Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
HOLLYWOOD REMAKES
ACROSS
1 King, queen, etc.
9 Overly impulsive
13 Something in a cocoon
17 It may produce both a
cringe and a laugh
19 Acclaimed rock ’n’ roll biopic of 2022
21 Emerald or aquamarine
22 ‘‘That cult’s initiation ceremony is brutal!’’ [1983]
24 Creator of the games Xybots and Klax
25 Bit of memory, for short
26 It’s quite the stretch
27 Not stay outside, informally
29 Spurred into action
32 Bronzed New York basketball player from Bangkok [1997]
34 Junk
35 Prominent features of Sphynx cats
38 Treaty that was dissolved in 2020
39 Neighbor of a return key
42 Places
44 ____ Stavro Blofeld, enemy of 007
48 Therein lies the rubbed
49 Why the Devil was forced to pay ‘‘The Greatest’’ [1969]
52 Parks at a pier
54 Anise-flavored liqueur
56 Passes (out)
57 Not play by oneself, perhaps
59 ‘‘Remarkable!’’
60 Bucatini, ziti and rigatoni, e.g.
62 High point of a trip to Europe?
63 Total breeze
64 Do some making up
65 Cry after remembering to meet at noon [1984]
68 Somewhat off
69 English football powerhouse, to fans
70 Time out in pre-K?
71 Change for the better
72 Belly, cutesily
73 ‘‘You didn’t fool me!’’
75 One way to cross a lake
77 One in the oil business?
80 Actress Davis
81 ‘‘You there, hoarding the Quattro razor! Scram!’’ [2002]
85 Losing line in ticktack-toe
86 Wryly comical
88 Word with pie, pot or port
89 Subject of SETI space scans
91 Partner of Clark in American history
93 Stefani who sang the 1996 hit ‘‘Don’t Speak’’
94 Six-foot runners?
95 How one cannibal felt after devouring the other [2000]
101 Like ‘‘threads,’’ for clothing
104 Latest releases, of sorts
105 Neighbor of an Emirati
108 Anxiety condition, for short
109 I.T. bigwig
110 Some optical illusions created with one’s fingers [1999]
116 Rival of a ’Vette
117 ‘‘Socrate’’ composer
118 Auditing a class, maybe
119 Part of H.K.
120 Miffed, with ‘‘off’’
121 Compliment to Daisy during a game of fetch
DOWN
1 Summer hrs. in Dallas
2 ‘‘Nice joke!’’
3 Previously, poetically
4 Bit of apparel that covers the face
5 Turn into confetti
6 Big change in price or power
7 Classic record label 8 Lug around
9 [Yuck!]
10 Greeting that means,
literally, ‘‘love’’ 11 Crime-show spinoff, to fans
12 Skedaddle, with ‘‘it’’
13 ____ Hall, home of the N.C.A.A.’s Pirates
14 Many a Zoroastrian
15 Line at a karaoke bar
16 ‘‘Hogan’s Heroes’’ colonel
18 Ambassador, in brief
20 Pile of papers
21 Cosmic comeuppance
23 Big drinkers
28 Pay (up)
29 Freak
30 What you get upon reading aloud the answers to the seven italicized clues
31 ‘‘Works for me!’’
33 Historic builders of rope bridges
34 Recipe qty.
36 Syst. of unspoken words
37 Diamond shapes
40 Make an appearance
41 Many a watch display, for short
42 1983 No. 1 hit for David Bowie
43 Work of appreciation
45 Dozes after a dose, say
46 Category for which every
30-Down in this puzzle was recognized, aptly
47 Its loss can cause baldness
50 Ganja
51 Didn’t go anywhere
53 Filling-station brand
55 ‘‘Not good, amigo’’
58 Missions, in brief
60 ‘‘____ OK!’’
61 One who makes calls
62 Writer Rand
64 Like the death of
19-Across, some claim
65 Grammy-winning DiFranco
66 Out of control
67 Cowboy’s cry of excitement
69 Aerial threat during the Cold War
72 Classic Disney film that opens at Flynn’s arcade
74 On display, as a painting
75 Tapped
76 Feel bad
77 Travel through time?
78 Easily persuaded sort
79 Things pandas have 20 of
82 Chew the fat
83 Jubilant cheer
84 Options for ‘‘bee’s knees’’ cocktails
87 Alternative to Levi’s
90 End of a flight, in two senses
92 Serves, with ‘‘on’’
93 Nickname for Mom’s mom
95 Grind
96 Brought about
97 ‘‘Well, shucks!’’
98 Contacting on Twitter,
for short 99 Compadre
100 Journalist in a field
102 Ball game?
103 Like the smell of burnt rubber
106 Rapper behind the ‘‘King’s Disease’’ trilogy
107 ‘‘Copy,’’ to a cat
111 Great Basin people
112 D.D.E.’s W.W. II battleground
113 Sci-fi film staple, for short
114 White-wine aperitif
115 Show with a ‘‘What’s Up With That?’’ segment, for short