Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

- Claire Rimkus

Across

1 This and that 5 God of fertility, agricultur­e and the afterlife 11 “Love Life” network 14 Cassowary kin 15 Doing something wrong 17 Objectives 18 Fresh burst of energy 19 Five-star 21 Class structures? 22 Makeup palette assortment 23 Coruscates 25 Less likely to happen 27 You might seek forgivenes­s for this 28 Scans, say 29 New parents’ purchases to block off staircases 34 Actress Mara of “Pose” 35 Empanadas and patatas bravas 36 “Happy to help!” 37 Nice position to be in? 39 Kind of cup 40 Just gets (by) 41 Go to bat for 42 San ___, seat of California’s Marin County 45 Not expired 46 Everything one could possibly offer, with “the” 47 Mariah Carey and Madonna, for two 50 “Later, dude!” 53 ___ oil, extract obtained from the Amazon rainforest 54 Reverent 55 Pirate’s activity 56 “Five Guys Named ___” (1992 Broadway musical) 57 Back-combed 58 Oh, to be in France!

Down

1 Challenge while sitting 2 Answer to the old riddle “What’s round on the ends and high in the middle?” 3 Play with fire 4 Blanks 5 Out-of-office procedure? 6 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle 7 Hankering 8 Quintana __, Mexican state that’s home to Cancún 9 Spot for the night 10 Covering some ground? 11 Vertical dimension of a flag 12 Bops 13 “___ are …” 16 Longtime newswoman Ifill 20 Gender-neutral possessive 23 Holder of emergency supplies 24 Giant in chip manufactur­ing 25 Gets to 26 Many a Guinness Book record 27 Shade akin to royal blue 29 6-0 set, in tennis slang 30 “Whatever!” 31 Pet that’s mostly black with a white chest 32 Ellie Kemper’s role on “The Office” 33 ___ money 35 Kid 38 Firmly fixed 39 Offerer of fresh cuts 41 Made last night, say 42 Its participan­ts are in for a wild ride 43 Pop up 44 Completely bomb 45 Fuzzy 46 Not cool — not cool at all! 47 Some Twitter postings 48 Brand that offers “Leg Mask” products 49 One of nine for a traditiona­l Baha’i temple 51 Pro 52 Org. at Grand Central Terminal

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