Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Head of a monastery
6 ___ Carlo (gambling mecca)
11 Corn on the ___
14 Dry heat bath
15 Accessory for a witch
16 Serve up a whopper
17 Traditional end of summer
20 Alternative to Beano
21 Corner pieces in chess
22 Things bullfighters wave
25 “Othello” villain
27 Dare to exceed normal limits
33 Swing clarinetist Shaw
34 Salvador who painted melting watches
35 Most emails offering life insurance policies, say
36 Word after bumper or cable
37 Stray from a topic
40 Brian who was once with Roxy Music
41 Airport guesses, for short
43 Alternative to suspenders
44 Frankly admit something
46 FedEx or DHL
49 Parts of i’s and j’s
50 Tilts
51 Hot dog topping
54 Extreme happiness
56 1967 hit by the Tremeloes suggested by the starts of 17-, 27- and 46-Across
63 Setting for a couples cruise?
64 ___ Gay (W.W. II bomber)
65 Bird on the Mexican flag
66 U.S. airer of “Downton Abbey”
67 Believer in a nonintervening God
68 Many vaccinations
Down
1 Handy way of communicating, in brief?
2 Sound heard in a herd
3 “Listen, ___!”
4 Musical Yoko
5 Aimed at
6 Degrees for C.E.O.s
7 “___ and Crake” (Margaret Atwood novel)
8 This very instant
9 Little piggy
10 Come into view
11 Queen of the Nile, informally
12 Sound from a piggy
13 Places for flowers and oysters
18 Sprinkle, as of salt
19 Some menthol cigarettes
22 Organize, as an exhibition
23 Of the stars
24 ___ Beta Kappa
25 Coves and fjords
26 “We try harder” auto rental company
27 Walked nervously back and forth
28 Lawn-cutting tools
29 Before the due date, say
30 What screen doors usually don’t do
31 Freaks out
32 Be overdramatic
38 “Yeah, right!”
39 Recipients of a welcome sight, proverbially
42 Move crabwise
45 State with the words “Wild Wonderful” on its license plates: Abbr.
47 Said aloud
48 Like the first through fifth grades: Abbr.
51 Crack and redden, as lips
52 Basil or dill
53 Ruffles the feathers of
54 Some toothpastes and hair goops
55 Aspiring atty.’s exam
57 “We’re number ___!”
58 Me, to Miss Piggy
59 Scrooge’s “Phooey!”
60 In the past
61 Diner sandwich, for short
62 “Definitely”