The New York Times Crossword
No. 0108
ACROSS
1 Random ___ of kindness 5 “What’s more ...” 9 Loser to scissors, winner over rock 14 Eating plan 15 Slightest little sound 16 Future fungus 17 Tim Duncan’s longtime N.B.A. team 20 Feminine article in Spanish 21 “I’ll do that right away, boss!” 22 Source of draft beer 23 Metaphor for some specialinterest government spending 27 Dust ___ (tiny critter) 28 Taylor Swift’s “We ___ Never Ever Getting Back Together” 29 Little hopper 30 Sudden overwhelming fear 31 Energy drinks that “give you wings” 34 Choose 35 Mouth-related 36 Versin’ person? 37 Spins 40 Titular soccer coach on a hit Apple TV+ series 44 Improves, as a skill 45 Greek salad cheese 46 ___-to manual 47 Shapes of rainbows 48 Attention seeker at school 51 “I did NOT need to know that!” 52 Stretched tight 53 Sound in a “Batman” fight 54 “Done this before, you know!” ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40and 48-Across 60 Do a bit better than 61 College head 62 Annoying thing to find unmatched in the laundry pile 63 Doorstop’s shape 64 Certain risqué message 65 Swelled heads
DOWN
1 Interruptions in YouTube videos 2 Spy org. 3 Like professors with job security 4 Performed poorly, informally 5 Well-suited 6 Sign before Virgo 7 Ladies of Spain 8 Stated a viewpoint 9 “Hey, you! Over here!” 10 Smartphone download 11 Canadian fries-and-gravy dish 12 Unpredictable 13 Aretha Franklin hit ranked #1 on a Rolling Stone magazine “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list 18 Catch in the act 19 Frying need 23 Golf standard 24 Underground metal 25 Book of maps 26 “Let the good times ___!” 27 Island nation south of Sicily 30 Banana discard 32 Tiresome sorts 33 Addresses with links, for short 34 Cokes and Pepsis 36 Nonhuman household residents 37 “Where do we go from here?” 38 Estrogen or testosterone 39 Provoked 40 Source of an extract used in aromatherapy 41 Entrant in a Westminster Kennel Club event 42 Scatter, as seeds 43 Take responsibility for 45 Liquids 48 Half-___ (rhyming coffee order) 49 Lifesaving skill, in brief 50 “___ lips sink ships” 52 Use a keyboard 55 One might read “#1 Dad” 56 “Wailing” instrument 57 Explosive inits. 58 Prefix with conscious 59 Approves