Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
1 Pit-of-thestomach feeling
5 Fastidious to a fault
9 Wedding walkways
14 Literary heroine Jane
15 Entertainment district in London’s West End
16 Watts of “Mulholland Drive”
17 Seat on a ship
19 Robust brew
20 Get through to
21 Pool of money
23 Start to scream or shout?
26 Sing like Tom
Waits 28 Phrased
32 “The missing link”
34 Word with raising or splitting
36 Commercial lead-in to Clean
37 Domesticated 38 Fit of wild emotion
40 Natalie Wood’s role in 1961’s “West Side Story”
41 Foundation
42 Capitol Hill staffers
43 Bet the family farm, so to speak
45 Instrument found in a post office or grocery
46 Reddit Q&A
47 Major provider of scholarships, in brief
48 Look through a window, say 49 Like bananas and banana slugs
51 Orangishbrown gem
53 Otolaryngologist, familiarly
54 Make fun of
56 Error’s counterpart
58 Components of a rosary
61 More often than not
66 More than enough
67 We: Fr.
68 Big Ten school
69 Holiday dependent on the lunisolar calendar
70 [Ignore that edit]
71 Train tracks
1 With 2-Down, money-saving flight option, often
2 See 1-Down
3 Certain line segment
4 Hockey feint
5 Receptacle near a firepit
6 ___ Ark
7 Offering on a
sushi menu
8 Mayor Lightfoot of Chicago
9 Yet to come
10 Mythological being with a horse’s tail
11 Facilities in England
12 Prey for a dingo
13 Command that might precede “Shake!”
18 One might have the disclaimer “Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.” 22 Dipsticks 23 Erode
24 “Stop! I’ve heard quite enough!”
25 Formative 27 Science that deals with the phenomenon spelled out by
10 missing letters in this puzzle
29 “Is it worth the risk?”
30 Do great at
31 ___ collar (iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg neckwear at the Smithsonian)
33 Part of a coconut that can be shredded
35 Clarification words for a speller
38 “Freeze!”
39 Along with lentils, one of the two main ingredients in idli
41 Exposed, as a cover
44 One giving a wake-up call
45 Hyundai Sonata, for one
48 Certain ecclesiastic
50 Punch bowl go-with
52 Quibble
55 Some antique collectibles
57 Princess whose brother is not a prince
58 Meadow call
59 Ambulance letters
60 Well-suited
62 “Kidding!”
63 Father of une princesse
64 Saddler’s tool
65 ___ Américas