Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Actress Stone
and others 6 “Just playin’
with ya” 10 Base
characters? 14 Meccan, e.g. 15 Ones sitting
on pads 16 Cut off one’s
ears? 17 One asking questions he already knows the answers to 19 Cousin of
contra20 Highness 21 “Figures I’d have this problem!” 23 French expert in body language? 24 Draw back 25 Education dissemination locations 30 Solidifying
agents 31 Vase
lookalikes 35 Bouncing off
the walls 36 Enclosure … and an alphabetical listing of letters not appearing elsewhere in this puzzle’s answer 37 Sylvester’s “Rocky” co-star 38 A Ford 39 “___ Girl” (“Bells Are Ringing” tune) 40 One swimming
with flippers 46 Logical ending 49 Accessible
for shooting 50 Like pool racks 52 Host of PBS’S “Scientific American Frontiers” 56 Baseball All-star Kinsler and others 57 “1984”
shelfmate 59 Ordeal for jrs. 60 Part of
some pools 61 Rose partially 62 Clinic
shipments 63 Henry James
biographer 64 Least desirable
parts
Down
1 A.B.A.
members’ titles 2 Wailuku’s
county 3 California’s
___ Woods 4 Wood shop
shaper 5 “Scrooge”
star, 1951 6 “Likely story” 7 Lawn flamingos and such 8 Pop alternative 9 With 12-Down, lidocaine delivery option 10 Risk board
territory 11 Stack at IHOP,
say 12 See 9-Down 13 Like some
punk hairstyles 18 Cracked
open 22 Stocking-up
time? 23 Lay claim
forcibly 25 Weak 26 Quaint
euphemism 27 Film holders 28 True
companion? 29 Pundit 32 Highness: Abbr. 33 Mass action 34 Mosel tributary 41 Begin a conversation with 42 Cut back 43 Contact liquid 44 Nail topper 45 Home to a much-visited tomb 46 Sticks in a
makeup bag 47 Sweep the
board? 48 Mosul money 51 The Charleses’
pet 52 Not close 53 Like fashionable partygoers? 54 It may knock you out 55 Concert
pieces 58 54-Down
for a trip