Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

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Across

1 Big affair 5 Disarray 9 Certain Mideast native 14 Range, e.g. 16 Panache 17 Painful spa treatment 18 Literally, “dwarf dog” 19 Skunk’s defense 21 Workplace inspection org. 22 Avid fan of a Stephenie Meyer young adult series 26 Company 28 Last name in punk rock 29 Halley’s comet, to William the Conqueror 30 Usually partnered conjunctio­n 32 Closing question 34 Your, of yore 36 B-school applicant’s hurdle 37 Shakes off 39 Wine center near Turin 40 “Otherwise …” 42 Line at a dance 44 No-goodnik 45 ___ nitrate (diesel fuel additive) 47 Rude reply 48 Serengeti stampeders 50 Held high 51 Powerful person 52 Peter of “The Lion in Winter” 54 Get ready for a Mr. Universe competitio­n, say 56 Promoting fair competitio­n, in a way 61 Letter in the Greek or NATO alphabet 62 One who illegally ignores orders 63 Hitherto 64 Pizza joint in “Do the Right Thing” 65 Short and sweet sign-off

Down

1 Hunky-dory 2 Prefix with cycle 3 E-ZPass site: Abbr. 4 Noah Webster, collegiate­ly 5 Busing supervisor­s 6 Single 7 Many a digitaliza­tion 8 “American Pie,” e.g. 9 U.S. Army E-7 10 Hard to reach 11 Heraldic charge indicating supposed illegitima­te birth 12 Promptly 13 It might have a cadenza 15 Off the deep end 20 Spectral quality 22 Like many Shakespear­e plays 23 “Feel good” sensations 24 “Are you kidding me?!” 25 Manual 27 Shell filling 29 Onetime Los Angeles center 31 Pulled (in) 33 “Goodness gracious!” 35 ___ couture 38 “Finlandia” composer 41 Gravel alternativ­e 43 Small mammals that secrete a musk used in perfumes 46 Leader mentioned in the Beatles’ “Revolution” 49 ___ force 50 Texter’s “Too funny!” 51 Closing bars 53 Service designatio­n 55 Overly rehearsed 57 Andy’s dinosaur in “Toy Story” 58 Not quite nada 59 Evening hour 60 End of a match, for short

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