Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

- Joe Deeney

Across

1 Impromptu places to conk out for the night 10 Prime spot for a tat 13 Archenemy of the Fantastic Four 15 Home to Matisse, Mondrian and Monet, informally 16 Addendum to a common pentad 17 Sierra Nevadas, e.g. 18 Finally chooses 19 Media big Zuckerman 20 Either constituen­t of table salt 21 One of the Three Musketeers 23 Ceases production 26 Enjoys oneself immensely 28 Spike Lee’s “___ Gotta Have It” 29 With 53-Across, one whom you might blame for something bad that you did 31 Brand owned by Kraft Foods 32 What 100-proof alcohol has 33 Island in NW Greece 35 Touched the ground 36 Paris is found in it 38 Race 39 Fires (up) 40 Handles with care? 42 Perform a Thanksgivi­ng cooking task 44 “Thumbs down from me” 45 Grp. that Ronald Reagan once supported 46 Grp. that Ronald Reagan once supported 47 Congressma­n who served the most consecutiv­e years as speaker of the House (1977-87) 53 See 29-Across 54 Radio sign-off 56 Go on and on about something 57 Seatbelts, e.g. 58 “Listen!”: Sp. 59 Sabermetri­cs whiz, e.g.

Down

1 Stack at a music store 2 They’re all over Down Under, informally 3 Top 4 Leave in 5 Tout’s offering 6 Brand that treats acid reflux 7 They might work on something for 60 seconds 8 Pulls off 9 Meh 10 Object seen in the Ralph Lauren logo 11 Old Food Network show with the catchword “Bam!” 12 Practices cleromancy 14 Natural mimics 15 Cubs’ supporters 22 Rule that Gandhi opposed 23 Passes idly 24 Operatic song-speech 25 “Come on! It’s common knowledge!” 26 Crystal clear, as an image 27 Letter before Lima and after Foxtrot when spelling 27-Down 28 Clickable message at the start of an online TV show 30 Democracy in action 34 Graffiti and such 37 Sci-fi author Simmons with the 1989 Hugowinnin­g novel “Hyperion” 41 ___ skill 43 Old boosted rocket stages 45 “Ish” 48 “Central Park in the Dark” composer 49 Little noodge 50 “Gotcha” 51 Unaccompan­ied 52 Caravaggio’s “The ___ Player” 55 Oral admonishme­nt

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