Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 A whole bunch 6 How one may
be loved 12 Pitiful sorts 14 Rubber ducky,
e.g.
15 Ancient region
of central Italy 16 Lead-in 17 Universal
life force 18 ___-repeated 19 Depressed 20 Lead-in to
right or rock 21 Movie theater
pioneer Marcus 23 ___ Gong (Chinese spiritual practice) 25 They may come with silver or gold 26 Of an arm bone 28 “___ folly
to be wise” 29 Diner purchases, for short 30 Towheaded
comics boy 32 Creepy 34 Minneapolis-to-Milwaukee dir. 35 Cowboys may ride off into it 37 Letters of
approval 40 Home
addition? 41 Middle of
the road? 43 Med. insurance
plans
45 Mo 47 Seldom-reviewed
TV show 48 Sub
49 Brought on 51 Words after “Here” and “Away”
52 The Liberty
Tree, for one 53 Misfortune 54 El Orinoco, e.g. 56 Owing
57 The Magi, e.g. 59 One eating you out of house and home? 61 Most svelte 62 Left a burning
impression? 63 Comics character with a big nose 64 Cartoonist’s
aide
Down
1 Squalid places 2 Actress Barbeau of the cult classic “Swamp Thing” 3 Something bad to come down with 4 Snow blower
brand
5 Leave nothing behind? 6 Composer
Copland 7 Hearty
entree
8 Org. with the
Calder Cup 9 Little of children’s literature
10 A whole
bunch
11 Nos in
Novosibirsk 12 Cut off 13 Occupied,
as a table 14 Pretty good
grades 22 Washed-out 24 Opposite of
covers
25 “___ Buttermilk
Sky”
27 Fashion photographer Herb
29 Midge,
for one
31 “Ain’t ___
Sweet”
33 Kind of sleep 36 Like one-star
puzzles
37 Place for
a poker 38 Female issue 39 Ticked off 40 Jack of
“Barney Miller” 42 “Do the ___” (beverage slogan) 43 Bottled up 44 Detective whose first name is Kentaro
46 Roll at a
counter 48 Makes sound 49 Equine 50 Cinque +
cinque 53 Boohoo
55 Part of the escape route in “Casablanca” 58 Density
symbol
60 Jan. honoree