NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: "Finally! Me time!" (11 letters)

12 Across: "___ gratia artis" (3 letters)

15 Across: Total area (11 letters)

16 Across: Native American Heritage Mo. (3 letters)

17 Across: "Nothing better!" (11 letters)

18 Across: Word with ginger or cream (3 letters)

19 Across: Org. that measures A.Q.I. (3 letters)

20 Across: Fall opener: Abbr. (4 letters)

21 Across: "Little help here" (6 letters)

23 Across: Customs (4 letters)

25 Across: Look (4 letters)

27 Across: Scintilla (4 letters)

28 Across: Dueling equipment (5 letters)

30 Across: Formal guidance? (9 letters)

33 Across: ___ Z (3 letters)

35 Across: What a deck may be stacked with? (7 letters)

36 Across: Greek letter that becomes another Greek letter when its first two letters are dropped (5 letters)

38 Across: It's seriously entertaining (5 letters)

39 Across: Raise a false red flag (7 letters)

41 Across: Memphis-to-Nashville dir. (3 letters)

42 Across: Salsa partner (9 letters)

44 Across: Reach for the stars, say (5 letters)

48 Across: Parks of Montgomery (4 letters)

49 Across: Inspiration (4 letters)

51 Across: ___ colada (mocktail) (4 letters)

52 Across: Like many a vault (6 letters)

55 Across: [That's *my* kibble!] (4 letters)

57 Across: Bloomer (3 letters)

58 Across: "I'll pass" (3 letters)

59 Across: "Pick up the pace!" (11 letters)

62 Across: Country music's ___ Young Band (3 letters)

63 Across: "So, there's this special person …" (11 letters)

64 Across: Two shakes of a lamb's tail (3 letters)

65 Across: "Heaven forbid!" (11 letters)

1 Down: Acquiesce (6 letters)

2 Down: Perform an entrechat, e.g. (6 letters)

3 Down: Not at all plain (6 letters)

4 Down: Not gross (3 letters)

5 Down: Vittles (4 letters)

6 Down: Spiny succulents (5 letters)

7 Down: Chosen, in a way (6 letters)

8 Down: Lays waste to? (7 letters)

9 Down: Louisville Slugger material (3 letters)

10 Down: Major hunk (4 letters)

11 Down: French bean (4 letters)

12 Down: Rhetorical device like "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" (8 letters)

13 Down: Relief pitcher? (7 letters)

14 Down: Lissome (6 letters)

22 Down: "You've gotta be kidding me!" (8 letters)

24 Down: "OK, fine, I get it …" (8 letters)

26 Down: Ye olde quaff (4 letters)

29 Down: Bouillabaisse and hasenpfeffer (5 letters)

31 Down: Progenitor (4 letters)

32 Down: Argot (5 letters)

34 Down: Plains tribe (4 letters)

36 Down: "What style!" (8 letters)

37 Down: Big name in discount supermarkets (4 letters)

39 Down: Lutheran hymn (7 letters)

40 Down: Doesn't sit still (7 letters)

42 Down: Common origami figures (6 letters)

43 Down: Fourth-to-last word of the Gettysburg Address (6 letters)

45 Down: Relative of a mandrill (6 letters)

46 Down: "No clue!" (6 letters)

47 Down: Doohickey (6 letters)

50 Down: Sci-fi companion who speaks "binary," familiarly (5 letters)

53 Down: Actor Jannings or artist Nolde (4 letters)

54 Down: Hagia Sophia feature (4 letters)

56 Down: Way off, sometimes (4 letters)

60 Down: One working with canines, maybe (3 letters)

61 Down: "Pachinko" author Min Jin ___ (3 letters)