Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Composer of the piano piece played in the “Tom and Jerry” short “The Cat Concerto”
6 Fuse
10 Sugarcoated, in a way
14 Dancing like a ballerina
15 “Sounds good!”
16 First line on a form, often
17 Par ___ (by airmail, in French)
18 Word after lo or chow
19 Phaser setting
20 Sports bar purchases?
23 Summer setting in Mass.
24 Actor Kingsley
25 Guy in a crew
28 Do a cobbler’s job on
30 Like a kitten cuddling with a puppy
32 Before, in poetry
33 Sports bar purchases?
36 Recipient of the inaugural A.T.P. Player of the Year award
39 “Chandelier” singer
40 Has a student loan, say
41 Sports bar purchases?
46 Assistance
47 Every which way
48 Relents
52 Gets the hair just right, say
54 “Better Call Saul” network
55 Spanish article
56 Sports bar purchases?
60 Recite the rosary, e.g.
62 Currency of Portugal
63 Occupied, as a desk
64 Free speech org.
65 Hair removal brand
66 Cut down to size
67 “Golf is a good ___ spoiled”
68 Fix because of flatness, say
69 Some are for passing
Down
1 Apt shoe for a bread maker?
2 What the aliens do in “The War of the Worlds”
3 Work assignments
4 ___ suit
5 Not ridiculous, as an argument
6 Persons who identify as female, in an alternative spelling
7 Scraped together, with “out”
8 Hideout
9 Tang, for one
10 App with “Stories,” informally
11 Bee’s knees
12 Outback bird
13 Hideout
21 In view
22 Brokers’ charges
26 Fotografía, por ejemplo
27 Loch ___
29 Abbr. above “0”
30 Quickly form a friendship (with)
31 Home of the Sundance Film Festival
34 Apropos of
35 Zoom meeting leader
36 Lickety-split
37 Ruckus
38 Wanted for nothing
42 Daddy, in Spanish
43 “Whew! That was exhausting!”
44 Muppet who speaks in a falsetto
45 Withdrawal to avoid a conflict of interest
49 Oman’s ruler, e.g.
50 Agita
51 Presses Ctrl-V on a PC
53 Symbol of poison on a warning label
54 Treasure
57 Feast with poi
58 Blarney Stone locale
59 Dad, in Chinese
60 Fido’s foot 61 Record label that released the first 45 r.p.m. single (1949)