Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
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1 Twitter label for top hashtags 7 Relative of a histogram 15 Currency of Indonesia 16 Had a midday break 17 Tough nut to crack 18 Explanation for the existence of evil in God’s presence 19 Do without 20 Money, in slang 21 Care package sender, often 22 White House family of the early 20th century 23 Contest 24 Store window sign 25 Billion-dollar Procter & Gamble brand 26 Country album? 29 What a relief! 31 ___ kick 32 Yielding 33 Where BMW is headquartered
36 “Live well” sloganeer 37 Subject that encompasses net neutrality 39 Central to, with “of” 43 It comes to light
44 Put on display, with “out” 45 Product of transcription 46 Certain Afrocentrist, informally 47 One making a malicious attack, maybe 48 Pore over 50 Ditch
51 Zoo attraction 53 Capable of handling the task 54 Best-selling studio album of all time (33x platinum) 55 Hold tight 56 Something U and I have in common 57 Evans who was the 2009-10 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year Down
1 Lullaby locale 2 Goes once around the track
3 It’s worse than a bomb 4 “Sweet dreams!” 5 Olivia de Havilland and Olivia Newton-John, for two 6 Playwright who wrote “All great truths begin as blasphemies” 7 Enemy of the Joker
8 Just behind 9 Dance done to fiddle music 10 Thrombus, more familiarly 11 Cabinet dept. that tracks homelessness
12 Savage 13 Sister brand of 7Up 14 Mint family members 23 Lightning unit 24 What can help you step up your workout routine? 26 Sail-hoisting device 27 Reservation 28 Princess in “The Crown” 30 Bread, in Bologna 33 Woman’s name that becomes another woman’s name when its vowels are switched 34 “Whew!” elicitor
35 Three-pointer? 37 Corn or bean plant, perhaps 38 Cry accompanying a double take 39 Attempts to hit 40 America’s Cup, e.g.
41 Until due 42 Need for teachers across the board 46 Left-facing arrow, in an email
48 Flat part of a flat 49 Extremely popular to a small fan base 50 Channel
52 For ___ (birthday card category)