Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Blows
7 Like some
R-rated movies 13 Top secrets? 15 Plant with
fragrant leaves 16 Most
pretentious 17 Ingredients in a Jamaican stew
18 School basics,
informally 19 Ability of some of the heroes on NBC’s “Heroes” 21 ___ Aviv 22 Trim the fat 23 Planes, oldstyle
24 Word before or after Alexander 25 ___ piece 27 Mine, e.g. 29 Kidder’s cry 30 George who sang “I Want Your 7-Down” 33 Lottery ball
containers 36 Liability for a political candidate … as depicted four times in this puzzle? 38 Bill Haley’s
backup band 39 Blu-ray
forerunner 42 “True
Detective” airer 43 Swab
46 Sister company
of Applebee’s 47 Native-born
Israeli
48 Ring
49 Kiss ___ 51 Looks for ganders, e.g.: Abbr.
53 Wash. neighbor 54 Modifier on a
dessert menu 57 You might empty it into a bucket 60 Gives a
new handle 61 Leader targeted in 1989’s Operation
Nifty Package 62 Visit
63 Cloth insert
Down
1 Celebrity 2 Awful
3 Public
relations effort 4 Economic benchmark, briefly
5 Retain
6 French
possessive 7 See 30-Across 8 Groening who created “The Simpsons” 9 Actress Hagen 10 Musical intervals from F to B, e.g. 11 Travel
sci-fi style 12 “Count me in!” 14 They present
hurdles
15 Cork opener? 20 Title that anagrams to another title 26 Satirist ___
Baron Cohen 28 Sched. listings 31 Worked (up) 32 Stretch (out) 34 “Coronation ___” (Elgar composition) 35 They bring speakers into classrooms, briefly
37 ___ Mook, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager 39 Flock leaders 40 Place to come in from the cold 41 Asiago
alternative 43 Patterned
fabrics
44 “The most unexpected of all things that happen to a man,” per Leon Trotsky 45 Do
unseriously 50 Many a
monument 52 Source of
the Amazon 55 Plot
56 Actress Susan 58 Part of the
works
59 “___ the Voice of the Lobster” (“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” poem)