Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 “Caught you!” 7 Rapidly
increase in size 15 Britain, Spain
or France, once 16 Shrub used to
make tea 17 Bachelorette
party attendee 18 *Seek
surreptitiously 19 Author Kingsley 20 Under the
weather 22 Faculty heads 23 Mormon’s
donation
25 Got ready to
run? 28 Woman’s name that’s an anagram of a European native 30 Stylish,
’60s-style
31 All the rage 34 Maker of Team USA swimsuits 37 Nada
38 Comic strip
opossum 39 *Fight imaginary enemies 42 “Such a
shame!” 43 Clearance item holder
44 “For sure!” 45 Deep desire 46 Ashen 47 Occasion to
dress up 48 Intestines’
locale 50 Airheaded 54 Hard effort,
metaphorically 57 “The Cask of Amontillado” writer 59 “Toodle-oo!” 60 *Baseball throw that might thwart a squeeze play 63 Captain Ahab,
e.g. 65 “Regrettably,
it’s true” 66 Coleridge’s
“The ___ Harp” 67 Get wasted 68 Commoners’
superiors
Down
1 Sired 2 So-called “fifth taste” 3 Tricky bowling
situation 4 *Bettors’ aids 5 ___ of Good
Feelings
6 New York’s
Katz’s, for one 7 Burn with
water
8 Indian flatbread 9 “U can’t b
serious!” 10 Joined with a
torch
11 Not be
colorfast
12 ___ Romeo 13 Meaning of “Simba” in Swahili
14 Film director
___ von Trier 21 Grassy expanse 24 Source of medieval Norse poetry 26 Declaration made while anteing up 27 “What’d I
say?!” 29 Halfway
decent
31 Fit to be
canonized 32 Eye hungrily 33 Throw
out
34 Bit of training accompanying “Sit!” and “Speak!” 35 Stack (up) 36 Verve
37 Diarist Anaïs 38 Home to this puzzle’s featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues 40 Improvise,
with “it”
41 Gin rummy
combo 46 ___ reason 47 1960s muscle
car
48 Former colony that’s a gambling mecca 49 Supermodel and actress Kate
51 Shire of
“Rocky” 52 Total bargain 53 Exaggerated
accounts 54 Dustup 55 Surfing aid 56 Raison d’___ 58 Wide-mouthed
jug
61 Tribute that may be urned? 62 Nonprofit grp. that works with the Defense Department 64 “Boo-___!”