Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Make the grade 5 Matchmaking
site since 1997 10 Working hard 14 Introductory
painting class 15 Assign, as
blame
16 Done, in Dijon 17 Hunky-dory 20 ___ Arbor,
Mich.
21 Turkish for
“lord” 22 Borrower’s
letters 23 Perennially strong entrant at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. 24 America, for example, which has a “Cup” named after it 26 Untouchable
one
29 Tennis star
Arthur 30 Off-road
wheels, briefly 31 Screenwriter
Ephron 32 Ladies’ man 34 Stockpiles 36 Victoria and David Beckham, e.g. … or what 17-, 26-, 47- and 57-Across each have, in a way 38 Dangers 40 Sleep clinic
concern 41 SpaceX
founder Musk 42 Found really
neat
43 The Rolling Stones or Smashing Pumpkins 47 Stayed calm 51 Big name in
nail polish 52 Something
that’s definite? 53 Numbskull 54 Canon camera 56 Workout target,
for short
57 Preemployment screening 61 Vision: Prefix 62 Come in
second
63 Cold drink at
Burger King 64 Former C.I.A. director Porter ___ 65 Kills time 66 War vet’s affliction, for short
Down
1 Fruit in som tam salad
2 Sports centers 3 Stem the
flow of
4 [not my
mistake] 5 Picture file
format 6 “Twister” or “San Andreas” film genre 7 Santa ___
winds
8 Gin’s partner 9 Home of
the Ewoks 10 Togo’s home:
Abbr. 11 No-win
situation 12 Briefly
13 “I remember
when …” 18 Bowler, e.g. 19 Stage
signal 25 Katniss Everdeen, in “The Hunger Games” 27 California roll
ingredient 28 Swab analysis
sites
30 Iowa college
town
33 A fly-by-night? 34 Like some
juries 35 Unlock, to
a poet 36 Guards 37 Luxury 38 Natural fuel
source 39 Nickname of the Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán 44 Facet 45 “Uncle!” criers,
maybe 46 Punched out 48 Follow
relentlessly 49 Wrist bones 50 Long past 51 YouTube full-screen mode exit key 55 Laudatory
poetry 58 Boxing victories, briefly
59 Delta competitor: Abbr.
60 Trendy