Quick Crossword

Across

1 Start of communications with

NATO

5 Building blocks

9 Seacrest vehicle, familiarly 13 Baby hippo

14 Studio Ghibli’s animated fuzz ball

17 Rhyming song that’s acted out 19 Fanning of “Coraline”

20 Uber CEO Khosrowshahi 21 Article in a French periodical 22 In

24 Some shortcuts

26 “I’m late!”

30 Overflow (with)

31 “Ew, no”

32 Doner __: Turkish dish

34 Gems formed by silica deposits 37 Get up

39 Valuable diamond, say

40 “Ask anyone else”

41 Change

42 Fuming

44 Shiba __

45 Meet face-to-face? 47 Magnified

49 Pro who worked with Magic 51 “Memories of the Future” author Hustvedt

52 Cribbage piece

53 Just so

55 Figure in a Clement Clarke Moore poem

59 First play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway

62 Many a Gillian Flynn work 63 Gladys Knight, for one 64 Sardine cans

65 Used cars?

66 With 57-Down, rom-com trope

Down

1 Rock type

2 Dharma teacher

3 Barrage of criticism

4 Solvent

5 “Easter Parade” star

6 Spam maker

7 Dispassionate

8 Video game distribution platform 9 A Gershwin

10 Strategically polite

11 Chiwere speakers

12 “I’m down”

15 Classic Fender, for short 16 Message on some holiday cards 18 “That tracks”

23 Home of the Museum of the Future

25 Default action, informally 26 Quick dip?

27 Princess Fiona, after sunset 28 “Nope”

29 Mother-of-pearl

33 Part of a full English breakfast 35 Stick figure’s torso

36 First earring, maybe

38 Mix

43 Symbol of Scotland

46 Receive

48 Starting hr. for some 49 Gymnast Strug

50 Estate

52 Accord (C) 2023 Tribune Media Services 54 Late show broadcaster?

56 “__ of Dogs”: Wes Anderson film

57 See 66-Across

58 Bedhead problem 60 Cyberchats

61 Composer Rorem