Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 0106
Across
1 Remark made after catching someone by surprise
10 Alt-rock band with the 2001 hit album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
15 Indoor swimming pools
16 What might roll in the leaves
17 Pet dogs and cats, affectionately
18 Surge protector?
19 Great work
20 Embroiled (in)
22 Stage that you might enter at night
23 Broadband letters
25 Gangs
27 With 39-Across, answer to the question “Who’s the solver of this puzzle?”
28 Bird: Prefix
30 Pro with extensions, in brief
31 Big ticket item?
35 Leading disability rights activist in the 2020 documentary “Crip Camp”
36 Valuable collection
37 Black ___
38 “Get out of here!”
39 See 27-Across
40 “Get me?,” informally
43 Guileful
44 “Love Island” airer
47 Item in Yo-Yo Ma’s right hand
50 Sound of suffering … or pleasure
51 Whiff
52 Where the cattle drive in the western epic “Lonesome Dove” begins
55 Consideration when doubling a recipe, perhaps
56 “Don’t worry about me”
57 Like Alaska on a U.S. map, often
58 Quite a sight
Down
1 Going to get
2 Khaki alternative
3 Use a pick, perhaps
4 Punches
5 ___ Pippig, three-time winner of the Boston Marathon
6 Word with sister or story
7 Ride with a third wheel
8 Outward attitude
9 Bed of roses, so to speak
10 Character who’s striped and spotted?
11 Causes of some brain freezes
12 Hot take?
13 Breakfast skillet
14 What a pointer finger can represent
21 Labor relief, perhaps
23 Port ___, capital of Mauritius
24 John of “The Big Lebowski”
26 Squelched, with “on”
27 His dying words were “There is another … Skywalker …”
28 Ghostlike, in a way
29 ___ Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzerwinning author of “The Sympathizer”
31 Aids for stage crews
32 Via, informally
33 University in Georgia
34 Hold on to
35 Arcade game character with a propeller beanie
36 Word with store or Story
41 ___ Greenwich, co-writer of “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” and “Da Doo Ron Ron”
42 Dispense
43 Muscly, in modern lingo
44 Popular talk show of the 2010s
45 Achievement indicator
46 Show of contempt
48 Eponymous region of northern France
49 Slick
50 Thick locks
51 Title for a guru
53 Inits. on some food cans
54 Knock