Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Redding who wrote “Respect” 5 New York’s ___ Lawrence College 10 Scoundrels 14 Blowout 15 Sauce that’s heavy on garlic … and vowels 16 “Thirtysomething” actor Ken 17 Investment for a humorist? 19 Word before curriculum or meltdown 20 Mila of “Bad Moms” 21 Insubstantial beverage … or argument 23 Vacation goal, in brief 24 Investment for a butcher? 26 Constitution or Independence, in D.C. 27 Prepared to be knighted 29 Election winner of 1908 30 Lucretia ___, pioneer in women’s rights
32 T-Mobile competitor: Abbr.
33 The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards 34 Collection that demonstrates job skills … as suggested by 17-, 24-, 48and 55-Across 39 What makes car care? 40 Gardner of old Hollywood 41 Strategic objective soon after the D-Day invasion 43 Science fiction award
45 Part of Wonder Woman’s outfit 47 “Aaron Burr, ___” (song from “Hamilton”) 48 Investment for a physicist? 50 Tequila source
52 Like some gift bows 53 Working stiff 54 Ditch 55 Investment for a restaurateur? 59 In a bit 60 Devilishly clever insults, in slang
61 Adidas competitor 62 Repair 63 “The final frontier” 64 Phone nos.
Down
1 Dungeons & Dragons meanie 2 Solemnly promised 3 Unaffected by 4 Lighten one’s wallet, so to speak 5 Simon ___ 6 Big inits. in finance 7 Aussie animal 8 Completely off-base 9 Like advanced screens, informally 10 “Dinner” preceder on a dinner invitation 11 Much
12 Proceeding by the shortest way 13 Underhanded sort 18 Old-fashioned weapon for hand-to-hand combat 22 Dodger beater in the 2017 World Series 23 Zodiac animal after fishes 24 Texas politico O’Rourke 25 Chicago transport choice 28 It may get hot under the collar 31 What Hamlet meets in Act V of “Hamlet” 33 Way yonder 35 Unwanted engine sound 36 It might be muted 37 Horror movie cry
38 Staple of Mediterranean cuisine 42 Material collected in Minecraft 43 Scorcher 44 A group of carolers may sing in it 45 Build some muscle 46 50 or more letters? 48 Its founder was born in Mecca 49 Box-office busts 51 Intimated 53 Do some modeling for artists 56 New Deal program with the slogan “We Do Our Part,” in brief 57 The Tar Heels of the A.C.C. 58 Rapper Lil ___ X