Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Say “Yeah, I can make it,” say
5 [Ask me what’s wrong]
9 Pitt of “The Big Short” 13 Scannable symbols on store items, for short
14 2017 Best Play winner 15 Mark’s replacement 16 Will Smith’s costar in 1995’s “Bad Boys” 19 Some airport times: Abbr. 20 Like most clown wigs 21 Last word of a fairy tale 22 Hon, modernstyle
23 Part of a phone plan 24 Two-legged stands 25 Tantrum 26 Madrid’s country, on Olympic scoreboards 27 ___ fides 28 Like the Nikkei and Hang Seng indexes
30 It uses clicks in lieu of paddles 32 Decorates with some rolls, for short 35 There are two, as the expression goes, in each of 16- and 55-Across 36 Part of a golf cup 37 There’s one, as the expression goes, in 5- and 27-Down 39 “The Matrix” hero
40 ___ Xtra (soda) 41 Traffic cone 42 Sports category prefix 44 “Help me, ___-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope” 46 Source of Manchego cheese 47 Cafe
50 Band whose name sounds like a vegetable 51 Fish ladder site 52 Remove ID from, as a Facebook picture 53 Look stunned 54 Lots of 55 Physicist who won a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom 58 Nursery item 59 One way to stand
60 First word of a fairy tale 61 Stripe
62 Half of a two-volume directory 63 Collection of highlights or bloopers
Down 1 Popular ice cream flavor 2 Little extra poundage 3 Betamaxes, e.g. 4 S.F. winter clock setting 5 Line of Japanese smartphones 6 Where one might be marooned 7 Content 8 Question asked in befuddlement 9 Part of a Whopper 10 Approach quickly
11 Like a rainbow 12 Movers and shakers 17 13th, maybe 18 It often occurs following a car wash, seemingly 19 Classic Britcom 23 Hamiltons 24 “Whew!” 27 Tropical houseplant 29 Animal lovers’ program 31 Chest protector 33 Performance that requires a lot of upper body strength 34 Figure whose wings melt in the sun 37 Prepare to pin the tail on the donkey, say 38 Decepticons, in the Transformers universe 40 Golf ___ 43 Frustrated exclamation 45 Be in development 47 Unsuccessful draft picks, in sports lingo 48 Opening 49 Have the tiller 50 “The Two Fridas” artist 53 Little annoyance 54 “You can’t have that!” 56 Second letter before iota 57 Two-nation peninsula: Abbr.