Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Parent company of Stroh’s and Schlitz
6 Acronym on a pay stub
10 Many Kellogg School grads
14 “Sorry, can’t stay”
16 Lake bordering four states
17 It’s a blank
18 Key ___
19 “The Simpsons” grandfather
20 Name of a family that took in an extraterrestrial
21 Some tributes
22 Kvetcher’s list
24 Like a screwdriver
27 Noncommittal committal
31 Dolly-esque, say
32 Gave a “ta-da” moment
35 He’s no scoundrel
36 Company whose corporate logo is known as “the Fuji”
38 Points on a math test
39 Approved
41 Freak out
42 Website space-savers
45 Largest digit in a set
46 What noise cancelers may cancel
47 Scourge of the 2020s, colloquially
48 Propose (to)
50 Smattering
53 Get in the ___
54 Characters at checkout
57 Pumpkin, e.g.
58 Opportunity to rack up extra points, perhaps
59 Features of stringed instruments
60 Major affront
61 World-weary sort?
Down
1 Moussaka gowith
2 “Grand, ungodly, godlike” man of fiction
3 Term of endearment
4 Show on which Mariska Hargitay stars as Olivia Benson, informally
5 No. to call
6 Common setting for a Grimm tale
7 Land south of the Caspian Sea
8 Tough ___
9 Actress de Armas
10 Kitchen gadget also known as a Parisienne scoop
11 Short-term financing option
12 Rocker
Mann
13 Goes with
15 Cho’s predecessor in the “Star Trek” franchise
22 Multiweek quadrennial event
23 Marine ___
25 Shankar with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy
26 Agreement between mates
27 Tha ___ Pound (hip-hop duo)
28 Permanently
29 It rarely includes chains
30 Muse of love poetry
33 Color whose name comes from the French for “unbleached”
34 Becomes less sharp
36 Pedigree alternative
37 Ecosystem that comes and goes
40 Word often contracted in contractions
41 Org. with a Morning Rounds daily briefing
43 Finish
44 Some etiquette rules
45 Singer with the alter ego Ziggy Stardust
47 “Regrets,” perhaps
49 1960s-’70s Soviet space program
50 Unfair?
51 ___ Turnblad, John Travolta role in “Hairspray”
52 Joins a union
54 James Corden’s network
55 Org. targeted by Moms Demand Action
56 Military crashing site