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, history-making 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
67 Crumbly topping
68 Priestess of Hecate
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
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 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 ___”