Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 0914
Across 1 Differences between colors 12 Duchamp contemporary 15 “Well, what do you know?!” 16 Accessory for Miss Piggy 17 Six-time Grammy winner who is half of the group Gnarls Barkley 18 Some buzzer followers, for short
19 End of a count?
20 Toil and trouble 21 MTV toon teen 23 Reebok rival
24 Most clipped 25 “Fiddler on the Roof” setting 28 Embarrassed 29 Net ___ 30 Establish 31 Shorts go-with 32 Still vying 33 Bits of sweat 34 Offensive line 35 Natl. Library Card Sign-Up Month 36 Desktop accessories 37 Novelist Ephron 38 Course outline 40 Helen who helped establish the 46-Down 41 School copier, maybe 42 Minute Rice instruction 43 Like Mercury vis-à-vis Mars 44 Future reporter 45 Shepard of “Parenthood” 48 Darth Vader’s boyhood nickname 49 Type unprofessionally 52 Sleep study acronym 53 “Hallelujah!” 54 Change the locks? 55 “Brilliant!”
Down 1 Extensive 2 Reddit Q&A sessions, briefly 3 Circlers at airports 4 Oocyte, e.g. 5 Rest on, as chances 6 Register 7 Where Hercules slew the lion 8 Some Pontiacs 9 Night that “Friends” aired: Abbr. 10 Distant stars? 11 Led 12 Supercilious 13 Spit spot 14 Become legally certified 22 “My baby at my breast,” to Shakespeare’s Cleopatra 23 Boba ___, “Star Wars” bounty hunter 24 Sounds of failure 25 Leafy vegetable related to a beet
26 1974 Abba hit 27 Mazurka meter 28 Individually wrapped hotel amenities 30 Pelvis-patella connector 33 Member of the 1920s Murderers’ Row
34 Bout ender 36 Grounds for a 15-yard penalty 37 Tragic heroine of Irish legend 39 Muscle used in pull-ups, briefly 40 Sarah who hosted the podcast “Serial” 42 Support pieces 44 Saves or assists 45 Liter lead-in 46 See 40-Across 47 Classic Jaguars 50 D.O.D. division
51 , e.g.