Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

- Adam Aaronson

Across

1 End of a dorm name, usually 5 Old-fashioned “Jeez!”

10 Huggers

14 Cause for an aha

15 On the up and up

16 One of more than 30,000 in Scotland

17 “A Fish Called Wanda” co-star [7,9]

19 Tapered hairstyle

20 Say “I dunno,” say

21 Wolf (down)

23 Female whitetail, e.g.

24 Last ___ (final option)

26 A total blast [8,1]

28 On one side of an outfield pole

30 Sister brand of Crest

31 Pre-weekend outburst

34 Biting remark

37 Ends of mazes

39 “Whew!”

40 Purple Heart honoree, maybe [4,0]

42 Giant in camping gear

43 Reply to “Nuhuh!”

45 Fully cooked

46 Musician’s break

47 Pulse painfully

49 Galifianak­is of “Birdman”

51 Eschew scuba gear, say [3,5]

54 Downside of starting a new career path, perhaps

58 Sluglike secretary in “Monsters, Inc.”

59 Sulky states

61 Sandwich eaten next to a fire

62 Nano or Touch

64 Some postermaki­ng supplies [2,6]

66 ___ melt

67 Respected person in a tribe

68 Caroler’s tune

69 Conform to

70 Landowners’ documents

71 Posh shindig

Down

1 One often seen wearing boots with shorts 2 Singer with the album “30”

3 ___ Stadium a.k.a. “Field of Jeans”

4 Idled, as workers

5 Animal facing a moose on Michigan’s flag

6 Comes together nicely

7 Anti-___ cream

8 Currency of Iraq

9 System that might include a turntable

10 TV E.T.

11 Impromptu signal to slow down

12 Two-patty burgers introduced in 1997

13 Matte’s lack

18 Ruler during the Great Fire of Rome

22 FX series set in the Great Plains

25 Brass instrument with the largest mouthpiece

27 East Asian

doctrine 29 Nonkosher

cooking fat

31 “Spare me the gory details”

32 Venue for meals with microbrews

33 Acutely focused

and attuned 35 Greek “P” 36 German automaker Karl

38 Stand no more, say

40 Tiger on the green

41 Glean

44 Contents of a vein

46 Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues

48 Oversaw?

50 Playbill heading

51 ___-Lay

52 Common city name ending

53 Exercise that works the fingers

55 Hot ___ 56 Nerdy “Family

Matters” boy 57 Cybertruck maker

60 March Madness datum

63 Word after field or before dreams

65 “For reals,” in texts

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