Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Kitchen drawer?
4 Rum-drinking buddy
9 First sub-Saharan country to obtain independence from colonial rule
14 Like
15 Produce some chuckles, say
16 M.L.B. career leader in total bases
17 Wager one’s sculpture of the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus?
19 Napkins and such
20 Stacked quarters?: Abbr.
21 Broad-leaved endive
23 Hired vehicle that’s only as big as a potato crisp?
27 Cabinet head: Abbr.
28 “So long”
32 Flight
35 Secures, as a job
38 “From ___ down to Brighton, I must have played them all” (“Pinball Wizard” lyric)
39 What you might say upon seeing 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across?
43 What to expect
44 Out of the way
45 Locale of Rome and Syracuse: Abbr.
46 It takes a toll
49 Corn syrup brand
51 One-millionth of a meter along a spiritual path?
57 What might help you beat the heat?
60 Brand once promoted as “The reincarnation of tea”
61 As expected
62 Inst. of higher learning dedicated to the statistical analysis of young sheep?
66 Often-animated greeting
67 Walk
68 Embrace fully
69 Mouthful?
70 Is a canary
71 ___ in Nancy
Down
1 Filler for une pipe
2 ___-null (the number of natural numbers)
3 Actress Lupone
4 It has dots for spots
5 Cher, e.g.
6 Election day: Abbr.
7 Lauder making some blush
8 Brewer’s agent
9 It contains dwarfs and giants
10 Most frighteningly dangerous
11 It flows through Florence
12 Time of good cheer
13 Frank with a diary
18 Not what Indiana joneses for
22 Certain wine order, informally
24 Convince
25 Suffix with egotist
26 Words With Friends developer
29 Twelve
30 “Goodness sakes!”
31 Heavy burdens
32 Conversation piece
33 The whole shebang
34 Fig. on a window (and, with luck, not through the roof)
36 Quinn and Quincy: Abbr.
37 Japanese watchmaker
40 Do-it-yourselfers
41 Answer to the riddle “What cheese is made backward?”
42 Russell of “The Americans”
47 Ally of the Brat Pack
48 Box on a questionnaire
50 Twice tetra52 Angles
53 Game company with an onlineonly museum
54 Double-cross, maybe
55 Longtime director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
56 Adjective and adverb, for two
57 Opposite sides
58 Inti worshiper
59 Some old TVs
63 Game pieces
64 Catch
65 One whose office has an opening to fill?: Abbr.