Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Fake news
source?
5 ___ lab (hosp. location for stent placements) 9 “American Psycho” novelist
14 To whom Mama Cocha was goddess of the sea 15 Fantasy foe 16 Smallest South
Pacific nation 17 Rise in the air 18 “Veep” actress
DuVall 19 Biblical mount 20 Pilates target 21 Establishment offering tom yum soup or pad woon sen noodles
23 Most
immediate 25 GPS options:
Abbr. 26 Yellow-flowered
medicinal plant 27 Goes toe to toe
(with)
29 Can alternative 32 Fantasy foe 34 “___ said …” 35 Certain entry
requirement 36 Acclaimed HBO comedy series whose creator stars as himself 41 Unwanted
responsibility 42 Strand in a cell 43 Dallas pro 44 Relentlessly
follow
45 Vodka brand,
informally 47 Leisurely paces 51 Wheels on a
base
52 Recover from a
bender
54 Risky baseball strategy that’s indicated four times in this puzzle? 58 Stand-up comedian Wong
59 Boots
60 Within reach 61 Body image? 62 Work at St.
Peter’s Basilica 63 Ending with
leather or towel 64 Body part that’s an anagram of 11-Down 65 This is for
suckers
66 One of 28 in a Monopoly box 67 Negroni garnish
Down
1 The flowers in Amy Lowell’s “Your great puffs of flowers / Are everywhere in this my New England” 2 Certain to
happen 3 Pursues, as a
hunch
4 Good name for a marine biologist? 5 Runs together,
in a way
6 Tips for
shoemakers 7 ___ leches (Latin American cake)
8 Summer
eruption 9 Comes after 10 Haunts 11 Roman goddess who’s an anagram of 64-Across 12 Modern-day site of ancient Persepolis 13 Word with power or strong 21 Lachrymose 22 Many a fancy
hotel lobby 24 Self-important
types
28 Kind of
guidance 29 Soccer great
Hamm 30 Biblical mount 31 Agricultural item that Nigeria produces more of than the rest of the world combined 33 Nevada senator Catherine ___ Masto
35 Joie de ___ 36 The fish in fish and chips, commonly 37 Cry at a card table
38 It’s cut by a dancer
39 Still
sealed
40 Did nothing 45 School
board?
46 Falls behind 48 Big competitor of Microsoft and IBM 49 University with a pelican mascot
50 Kind of column 51 Compact
Volkswagen 53 Sculled, e.g. 54 Dips in gravy 55 Give up 56 End-___ 57 Politico
Buttigieg 61 Condiment for
a burger