NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Sneaker brand whose logo features the "Formstrip" (4 letters)

5 Across: "Thank You for the Music" group (4 letters)

9 Across: Some instructors, for short (5 letters)

14 Across: Gator's relative (4 letters)

15 Across: "King of all kings" in the prehistoric world, familiarly (4 letters)

16 Across: Features of gathering clouds? (5 letters)

17 Across: Patriotic recitation since 1892 (18 letters)

20 Across: Concoct, with "up" (4 letters)

21 Across: It may include toms and a snare (7 letters)

22 Across: Abbr. on a scale (3 letters)

25 Across: First lady (3 letters)

26 Across: Tagging symbols (3 letters)

27 Across: Expresses support without meaning it (14 letters)

31 Across: Bit of ink (3 letters)

34 Across: Quite the stir (6 letters)

35 Across: Bygone "before" (3 letters)

36 Across: Means of self-defense (4 letters)

37 Across: Joan of Arc, for one (5 letters)

38 Across: It's just a state of mind, to some (3 letters)

39 Across: Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa" (5 letters)

40 Across: Some midflight announcements, in brief (4 letters)

41 Across: Molecule in protein synthesis (3 letters)

42 Across: Disposes of securely, in a way (6 letters)

43 Across: Start of the names of four of the U.S.'s 20 largest cities (3 letters)

44 Across: Obsolescent credit card feature (14 letters)

46 Across: Term of affection in the U.K. (3 letters)

47 Across: Rapper with the 1999 #1 album "I Am ..." (3 letters)

48 Across: Is long ago? (3 letters)

49 Across: Chickpeas, e.g. (7 letters)

53 Across: "Uh-huh, sure it is" (4 letters)

55 Across: Obstacles ... or a hint to three squares in this puzzle (15 letters)

60 Across: Lost (5 letters)

61 Across: Identify (4 letters)

62 Across: Goddess of the earth (4 letters)

63 Across: All together, in music (5 letters)

64 Across: Migratory fish with exceptionally sensitive hearing (4 letters)

65 Across: The Black Knights of the N.C.A.A. (4 letters)

1 Down: Doc seen for an annual checkup (3 letters)

2 Down: Address letters (3 letters)

3 Down: A Stooge (3 letters)

4 Down: Band whose logo is stylized with a lightning bolt (4 letters)

5 Down: Came by for dinner (7 letters)

6 Down: Word with power or pawn (6 letters)

7 Down: Happen to (6 letters)

8 Down: Cut (4 letters)

9 Down: Great Basin tribe (6 letters)

10 Down: Chews (out) (5 letters)

11 Down: Cry heard by Old MacDonald (4 letters)

12 Down: Central points (4 letters)

13 Down: Woodpecker food (4 letters)

18 Down: Attacks (6 letters)

19 Down: Words that might come before a meal (5 letters)

22 Down: Major works of art (6 letters)

23 Down: Mexican revolutionary Emiliano (6 letters)

24 Down: Resident of Aleppo (6 letters)

28 Down: Moccasins and loafers, e.g. (7 letters)

29 Down: Free of animal products (5 letters)

30 Down: Wrath (3 letters)

31 Down: Writer Gay (6 letters)

32 Down: Hallucinatory experiences (9 letters)

33 Down: It comes with cups and saucers (6 letters)

36 Down: Chicago exchange, in brief (4 letters)

38 Down: Director Lee (3 letters)

39 Down: Sculptor's tool (6 letters)

41 Down: French composer who refused the Legion of Honour in 1920 (5 letters)

42 Down: Skewered (7 letters)

44 Down: Gateway of India locale (6 letters)

45 Down: Tough nut to crack (6 letters)

46 Down: "Network" director Sidney (5 letters)

49 Down: Hurdle for an aspiring atty. (4 letters)

50 Down: Words of reproach following a betrayal (4 letters)

51 Down: Big blow (4 letters)

52 Down: Things confessed (4 letters)

54 Down: Ancient wrap (4 letters)

56 Down: "I don't wanna" (3 letters)

57 Down: It might be on a lot (3 letters)

58 Down: "___ Possible" (2000s animated series) (3 letters)

59 Down: Perchance (3 letters)