Entry requirement, often
66 At 18, the youngest person to sweep the four main Grammy categories (Song, Album, Record, Best New Artist) in a single year
67 Crumbly topping 68 Priestess of Hecate
DOWN
1 Former name of the second-largest country in Africa
2 English derby site
3 Withstand
4 One in a galley
5 Nickname in “Star Wars”
6 One in a galley
7 What’s thrown for a loop?
8 Med. specialist
9 Dating app info
10 Zig or zag
11 Animal that the Aztecs called ayotochtli, or “turtle-rabbit”
12 Fully commits
13 Some bridge maneuvers
15 One has to make a run for it
21 First chairman of the EEOC, familiarly
24 Connector of two names
26 Comfort food with shortening?
27 Car modified into the Monkeemobile
30 Dry wine of Spain
32 Base 10?
33 Coffee-growing region on the Big Island
34 Helicopter, in slang
35 Jerkwad
37 Tiny rod-shaped organism
39 Scrap
42 Stop sign
44 Mauna ___
49 French woman
51 Like some unpleasant air
52 Like some unpleasant air
53 Falstaffian, in a way
54 Title bestowed by a sultan
56 Just
58 Chemical ___
61 Companion of a
1-Across, maybe
62 Some batteries, for short
64 Vikki Carr’s “It Must Be ___”
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