Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Small flute
5 Tries to beat
the buzzer?
10 Throws together
15 Airport waiter?
18 404 Not
Found, e.g.
19 Energize
20 Not happy, to
say the least
21 Kitchen brand
22 Historical period spelled using only the letters of 2-Down
24 Singer who once spelled her
name with a “$”
25 Word before
data or deal
26 Unlikely to be talked out of 27 “That wasn’t nice!” 28 Revolutionary
War hero spelled using only the letters of 13-Down
30 Website with a “Sell an item” option
31 Order to go
33 Enter the fray
34 Woman’s name that sounds like its second and first letters, respectively
35 Fix
36 Snack items spelled using only the letters of 36-Down
38 Inner tubes?
40 Casual top
41 Ancient theaters
42 Prince of Shakespeare 43 Screw up
44 Fund-raising org.
45 Be annoying
47 Garment that’s often plaid 48 Sukkot celebrant 51 Christmas drink
55 Geraint’s wife, in Arthurian romance
56 What assayers assay
57 Butt’s end?
58 Many an office worker’s
problem
60 It’s imagined
62 TV demonstrator at the 1939
World’s Fair
63 Page 1, e.g.
64 Oscar winner
with four #1 Billboard hits 66 Bass player
67 When it comes to
69 You can lend one without letting go of it 70 Jewel-case holder
73 Combomeal entree
75 Spanish “Listen!”
76 Mound
77 Future stallion 79 Tin lizzies
80 Basket part
81 “That so?” reply
82 “See you later”
84 Basket part
85 Put the pedal to the metal 86 Word that might be helpful on a class reunion name tag 87 Rack site
89 Photog’s purchase
92 What a press
pass provides
95 Really impressive, spelled using only the letters of 39-Down
98 Chalked stick 99 Stern-looking
100 Many a
year-end list
102 Alpo alternative
103 Drive-____
104 No-good, spelled using only the letters of 71-Down
106 Include without notifying
others, in a way
107 Bygone deliverers
109 Cause of a tic,
for short
110 “The Master Builder”
playwright
111 Bagel topping spelled using only the letters of 89-Down
113 Penguins’ org.
114 Group of stars
115 Temporary
tattoo material
116 Writer Nin
117 Sun spot?
118 Track schedule 119 Much-abbreviated Latin
phrase
120 “Aw, rats!”
DOWN
1 It’s comped
2 Historical period
3 Double a score
4 Therefore
5 Jamaican export
6 Was dateless
7 Muhammad’s favorite wife 8 Young ____
9 Place to get pampered 10 Nanki-Poo’s father, with
“the”
11 Glacial ridges
12 Whole-grain cereal brand 13 Revolutionary War hero 14 Jamaican rapper ____ Paul 15 Shade of blue
16 Armpit, medically
17 Ones not up to par? 18 Grandfather of Alfred the
Great
23 Aloft
28 Sarcastic
response to a fail
29 Basil, e.g.
32 Word before “before” 33 Hypothetical
36 Snack items
37 Jackie of
“The Tuxedo”
39 Really impressive
43 Holder of shells
44 “Hey!”
46 Approve another season of 47 Seaweed in Japanese cuisine 48 Amount of
jam or jelly beans
49 Part of a motorcade 50 Berth places
51 “You and I
have a deal!”
52 Roger in the Navy 53 Clandestine
54 Brand in the
dairy aisle
59 Breakfast spots
61 Relish
65 Took back
one’s story
68 Cherry throwaway 71 No-good
72 Was mounted atop 74 Kind of medicine
78 In ____ of
83 Six things in
some six-packs 85 Neighbor of
a Montenegrin
88 Pep
89 Bagel topping
90 Slyly attracts
91 Gets back together 92 Extras
93 Nickname of
Duke basketball’s Mike Krzyzewski 94 Huggable
95 Challenge for a collegebound student, maybe 96 Medical inserts
97 ____ Creed (Christian
statement of faith) 101 Actor Davis
103 Lead role in “Boys Don’t
Cry,” 1999
105 Neeson of “Schindler’s
List”
106 Fostered
108 Ballot hanger
111 X
112 Dojo surface