The new york times 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 N.B.A. coaching championships 31 Foe of the

Roman Empire 33 With 38- and 43-Across, historymaking SCOTUS appointee 36 With calmness and selfcontrol

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 Crumbly

topping Priestess of

Hecate 67 68

DOWN

1 Former name of the secondlargest 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 E.E.O.C., familiarly

By Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen

24 Connector of two names 26 Comfort food with shortening? 27 Car modified into the Monkeemobile 30 Dry wine of

Spain

32 Base ten? 33 Coffeegrowing region on the Big Island 34 Helicopter, in

slang 35 Jerkwad

37 Tiny rodshaped 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 ___”