Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Note: When this puzzle is finished, read the circled letters roughly clockwise, starting with the first letter of 68-Across, to spell the name of an appropriate landmark.
Across
1 “Star ___ Beyond” (2016 film)
5 “Are you interested in doin’ this?” 10 Livens (up) 14 Harvard’s
archrival 15 Taking a nap,
say
16 “Night” author
Wiesel 17 Downtown 68-Across attraction 20 Without guaranteed payment
21 Big brand
of glue 22 Vientiane’s
country
24 ___ B’rith 25 Spiked medieval clubs
28 Mai ___
(cocktail) 30 March 17 honoree, for short 34 Starting from 35 Bamboo-eating
bear 37 Stubborn animal 38 Gold, frankincense or myrrh, for baby Jesus 39 Soda bottle measure 40 Grade A items in the dairy aisle 41 Clumsy person 42 68-Across baseball player 44 Devour 45 2,000 pounds 47 French edict city 49 Mathematician whose name sounds like a fuel ship 51 Fills to capacity 52 Trash or compost 54 Suffix with real or surreal 56 Tree’s support system 59 “What’d you say?” 60 Pancakeflipping implement 63 Large tea container 64 Answer at the altar 65 Ship featured in a 1997 megafilm 66 Actress Vardalos 67 Move really fast 68 City that’s the subject of this puzzle 69 Pomeranian, e.g.
Down 1 Spell-checker target 2 Common 68-Across forecast 3 Antlered animals 4 Liberal’s favorite road sign? 5 Radioer’s word after “Roger” 6 Santa ___ winds 7 “The Voice” airer 8 Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham 9 Some slogan writers 10 Chivalrous offer 11 Sommer of 1960s-’70s films 12 Waterfront 68-Across location 13 Dips below the horizon 18 Small, spherical vegetables 19 “Woe is me!” 23 It goes from one story to another 24 Obama’s veep 25 Mr. ___ (nearsighted toon) 26 From east of the Urals 27 Business on every block in 68-Across, so it’s said 29 Opposed to 31 Body of water that 68-Across is on
32 Fish tank buildup 33 Exams 35 Vehicle with wings and a nose 36 Gladiator fight site 42 Pesters repeatedly 43 Hurry of modern life 46 King who died in his late teens 48 “The Matrix” hero 50 Cowboy’s rope 51 Fire-eating, for one 52 Expert, informally 53 Automaker with a four-ring logo 55 On-base percentage, e.g. 57 Half of a sextet 58 Stocking problem 61 Dessert divided into slices 62 ___ Wayne, rapper with the #1 hit “Lollipop”