Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
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1 Necklace parts 7 Extreme
14 Peter out
19 Relative of a brasserie 20 Phoenix event 21 Power machine in
woodworking 22 Dropped out
23 U.S. heartland 24 Dexterous one 25 Where you might stop
before going home 26 Prince Buster’s genre 27 Heathrow facilities 28 Cherished by
29 Start of a boast 30 Battle-torn Syrian city 32 Org. that delivers 34 Contraction lacking
just a “v”
35 You might find one under a Christmas tree 37 One using 32-Across,
e.g.
39 Hideouts
40 Did a cobbler’s job on 42 First-year law student 43 Sinus suffix
45 “Who ____?”
48 Enter
50 Tool for talking online 52 Angel dust 55 Knightstick?
57 Colossal head sculptors 59 Setting for John Ford’s “My Darling Clementine”
61 Sarah Palin, by birth 63 ____ Gunderson, sad sack on “The Simpsons”
64 Average
65 White House worker 66 Abandoned
67 Person pretty far up the
corporate ladder 69 Having correct opinions
71 No longer in the company, say 72 Singer/reality TV personality Aubrey 74 What old couches tend
to do
75 ____ up on (conspiring
against)
76 It lacks locks 78 Credit-card provider,
e.g.
80 Theft preventer … or
theft encourager 81 Equal
82 Mushroom makers 84 R.&R. by oneself 86 H.S.-level exam 87 Smooch
88 Vinick’s portrayer on
“The West Wing” 90 Searcher for “the lost
village,” in film 92 Catalyst
95 “Told you so!” 98 Accountant’s list
101 Creature also called a
catamount
102 All-inclusive
103 Aggrandize
105 Apple of Discord
thrower
107 Poison victim’s remedy
109 Fidel’s brother
111 Whack
112 Suburb of Minneapolis 113 Blind-side protector, usually, in an offensive line
114 Chaucer’s tongue 116 Brings up a menu with
a PC mouse
117 Waters and Kennedy 118 Aisle’s head?
119 Disavows
120 Juicy bits, in slang 121 Item for a cafeteria
worker
122 Whim
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1 “The Late Show” airer 2 Reindeer moss, e.g. 3 Glowing
4 News highlights 5 Nudge
6 La preceder
7 Rapper with the 4x platinum album “Views” 8 Charts again
9 Fin
10 Boneless cut
11 Huey, Dewey and Louie,
e.g.
12 Brangelina was one 13 Gliding step, in ballet 14 Wings, to zoologists 15 Grand pooh-bahs 16 Russian film director
Tarkovsky 17 Threaten to fall
18 They may be unforced 21 Many profs
26 Think over 30 Bedfellow 31 Contribute to a radio
show
33 Syringe sensations 36 Lavish with attention 38 They provide backing
for churchgoers 39 Sight at a red-carpet
event
41 Director Guillermo
____ Toro
44 City SSW of Seattle 45 Fictional woodcutter 46 Was belligerent 47 Debt-ridden 49 Coming-out words 51 Vulgar sort 52 Indulging (oneself) in
self-satisfaction 53 Rhythm
54 Vowed
56 Neglected one, stereotypically 58 Bourgeoisie 60 Mezzo-soprano, for female voices 62 Rescues a foundling,
say
64 Smooth transition 67 Yoga equipment 68 Line to a pilot? 70 Figures out
73 “Is that so?”
75 [That’s painful!]
77 Fox neighbor
78 Part of a chain
79 Many “Star Trek” characters, for short 83 Home of the highest
point in Africa 85 Cry to a sled dog 87 Where teams that have little-to-no chance of winning are found 89 Inhabitant of the ocean’s benthic zone
91 Profiting from the misfortunes of others 92 Treated with malice 93 Transform, as larvae 94 Actor Don
96 Cult leader killed in the
Waco siege 97 Sibelius’s “Valse ____” 99 One of the Nixon
daughters
100 Fishing item
102 Part of a dead man’s
hand
104 Onetime tool for
talking online 106 Full of lip
108 First word in a Shakespeare title
110 Hybrid citrus
112 Home of Zeno and Parmenides
115 Roadside stop
116 405, to Flavius