Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Jack, but not Jill
5 What a freezer can do, paradoxically
9 Pet safety org.
13 Non-Muppet owner of Hooper’s Store on “Sesame Street”
14 Common default font
16 “Do you mind?!”
17 “Beg your pardo_”
19 Like some wolves
20 ___ Inu (Japanese dog)
21 Smear
22 Features of many “On my way” texts
23 Not digital
26 “Cool beans!”
28 Badly dilapida_ ed
32 “Red” explorer
35 Measurement that can be short or long
36 Ancient marketplace
37 Citrine, for one
38 _ _cretary
41 Former Russian orbiter
42 Fruit eaten on the Jewish New Year
44 ___ system (GPS)
45 Not up
46 Pe_ _ _phone
50 Two early Icelandic literary works
51 Like a certain Dodger
54 Punch ingredient?
56 “As I see it,” to a texter
58 Really bother
60 Grp. that launched 41-Across
61 Championship _ _ _t
64 Quarter follower
65 Elitist sort
66 Baseball’s Marsh or Bohm
67 Creep through cracks
68 Cozy places
69 Gathering, casually
Down
1 Some recyclables
2 ___ shirt (colorful attire)
3 Rushed through the door
4 Valuable resource for the Human Genome Project
5 Steamed bun in Chinese cuisine
6 Something underlined in many bibliographies
7 Total hoot
8 Japanese Olympics city
9 Bargain indicator
10 Ruin a picture of, in a way
11 John of wrestling fame
12 Hawkeye State college town
15 U-shaped instruments
18 El ___ Alto, California redwood that’s more than 1,000 years old
24 Palindromic man’s name
25 Classic Pontiacs
27 Literary character who cries “Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me”
29 Standing upright
30 Creamy cheese
31 Place for a swing set
32 Pulitzerwinning author Jennifer
33 Seized car, for short
34 “Let’s see what you’ve got”
38 More than a want
39 Actress Pinkett Smith
40 Word after blow or bowl
43 Psychedelic journey
45 To the extent that
47 Investment goals
48 Member of a 1970s singing family
49 Resign, with “down”
52 Functional
53 Kicks back
54 To-do
55 “That clears it up”
57 Thin woodwind
59 Meta field
62 Many lifetimes
63 Low-ranking U.S.M.C. officers