Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Walk heavily
6 Face ___ (app that creates bizarre photos)
10 Successors of VHS tapes
14 Deed holder
15 Leonardo da Vinci’s “___ Lisa”
16 Collect, as profits
17 Group of Washington politicians?
19 Turkish title of honor
20 C.I.A. forerunner
21 Old MacDonald had one
22 Bakery items that may come with lox and cream cheese
24 Lemon twists, e.g.
25 Border on
26 Bit of attire that may have a slogan on it
29 Group of diamond jewelry wearers?
32 Hilarious person
33 State whose flag, with eight gold stars in the shape of the Big Dipper, was designed by a 13-yearold
36 Title word sung 52 times in a 2000 hit by ’N Sync
37 Nonmainstream, as music
39 De-squeak
40 Italian city known as a fashion hub
42 Sunny-side-up item
43 Coastlines
46 Millennials, informally
47 Group of profoundly insightful people?
49 Major Ukrainian port known as the “Pearl of the Black Sea”
51 Urgent request
52 Cruise ship
54 About
56 “You lose”
57 Modeled, as for a portrait
60 Fishing sticks
61 Group of big rig haulers?
64 Artist Vincent van ___
65 Baseball officials, for short
66 Subside
67 “___ doke!”
68 Instruction on a door
69 Vehicles that might have bars and minifridges inside
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1 Manhattan neighborhood above Canal Street
2 Lowest pair in poker
3 Burden
4 ___ amis (my friends: Fr.)
5 Rather have
6 Intelligent
7 Rewards for early birds
8 Tiny hill dweller
9 Revenge 10 Bring back, as a bad memory
11 “Eat your ___!” (parent’s order)
12 Roald who wrote “James and the Giant Peach”
13 Pampering places
18 Angel hair or penne
23 Crosswise, to a sailor
24 Baked Italian dish
26 Made an attempt
27 Lightly burn
28 Mixed bag
29 Spot of land in the ocean
30 Shades of blue used in print cartridges
31 Country that celebrated Obama Day in 2008 34 Pirate’s treasure
35 Broadcast
38 German city in the Ruhr Valley
41 Longtime Disney chief Bob
44 “Careful!”
45 ___ boom (plane effect)
48 Soft toy
50 Turndown
52 Walks with some difficulty
53 “If only that were true …”
54 Jason’s ship, in Greek myth
55 Corner chess piece
57 Con job
58 Intermediate choir voice
59 Golfer’s bagful
62 Relative of an ostrich
63 Slugger’s stat