Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Matches,
as a bet
5 Suffix with
bachelor
9 Miss
13 Pinball game
ender 14 Keisters 16 Mozart’s “Se vuol ballare,” for one
17 Neck of the
woods
18 Very, in music 19 “Darn it all!” 20 Practical sort … or anagram #1 of the only seven letters used to make this puzzle 22 Ballpark gates 24 Times when the French go en vacances 25 Chasing Moby
Dick, say 26 Brightest 1-Down in Aquila
29 Big celeb … or
anagram #2 32 Bollywood
wraps 33 Formal
ceremonies 34 One of a pair of map coordinates: Abbr. 36 Awaken 37 Tennis great
Monica 38 Meter maid
of song 39 Asian new year 40 Animals rounded up in a roundup 41 Foodie, e.g. 42 Sells (for) …
or anagram #3 44 Standing still 45 The black square chunk in front of 55-, 60- and 63-Across, and others
46 Actor Morales 47 Zionist’s
homeland 50 More coarse … or anagram #4
54 Social reformer
Jacob 55 Californie
and others 58 “Dies ___” 59 Vogue rival 60 U. S. Grant
rival 61 “He’d fly through the air with the greatest of ___” (old song lyric) 62 Suffix with
prank or poll 63 “___ we
forget …” 64 Concordes,
for short
Down
1 Sky light 2 Blarney
Stone land 3 Zeno’s home 4 Result of poor
ventilation 5 Pink Pearl,
for one 6 Things graded by 7-Down
7 See 6-Down 8 1970s political cause, for short 9 It may be thrown from a horse
10 ___ Sea (former fourthlargest lake in the world) 11 Babylon, for the ancient Hanging Gardens
12 Lip 15 Fraidy-cats 21 “That so?” 23 Thomas Hardy
heroine
25 Take up or let
out
26 Admin. aide 27 “See ya” 28 Like the invitation line “Be there or be square” 29 Roger formerly
of Fox News 30 Crème de la
crème 31 Deserves V.I.P.
treatment 33 Predigital
film units 35 Piquant
37 Ben of
“Tower Heist” 38 They come along once in a blue moon 40 Store window
sign 41 List-ending
abbr. 43 Come-on 44 How tableware
is often sold 46 ___ Park, Colo. 47 Seriously vexes 48 Delta deposit 49 Vex
51 Nest eggs for the golden yrs.
52 Big ___
Conference 53 Roger who played a part on “Cheers” 56 Certain util.
bill
57 Stein filler