Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Whole slew 5 Outer protein
shell of a virus 11 Verve 14 “Celeste Aida,”
e.g.
15 Futures
analyst? 16 Famous Tokyo-born singer 17 WASHINGTON +R= Intimidation tactic
19 Option words 20 Fusions 21 Smoked
marijuana 23 Word repeated in “Ring Around the Rosy” before “We all fall down” 24 MISSOURI + E
= “No fooling!” 26 Interpret 27 Martin who wrote “London Fields”
28 Short dance
wear 29 Rode the bench 30 Whopper
inventor 31 Marching well 33 MARYLAND + O = Period in which nothing special happens 35 Imps are
little ones 38 Sacagawea
dollar, e.g. 39 ___-relief 42 Evelyn Waugh’s
writer brother 43 Laborious task 44 Salad green 45 NEBRASKA + T = Mortgage specifications 48 Aid for administering an oath of office 49 Segment of a
binge-watch 50 Prince
William’s mom 51 Mule’s father 52 CALIFORNIA
+N = Majestic beast
55 1920s car 56 Parodied 57 “___ it ironic?” 58 Phishing target:
Abbr.
59 Gave an exam 60 “Divergent”
actor James
Down
1 Places where oysters are served 2 Victim of river diversion in Asia 3 Professional headgear that’s stereotypically red
4 Got some
sun
5 Fleeces
6 S. Amer. home
of the tango 7 Ballet step 8 Straight downhill run on skis 9 “You win,”
alternatively 10 Put off
11 Get dog-tired 12 Neither here
nor there? 13 Prepares to shoot near the basket, say 18 Phishing targets, briefly 22 Scatterbrained 24 Muslim
leader 25 One-in-a-million event 27 Affected
manner
30 [You crack
me up] 31 “Understood,
dude”
32 A Bobbsey twin 33 Shaving
mishaps 34 English johns 35 Chicago squad in old “S.N.L.” skits 36 Passes by 37 Hunter’s freezerful, maybe 39 Infantile 40 “Finished!” 41 View, as
the future 43 Rears of ships 44 “Curious George” books, e.g. 46 Honor with
insults 47 Charge
for a plug? 48 Complete block 50 SoCal force 53 Big inits. in the aerospace industry
54 Nod from offstage, maybe