Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0914

- John Guzzetta

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.

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