Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Trace of smoke
5 McEntire known as “The Queen of Country”
9 Like aged cheddar
14 Length x width, for a rectangle
15 Major monitor maker
16 Flooring installer
17 Engaged in some risky behavior
20 “Eww, I didn’t need to know that”
21 Nonnegotiable salary limit
22 Microphone jack, for one
27 Sit-___ (some protests)
28 “Thar ___ blows!”
29 Poetic contraction that omits a “v”
30 Measure of time, in music
32 Alternative to a station wagon, in brief
33 Cook for too long, say
35 Chunk floating in the Arctic Ocean
36 “I’m appalled!”
41 “Whose ___ Is It Anyway?” (long-running improv show)
42 Alphabetically first group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
43 Curtain hanger
44 Watch over, as a fire
45 Agcy. for drivers
46 Veer suddenly
47 Flaky fish
48 Be honored before burial
52 Portuguese or Spanish
55 French word that sounds like an English pronoun
56 With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle’s circled letters
62 Enclosures for shark watchers
63 The “R” of I.R.L.
64 Messy, semiliquid substance
65 Analyze, as ore
66 Droops
67 See 56-Across
Down
1 “A good time ___ had by all”
2 Tick off
3 Dolphin’s home
4 LaBelle known as “The Godmother of Soul”
5 Half-diameters
6 Prefix with system
7 Jerry’s partner in ice cream 8 Bespectacled cartoon aardvark
9 Move slightly
10 Rear
11 Activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter
12 Disavow
13 Gets ready
18 Genre sometimes mixed with rap
19 Word before trick or tip
22 Aide: Abbr.
23 “That’s not true!”
24 Appetizers sprinkled with paprika
25 “Awkwafina Is ___ From Queens” (Comedy Central series)
26 George Eliot or Mark Twain
30 Letter after alpha
31 Mis-enter a passcode, say
33 Assemble, as a book
34 ___ with caution
35 Fella
37 Greed, gluttony or sloth
38 “Duh!,” in modern slang
39 Source of milk for some cheeses
40 Relatively easy section of a jigsaw puzzle
44 Wolff who wrote “This Boy’s Life”
45 Certain restaurants … or their customers
47 About, in dates
48 Place to wear goggles
49 Christmas carols
50 Take to court
51 Little bit of color
53 Mother of Zeus
54 ___-bitsy
57 Steaming cupful
58 Make like a puppy’s tail
59 Smallest poodle variety
60 Clod-breaking tool
61 Records with only a few tracks, for short