Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

- Brad Wiegmann

Across

1 Quartet that reunited in 2022 to “perform” as holograms

5 Hell’s Half ___ (Wyoming landmark) 9 Chromosome­s come in them

14 Croc, for one

15 Big name in bubbly

16 Condition linked with grinding teeth

17 District on the western coast of Hawaii

18 Craisin brand

20 Female scholars

22 Lead-in to zone

23 Smallish batteries

24 Author Patchett

27 Components of Mars’s Viking and Pathfinder

30 Intrinsic makeup

33 Fabric whose name is French for “cloth”

35 Hirsute cousin of old TV

36 Gooey addition to a charcuteri­e board

37 Where turn signals are found

41 Delicacies for which Aveiro, Portugal, is known

42 “Surely you don’t mean me!?”

43 Speechless expression

44 Showstoppe­rs?

45 Bach compositio­n

48 Scratch, say

49 It might be cocked or bent

50 N.B.A.’s Westbrook, to fans

52 Grammy winners for “Jump (for My Love)” (1984)

59 “Apologies for bothering you …”

60 Massage deeply

62 Mosquito, by nature

63 Chip in

64 Ski lift

65 Dutch settlers of South Africa

66 & 67 One of two pen names punnily hinted at by 20-, 37and 52-Across (can you find the other one?)

Down

1 “Oh, no!”

2 Explode

3 Pro ___

4 Best effort

5 Egyptian sun god

6 Result of some spinning

7 Danger for a mariner

8 Abbreviate­d abbreviati­on

9 They might be served carbonara or puttanesca

10 Datebook data: Abbr.

11 About, on a memo

12 Vanguard’s opposite

13 “Survey ___ …” (“Family Feud” catchphras­e)

19 Almost adjoining

21 Swiss mathematic­ian who introduced functional notation

24 Totally confused

25 Prominent

26 Physicist Bohr

28 You can count on it

29 Abbreviate­d abbreviati­on

30 Amateur pediatrici­an, informally

31 Strong, silent type?

32 Norse pantheon

34 Paul for whom a guitar is named

36 Backside

38 Turkish inn

39 Prefix with apology or denial

40 “He is richest who is content with the ___”: Socrates

45 Supplies, as a soiree

46 Stiff bristle, botanicall­y

47 Elephant or warthog, e.g.

49 Put in

51 Company with Counting Sheep commercial­s

52 Last name in soft drinks

53 Reds state

54 “Not hungry yet, but thanks anyway”

55 Word with “Revolution­ary” or “Tobacco,” in book titles

56 In one’s right mind

57 ___ Stark, Lord Eddard’s eldest on “Game of Thrones”

58 Unit of meat or marble

61 Fish hatchlings

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