Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 0325
Across
1 Break down
fully
8 They might help with the dishes
15 Adage attributed to Virgil’s “Eclogue X” 17 Not be completely open with everyone, to put it mildly 18 Letters seen on N.F.L. scoreboards between 1995 and 2015 19 Unless, to a
lawyer
20 Kids’ rhyme
starter
21 “___ sight” 23 “Fiddlesticks!” 26 4.92892 ml 27 Where to see license plates that say “Greatest Snow on Earth” 28 Encrusts 30 Gray, in a way 31 Alternative to
an autocamp 33 Exam where 100 is not a perfect score 35 Dreaded words
from a teacher 36 Stew over, say 37 Loses
41 Crown topper 43 Prepares to
take off 44 Sacked out 47 Car with opensource patents 49 Org. that was the subject of a 2021 Supreme Court antitrust ruling 50 Maude’s widower on “The Simpsons” 51 Minimal
change 52 Palindromic
title 54 Traditional 20th wedding anniversary gift
56 Goddess of
fertility
58 Chill
60 Mantra in the face of criticism 64 Conceitedly
dogmatic 65 Cause for
concern 66 What father
knows best?
Down
1 Pandora
releases
2 Like some
confrontations 3 Judge
4 ___ school 5 Defeatist’s wail 6 Group of signs 7 Nephew of Cain
and Abel 8 Difficulty 9 Member of the order Anguilliformes 10 Something to
believe in 11 Man is one 12 Puts on a coat 13 Mischief-prone 14 Somnolent 16 “I just need to know this one thing …” 22 Like many crossword puzzles (though not this one) 24 Spin, as old
yarn?
25 Deploy 27 Speakers’
hesitations 29 Aces,
of a sort 30 Within
reach 32 Canadian band with the 1999 top 10 hit “Steal My Sunshine” 34 Boomer that went bust, in brief
38 Really dig 39 The sun’s is approximately 865,370 miles 40 Govt. org. since
1946
42 Cleared one’s
cookies? 44 Something that’s thrown out while using it
45 Act one’s
age
46 Minced words,
say
48 Key of Beethoven’s “Für Elise” 51 Winter air 53 The crane pose, for one 55 Squishy
material 57 Short cut 59 What some dropouts go on to get, in brief 61 Rest area 62 ___ economy 63 Baleful?