Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Course in which to determine a curve’s slope, informally 5 Feathery fashion accessory 8 Apartment in a former factory, maybe
12 Zone
13 Some nervous
reactions 15 Jazz legend
Fitzgerald 16 Big name in
pasta sauce 17 Tatum who won an Oscar for “Paper Moon” 18 Going into
extra innings 19 & 21 A.L. team with a patriotic color
23 In apple-pie
order
24 Some stadium
souvenirs 25 Expensive
wrap 28 “One, ___” (request at a ticket booth) 32 A.L. team with
a patriotic color 36 Vietnam Memorial architect Maya 37 [Ugh, not this
again!] 38 “Mustache Hat”
artist Jean 39 Battery terminal 42 Avian runner
Down Under 43 ___ Martinez, three-time Cy Young winner 45 A.L. team with
a patriotic color 48 Kitten’s cry 49 T.S.A. ___ 50 Co-starring actress on HBO’s “Insecure” 54 Had a helping
of humble pie 58 Baseball,
colloquially 60 Extended
family
61 Like rho … or
a fraternity row 62 Idyllic place 63 For the lady 64 Avoid a tag, in
a way
65 Result of going bumper to bumper?
Down
1 Sedan or
convertible 2 Fast horse
3 Big name in building blocks
4 Biting, as
humor
5 Kind of slope for a novice skier 6 Encouragement
to a matador 7 In two
8 “Hmm …” 9 Mishmash 10 Show off one’s
muscles
11 Wee bit 13 Decent human being, informally 14 What many do after a late night 20 Daughter on Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” 22 Shoulder
muscle, briefly 25 Brilliant effect 26 Large zoo animal, for short
27 ___ leagues 29 Carne ___ (Mexican restaurant dish) 30 Word before
and after “not” 31 Montreal nine,
once
33 Cookie with a creme filling
34 Fetal position? 35 Burglar’s booty 40 Realms
41 Start of el año 43 Former Israeli
P.M. Shimon 44 Thrown out
of the game 46 Some country
music effects 47 Slow on
the ___ 50 Crawl (along) 51 Store event
after Christmas 52 Insignia on a Houston Astros cap 53 Title below
marquess 54 Mimicked 55 ___ the bench (not get used in the game) 56 Sign of the
future 57 Departed 59 Luau loop