Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 1109
Across
1 Analyze grammatically
6 Extreme devotee, informally
11 Org. for Pistons and Rockets
14 Overact
15 Egypt’s Sadat
16 Common street name in the Northeast
17 “God in his wisdom made the fly / And then forgot …”
19 ___ Sports (video game)
20 Card in Uno
21 Word after square or plus
22 Brings home
24 “Tell me, O Octopus, I begs, / Is those things arms …?”
28 Festival that awards the Palme d’Or
31 Best possible
32 Eschew
33 Voiced, as grievances 35 Something often lent, but never returned
38 Eye of ___ (part of a witch’s brew)
39 Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across
40 Long part of a horse, short part of a giraffe
41 Places with frontline workers, for short
42 Vibes
43 Parts of a Facebook feed
44 Bring out
46 “Let’s be real”
47 “The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, …”
51 Alternative to Google or AOL
52 One-named singer born Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson
53 Straw, basically
57 Thanksgiving dinner ending
58 “The trouble with a kitten is that / Eventually it …”
62 Flub
63 They protect the QB
64 Beth Harmon’s weakness in “The Queen’s Gambit”
65 “Yes, captain”
66 Ocean’s motions
67 Like a good biscuit
Down
1 Adoptees from
the A.S.P.C.A.
2 One way to run
3 Indian flatbread
4 “Go, go, go!”
5 Fish that may have only vestigial fins
6 Mr. Tumnus in the “Narnia” books and others 7 Zoomed-in map
8 “Blech!”
9 “I’ll pass”
10 Impassive
11 Netflix debut, perhaps
12 Ice you can wear
13 Not quite right
18 Lowry who wrote “The Giver”
23 ___ mode
25 Like a low battery icon
26 Puts on the payroll
27 Genesis garden
28 Walking aid
29 Profess
30 “Listen, bub!”
33 What the nouns and verb in this clue doesn’t do
34 Civil rights activist ___ B. Wells
36 Prefix with inflammatory
37 Doctor’s generic recommendation
39 “That’s gotta hurt!”
40 Shirley Temple, e.g.
42 Decepticon’s enemy in the “Transformers” films
43 Chum 45 Scooby-___
46 Something said to be in the eyes or belly
47 Like an overachieving personality
48 Dangerous, as a situation 49 French wine valley
50 Much internet humor
54 Home of the Bruins
55 Refuse to continue
56 E-commerce site for homemade goods
59 One of the Manning brothers
60 El ___ (Spanish hero)
61 UV blocking measure