Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

- Eric Bornstein

Across

1 Home of Pago Pago 6 Muscles that get “crunched” in crunches 9 [Oh, well] 13 Things that go off when there’s danger 16 Other: Sp. 17 Where to go for a fill-up 18 Mets’ venue before Citi Field 19 Regarding 20 ___ San Lucas (Mexican resort city) 21 Member of a tough crowd, say

22 Firm place to plant your feet 24 “That sounds fun to me!” 28 “Auld ___ Syne” 29 Tuesday, in Toulouse 30 Ancient carver of stone heads in Mesoameric­a 33 Move on a pogo stick 36 Viewing options popularize­d in the 1990s 39 ___ card (smartphone insert) 40 Beefcakes 41 Doesn’t win 42 H2O, south of the border 44 “So’s your mama!,” for one

45 Cash or stock, e.g. 50 Child’s counterpar­t 51 Witty remark 52 “I’ll get right ___” 56 Christmas carol 57 The terrible twos, e.g. (one hopes!) … or the start of 17-, 22-, 36- or 45-Across? 59 Protected, at sea

60 Floral garland 61 “Money ___ everything” 62 Opposite NNW 63 Halves of quarts

Down

1 Long story 2 “What a shame!” 3 What a sail is tied to 4 Approximat­ely 5 Quantity: Abbr. 6 “I was with my girlfriend all evening,” e.g. 7 Donation to the Red Cross

8 Info in a data breach: Abbr. 9 “Leaving already?” 10 “That seemed right to me, too”

11 Like most vegetation 12 Keep everything for oneself 14 Breakfast sizzler 15 And others: Abbr. 21 “Charming” jewelry? 22 What a skinny-dipper lacks

23 Kind of club for singers 24 Little rapscallio­ns 25 Home of Timbuktu 26 Theatrical sort

27 Takes too much, in brief 30 Buckeyes’ sch. 31 12, for 1/3, 1/4 and 1/6: Abbr.

32 “The Marvelous ___ Maisel” 34 On top of 35 Surreptiti­ous sound during an exam 37 Slightly 38 Word repeated in “Waste ___, want ___” 43 Throat

44 Give back to 45 Hawaiian porch 46 “Golden” things in the Bible

47 Light blue shades 48 Actress Essman of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” 49 Takes a chair 52 “Huh, funny running into you!” 53 Indian flatbread 54 “That true?” 55 Bills with Alexander Hamilton on them 57 Attys.’ degrees 58 Drug also known as angel dust

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