Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Possesses 4 Grape-Nuts or Apple Jacks 10 Ewe’s offspring 14 Man’s name that’s an investment spelled backward 15 Pumpkin color 16 Revered one 17 Pot’s cover 18 Traditional night for partying 20 Side of a diamond 22 Thomas ___, “Rule, Britannia” composer 23 Bowling target 24 Texas landmark to “remember” 27 Sampled 29 Curved Pillsbury item 33 Misplace 34 “The Way We ___” 35 “Yeah, right!” 39 Pie ___ mode 40 Detectives 42 Batman portrayer Kilmer 43 Deserve 45 ___-Pacific (geopolitical region) 46 Something to click online 47 Ones calling the plays 50 Teeter-totter 53 Walk with a swagger 54 Every last drop 55 Parade spoiler 58 “Piece of cake” or “easy as pie” 61 40-hour-a-week work 65 Guadalajara gold 66 Actress Falco of “Nurse Jackie” 67 “Hot” Mexican dish
68 Prefix with natal or classical 69 Clarinet or sax 70 Crossed home plate, say
71 One who might follow into a family business
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1 50% 2 Song for a diva 3 Early TV comic known for “Your Show of Shows” 4 Popular cold and flu medicine 5 “But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight …” 6 Uncooked 7 One-named Irish singer 8 Ending with golden or teen 9 Makeshift shelter 10 Fleur-de-___ 11 Highly capable 12 Multiplex offering
13 Mix 19 Kingdoms 21 “Anything ___?” 25 Whimper like a baby 26 Like most Bluetooth headsets 28 Underhanded 29 Tight-lipped sort
30 Part to play 31 Be confident in 32 Fixes, as shoelaces 36 Forcible removals, as of tenants 37 Pull hard 38 Civic-minded group 40 Fictional mouse
___ Little 41 Male deer 44 Mensa stats 46 Lavish praise on 48 Hangs around for
49 Gave some money under the table 50 More secure 51 Give the slip 52 Actress Kemper of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” 56 Apple on a desk 57 Pixar’s “Finding ___” 59 Nabisco snack since 1912 60 It has phases that are represented by the starts of 18-, 29-, 47and 61-Across … and by 1-Down 62 Was in front 63 Pickle holder 64 Bullfight cheer