Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 & 5 Fiancée 9 & 14 Recyclable metal 15 & 16 Real estate showing 17 & 18 It’s all downhill from here 19 & 20 Graphic artist’s medium 21 & 22 Something neat, with “the” 23 & 25 Pasties, e.g. 26 & 27 Close with a handle 29 & 32 Partisan divide, so to speak 33 & 35 Exhausts 36 & 37 Bunny hill, for one 39 & 41 “Hang on …” 42 & 43 Some perfume ingredients 44 & 46 What a considerate speaker tries to strike 47 & 49 Toppled by the wind 51 & 54 Appropriate ratio for this puzzle? 55 & 56 Raised one’s paddle, say 57 & 58 Quaker in the woods 59 & 60 Ones whose livelihoods are derived from agriculture or forestry work 61 & 62 Some retirement savings
Down
1 Connection you might miss while flying? 2 Charter member of OPEC 3 Genre for Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez 4 Photo lab request: Abbr. 5 Rental availability sign 6 Boy on “The Andy Griffith Show” 7 $100 bills, in slang 8 Chemical suffix that’s also a direction 9 Perform brilliantly 10 Items set up in agility drills 11 “Wow, no manners!” 12 Warts and all 13 Smallest hail size, about a quarter-inch in diameter 21 Hayride seats 22 High flier 24 Approximate shape of the British pound sign 25 Baby food form 26 Fish with a pointed snout 27 Remained in effect 28 Source of power for a golf swing 29 Holder of a toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, etc. 30 Shacks 31 Ticket abbr. that’s found inside “ticket abbr.” 32 Buffoon 34 Faint from emotion 38 ___ Hubbard, Scientology founder 40 French department that borders Switzerland 44 Sort who’s lost all hope 45 Jesse who broke three world records in 45 minutes 46 Message that can be favorited 47 “Like a ___!” 48 Easy run 49 Choice in a sleepover game 50 Extolling poetry 52 Turkey piece 53 Casino calculation 54 Greek consonant 55 Any of the Sierra Nevadas: Abbr. 56 Sierra Nevada, e.g.