Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Three-point letter you won’t find in Scrabble?
4 One of the Pointer Sisters
9 Chips, cookies, etc.
13 Response to “Who’s ready?”
14 Not free
16 Word with square or air
17 Mercury is in this
20 “I’ve got it!”
21 Dangers in the Amazon
22 What subs may sub for
23 Afterword
25 One with many stuffy clients, for short?
26 Mercury might be in this
28 ___ Polo
30 Christmas party?
31 Party in the U.K.
32 Light touches
36 Is insufficient
39 Hipsteresque, say
40 Something posted from an online account
42 ___ nationalism, movement associated with the Baath Party
44 Here we are!
45 The Mercury might be in this
51 Rio or Sorento
52 Have no more in stock
54 Unit of radioactivity
55 Lab report component
57 Doesn’t bother
58 Mercury was in this
61 English poet Wilfred ___
62 Ice cream brand in West Coast supermarkets
63 Prefix with -phyte
64 One’s parents, slangily, with “the”
65 Square
66 Sch. in Texas
Down
1 Chewy, meaty
dog treat 2 Show of
hands? 3 Turkish inn 4 “___ way!”
(“Nice job!”) 5 Reply found backward in “No thanks” 6 Clinch, as a
victory 7 Lethargic 8 Answer to the riddle “What can someone wear that never goes out of style?”
9 Some Feds
10 Choice words
11 Having a neat appearance
12 The 19th Amendment is part of this
14 Reply in which one parent says to go talk to the other parent
15 Bullfight bull
18 Burn the surface of
19 Heated pool?
23 “And so ...”
24 Total hassle
27 Goggle
29 Org. for lawyers
31 Sliceable food purchase
32 Game for a toddler
33 Smoothie bar order served with a spoon
34 Defeated soundly
35 Good to go
37 Brand once promoted as the “forbidden fragrance”
38 “Phooey!”
41 Allure
43 Curling targets
45 Cautionary store sign from an alcohol retailer
46 Used
47 “Phooey!”
48 Light charges?
49 Centrist in British politics, informally
50 “Bye!”
53 Fridge visit for a midnight snack, say
56 Bowling pins on the back right
57 ___ gai (Thai dish)
59 Main ingredient in a Longshoreman
60 “Tee” follower