Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
50 YEARS ON By Jason Mueller
and Jeff Chen / Edited by Will Shortz ACROSS 1 Org. whose workers
can be a little frisky? 4 Meager
9 Charged
14 Picture framer’s aid 17 Bad things for
astronaut suits to have 19 Part of a broadcast feed 20 On the qui vive 21 Second-largest of
the Hawaiian Islands 22 “However,” in textspeak 23 Name of a sea
first visited in 1969 25 Pot starter
26 World capital
near the 60th parallel 27 What mattresses
and spirits may do 28Signs of nervousness 29 Good name
for a fishmonger? 30 Gaming neophyte
31 Kind of diet
33 They don’t keep their
thoughts to themselves 36 Two tablespoons
37 W.W. II zone: Abbr. 38 End of a rope
40 Sean who played
Rudy in “Rudy”
42 La-la lead-in
43 Certain seafood delicacy 44 Attention
45 Not as one 49 Appropriately palindromic reply to “Madam, I’m Adam” 50 Someone who might engage in a hobby with some frequency? 51 Bit of media hoopla 53 Words of Jesus
55 “Great” birds
57 Hillary who
climbed Everest
59 The Notorious ____ (Supreme Court nickname)
60 Possible response
to “No, you’re not” 62 Skin-care brand 64 Classic place to hide
money
67 “Je t’____”
70 Suave competitor 71 Newsmaker of July 1969 72 Weeper of myth 73 Relating to the kidneys 74 Santa ____, Calif. 75 Where I go “when my baby smiles at me,” in song
76 Bartender’s supply 77 Necessity for
going online, in brief 79 Passed
83 Loopy cursive letters 84 “There was
no other choice!” 87 Deactivate
88 Request for a cold one 92 Bottom-dwelling
fish that lack fins 94 “____ NewsHour” 95 Wizards, but not witches 96 Place to get a shot 97 Amenities at some hotels 100 Understanding
102 The last Pope Julius 103 ____ Stic (pen brand) 105 Hawk snake
frog insect, e.g. 109 Summer pest
110 Announcement
of July 1969
115 “A-O.K. for launch!”
117 Do-nothing’s state
118 Trojan warrior in the
“Iliad”
121 What’s gotten
into your head
122 Represented in sheet
music
123 1980s TV’s “Remington
____”
124 Carol Brady and Camilla
Parker Bowles, for two 125 Scruffs
126 Binoculars attachment DOWN
1 Ticket issuers
2 Straddles
3 Long-distance
traveler of 1969
4 800 things?
5 One putting on a show 6 “What goes up must
come down” and others 7 Diarist Anaïs
8 Chef’s hat
9 Mrs. Gorbachev
10 Totally
11 Some sound
effects in westerns 12 Performer
13 Texter’s sign-off 14 Achievement of 1969 15 Dictator
16 Rafter connectors 18 Unconventional home
in a nursery rhyme 21 English football
powerhouse, to fans 24 Strike caller
32 What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle 34 Regan’s father
35 French comic actor
Jacques
36 What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in another corner of this puzzle 39 Third-largest of
the Hawaiian Islands 41 Composer Charles 46 Domain of a
municipal department 47 Extent
48 Wild party
52 Capital of South Australia 53 Dressed up
54 Dangerous substance that smells like bitter almonds
56 Receiver
with a crystal
58 Org. with an Inspiration Award and an Award of Valor
61 So
62 Big inits. in news 63 Wrath
65 Nationality seen
in most of Romania 66 Superman’s father
68 Stat for which Hank Aaron holds the alltime record
69 Common Market inits. 78 Sport that players are not allowed to play lefthanded 80 Nile biter
81 One waiting in
line at an airport 82 Network with “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”
83 Goes out
84 Apple on a desk
85 Pitch
86 Comes clean about 89 Member of a popular package delivery service
90 Mother of Hermes 91 Release
93 Tough job
for a mover, maybe 95 “Peter Pan” dog 98 Access an account 99 Convinced of
100 Fuels (up)
101 Angered
104 ____ Weizmann, first
president of Israel 106 Dirty mouth?
107 Economy
108 Test taker’s
downfall, perhaps 109 “The Maids”
playwright Jean
111 Obstacles to teamwork 112 Very long time
113 “Illmatic” rapper
114 People with badges:
Abbr.
115 Part of the foot between
the toes and the ankle 116 Mr. Turkey
119 ____ mode
120 Mo. in 1962 in which J.F.K. gave his “We choose to go to the moon” speech