NYT Crossword hints

1 Across: Back talk (4 letters)

5 Across: Lair (3 letters)

8 Across: When the western sky turns lavender or pink (6 letters)

14 Across: "Guilty" or "not guilty" (4 letters)

15 Across: Big bird Down Under (3 letters)

16 Across: Kind of band (6 letters)

17 Across: Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek (4 letters)

18 Across: Area for autos (3 letters)

19 Across: Categorize (6 letters)

20 Across: Withdrawal's opposite (7 letters)

22 Across: "You ___ Beautiful" (1970s hit) (5 letters)

23 Across: Dress cut (5 letters)

24 Across: Tiny part of an archipelago (5 letters)

26 Across: Word that makes up roughly 6%-7% of written English (3 letters)

29 Across: Craving (3 letters)

30 Across: Sent to the canvas (6 letters)

32 Across: Make small talk (4 letters)

33 Across: "Bad, Bad" Brown of song (5 letters)

34 Across: Funeral stands (5 letters)

35 Across: Honestly … or a description of the shaded letters? (13 letters)

39 Across: Sticks out a sulky lower lip, say (5 letters)

40 Across: Beginning notes to a song (5 letters)

41 Across: A mile a minute, e.g. (4 letters)

42 Across: Prance about (6 letters)

44 Across: "You ain't seen nothin' ___" (3 letters)

47 Across: Genre associated with black nail polish and facial piercings (3 letters)

48 Across: "The Taming of the ___" (5 letters)

49 Across: Scents (5 letters)

51 Across: The Mamas & the ___ (5 letters)

53 Across: Make appear as if by magic (7 letters)

55 Across: Brawls (6 letters)

57 Across: Champagne cork sound (3 letters)

58 Across: "Now!" (4 letters)

59 Across: Noah's Ark landing site (6 letters)

60 Across: Opposite of WSW (3 letters)

61 Across: Ages and ages and ages (4 letters)

62 Across: Pooh's friend who tends to lose his tail (6 letters)

63 Across: October, numerically (3 letters)

64 Across: Reusable bag (4 letters)

1 Down: Outing involving a facial and a massage, perhaps (6 letters)

2 Down: Genetic variant (6 letters)

3 Down: Ooze through (6 letters)

4 Down: Anglo-___ (5 letters)

5 Down: Locale for cold cuts or hot pastrami (4 letters)

6 Down: :) or :/ (8 letters)

7 Down: Pecan or pistachio (3 letters)

8 Down: Rose quickly, as prices (6 letters)

9 Down: Like loose gemstones (5 letters)

10 Down: Loch ___ (4 letters)

11 Down: Like creamy vis-à-vis crunchy peanut butter (8 letters)

12 Down: Something that "perks up" when you're attentive (3 letters)

13 Down: What might make molehills out of a mountain? (3 letters)

21 Down: Passover meals (6 letters)

22 Down: Guinness or Bass product (3 letters)

25 Down: Jump from a plane (7 letters)

27 Down: Tortoise racer (4 letters)

28 Down: U.F.O. occupants (3 letters)

31 Down: Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties (3 letters)

32 Down: "Bye!" (4 letters)

33 Down: Low-cal (4 letters)

34 Down: Tim who directed "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands" (6 letters)

35 Down: Top of a freshly served latte (4 letters)

36 Down: Netflix feature that encourages binge-watching (8 letters)

37 Down: Colorful carnival treat (8 letters)

38 Down: Period for a corp. earnings report (3 letters)

39 Down: Opposite of post- (3 letters)

42 Down: Pure as the driven snow (6 letters)

43 Down: "___ Poetica" (work of Horace) (3 letters)

44 Down: Phrase requiting good wishes (6 letters)

45 Down: Off-course (6 letters)

46 Down: Feared African fly (6 letters)

48 Down: Asparagus unit (5 letters)

50 Down: Performance with turntables at a nightclub, say (5 letters)

52 Down: Prefix with -nautics (4 letters)

54 Down: Ready for business (4 letters)

55 Down: Fannie ___ (3 letters)

56 Down: Bygone "before" (3 letters)

57 Down: Kibble nibbler (3 letters)