Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 What lava becomes after an eruption
6 The “S” of L.S.U.
11 Number of provinces in Canada
14 Relative by marriage
15 “This ___ to do the trick”
16 Pub brew
17 Pizza feature for a specialized diet
20 Nay’s opposite
21 College official
22 Gossiping types
23 Products of Pilot and Bic
24 Lead-in to girl or boy
25 River beneath
37 Parisian bridges
27 Pain
28 Lucy of “Charlie’s Angels”
31 Five, in French
32 Classic arcade game set in outer space
34 Take on a position, along with its responsibilities
37 Cleaned, as a window
38 Storage for garden tools
39 Sticky part of a gecko
40 Dress like, for a costume party, say
41 Contemptuous look
43 Soccer great Mia
44 Iota
45 Eastern place of worship
48 James who played Sonny Corleone
49 Letters on a bottle of tanning lotion
52 Lacking any moral compass
55 Year, in Spain
56 “Cleanup on ___ 5!”
57 ___ noir (wine)
58 “Affirmative!”
59 Los Angeles N.B.A. player
60 What lava is before an eruption
Down
1 Latvia’s capital
2 Solitary
3 Aid in solving a mystery
4 Dennings of “2 Broke Girls”
5 Land between Norway and Finland
6 Couches
7 Word before “the tables” or “the tide”
8 Grow older
9 Nonbinary pronounpair
10 “… and the list goes on”
11 Opposite of loose
12 Disney princess voiced by Idina Menzel
13 Safeguards for tightrope walkers
18 Official bird of Hawaii
19 Genetic “messenger”
23 Excite, as curiosity
24 Played a part on stage
25 One-named R&B singer with the 1999 6x platinum album “Unleash the Dragon”
26 Follow shortly thereafter
27 Volcanic emissions
28 Thin and graceful
29 One just passing time
30 Secondhand
31 Group in a playbill
32 Starting squad
33 Arrival
35 Business announcement involving billions of dollars
36 It’s all about me, me, me
41 Former Iranian leader
42 Prime-time hour
43 Sweltering
44 One piece of evidence of a planet’s habitability
45 Address God
46 Top-notch
47 Classic Pontiac muscle cars
48 Rapper J. ___
49 Serenade, e.g.
50 Big night for a high schooler
51 Crumbly salad cheese
53 Chastising syllable
54 “Zero Dark Thirty” org.