Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
To mark the 75th anniversary of the New York Times crossword, which debuted in 1942, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword, working together with regular Times puzzle contributors. This collaboration is by the designer and TV host Isaac Mizrahi, together with David J. Kahn, a retired consulting actuary in New York City. This is David’s 172nd crossword for The Times.
ACROSS
1 Little bit 4 Chickenhearted 9 Spur-of-the-moment 13 “Word just got
out …”
19 Funny Gasteyer 20 Offer a thought 21 Shakers’ movement? 22 Loren of “Marriage
Italian-Style”
23 Top limit, for short 24 Flaunt a loose dress at
a soiree?
27 Text changes 29 Mideast royal name 30 Fair-hiring letters 31 Vogue rival 32 Overstuff
33 Title of a fashionindustry seamstress’s tell-all?
38 With 53-Across,
goethite, e.g.
39 N.F.C. North rivals of
the Bears
40 Support under
a tank?
41 “Enrol,” for “enroll”:
Abbr.
42 Ones who fix toys? 43 Grub
44 Flapper wrapper 45 Ideal
49 Chipper greeting 51 Cellphone chip holder 53 See 38-Across 54 Personal guide 56 What some wrap
dresses are?
60 D.C. summer setting 61 ____ pants
62 Plot at home, maybe 63 Fantasy writer Michael
64 “____ who?” 65 Exercise with keys 66 Way off base? 67 Unwanted pressure 69 Bit of a grind
71 Get the gold
72 Author Michael
____ Dyson 74 “Frozen” snow queen 75 Mars vehicle 76 Scatter
77 Like a model’s hairstyle?
81 Calendario opener 82 Argentine article 83 Northern Indiana
county or its seat 84 Kind of pressure 85 Souls
88 French possessive 89 Bundle
92 Shiner
95 Boating aid
96 Civil War inits.
97 Ding maker
98 Kind of street
99 Takes fashion photos using an unorthodox camera angle?
104 More limited
105 “Keep it ____”
106 Bylaw, briefly
107 Plane-related
108 N.B.A. notables Korver and Lowry
109 Shorten some couture dresses?
115 Bach’s Partita
No. 6 ____ Minor 116 Resistant (to)
117 Swift ending for a bad stage performance
118 Chill-inducing, say 119 Writer/critic Hentoff 120 Got the impression 121 Uneasy
122 Ground breaker 123 Chicago rumblers
DOWN
1 Last Scottish king to die
in battle
2 How you might do
something dumb 3 Preferred means of arriving at a fashion show? 4 Some rescues
5 Subj. for CNBC
6 Putin’s peace
7 Stain that’s hard
to remove
8 Keeps from proceeding 9 Loses
10 Order member 11 Klingons, e.g.
12 Tower with many
eaves
13 Suffix with 105
Across
14 Christmas threesome 15 Banned supplement 16 Not worth ____
of beans
17 Go through 18 Historical trivia 25 Vandals
26 ____ party 28 Decagonal
33 A butter alternative 34 Actress Vardalos 35 Little Boy,
e.g., informally
36 Got out of
37 Stud site
44 Dust jacket part,
usually
45 Revenue source for a
magazine
46 Inspects a fashion designer’s offerings?
47 One who says, “I’d like
to have …”
48 AOL alternative 50 Food-prep
class at school 51 Very short climb 52 Chilling, so
to speak
54 Ruins as a dog might 55 Food in the field 56 Cantina treats
57 Top of the world 58 Quattro minus uno 59 Edict
67 “Take it!”
68 Nutmeg State collegian
70 Cry of exasperation 73 Warlords, e.g. 78 Medium-to-poor 79 Ideal
80 Drunk’s problem 84 Cop’s target
86 Cans
87 One may be tipped 89 Goes through 90 Creator of an ancient
pyramid scheme? 91 Ring around
the collar
93 Place for cannons 94 Winter apples 96 Holiday scene
97 You, once
99 Some Latinas: Abbr. 100 Pitch
101 Like some floors 102 Order member 103 Long-winded
108 Leg bender
110 Advantage
111 ____ Xing
112 Put in, as hours
113 Glass on
public radio
114 Suffix with fact