Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Yard, nautically
5 Desire for a ski jumper
13 ___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph)
14 “Knock it off!,” in question form
15 Since
16 Classic airplane snack
17 General term in a series
18 Number in a count
19 Change, as a lock
20 One in a million, so to speak
22 Journalism inits. since 1851
23 One way to travel the world
24 Lines from a rapper, in slang
26 Milk option
29 Earth-based pigment
30 Likely hyperbole from a texter
32 Equipment in hockey, lacrosse and pickleball
34 What one might look at the night sky with
38 ___ Lingus
39 Badge holder
40 Spanish geographical word that is an anagram of its English translation
41 “Woo-hoo!,” in online shorthand
43 Pronoun functioning as an object (not a subject!)
45 “Give me five!”
46 Half full?
48 “Dig in, everyone”
50 Tropical vine
53 Work from, as a desk
54 Purple ___, Hawaiian crop
56 Bookie?
58 ___ bottles (popular gummy candy)
59 Bad press, say
60 Event at high noon
61 Occasion to recite the Pledge of Allegiance
62 Button usually held down by a pinkie
Down
1 Word after life or C
2 One whose work might be a piece of cake?
3 Bit of attire seldom worn with a jacket
4 One you might beseech to get glasses
5 Term for an overly commercialized celebration
6 At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth
7 Bill concerned with science communication
8 Become barren
9 Synchronize with
10 Arctic native
11 Speck
12 Handmade goods site
14 One on the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land
16 Lose tautness
18 What stubbles may become
21 Lurch
22 Warning letters with a Reddit link
23 ___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played
25 Canapé topper
27 “Don’t even think of coming back!”
28 Nephalist
31 Part of a biblical plague
33 Trick question, e.g.
35 Housework?
36 There or thereabouts
37 2022 Jordan Peele film
42 Actress Malick
44 Hands (out)
47 West Coast N.F.L.’er
49 Damage the reputation of
50 Tibetan title
51 Experimental composer Charles
52 Supports
53 Set ___
55 Common place to see Santa
57 Fade away
58 Public health org.