Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Many a rescue 5 Bit of wisdom 10 Playful sound while tapping someone’s nose 14 Brainchild 15 Buildup of
tanks? 16 Atmospheric glow 17 Barrelof monkeys 19 Symbol seen on more than 30% of the world’s flags 20 Catalog 21 Person you might see in August? 22 Whac-A-___ 23 Word after high
or seven
26 Rice option 28 With 50-Across,blue streak 32 Shapesup 35 Black, in verse 36 Barrier in certain zoo enclosures 38 Dora the Explorer’s cousin 39 Bit of ink 40 Leather band used to sharpen razors 42 Landon who lost in a landslide to F.D.R.
43 Sch. with campuses in Amherst and Lowell
46 Eye affliction 47 Voter on a failed 2014 independence referendum 48 Ghostinthe machine 50 See28-Across 52 Partner of
dreams 54 Life-or-death 55 Blue-green
shade 57 Florida politico
Demings 59 “Toodles,” but
more formally 63 Rip 64 Knockme downwitha feather
67 Start of a fairy
tale
68 Actress
Messing 69 What the fourth
little piggy had 70 Batik worker 71 Like many theater camp productions 72 Shred the ___ (skiing slang for conquering difficult terrain)
Down
1 Skirt covering
the knees 2 Noodles often
served in broth 3 Oversee, as a
flock
4 Adopts
5 Insert a token,
say
6 Sight at Rocky Mountain National Park 7 Excited 8 Accumulated,
as charges 9 Goes by foot,
informally 10 Rice option 11 Unobtainable 12 ___ motor skills (baby’s development) 13 Trim
18 C.T.O. or C.F.O. 24 Paper pushers? 25 They can be
parting 27 Captained 28 Sting operation,
e.g.
29 “A Promised Land” author, 2020
30 “No way!” 31 “Mostly harmless” place, per “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” 33 Home with a
dome
34 Giant head? 37 Messed (with) 41 Spa treatment,
informally 44 Burn like
embers 45 Chump 47 Playoff
ranking
49 One side of the Hoover Dam
51 Get, as a quick
lunch
53 More evenkeeled 55 Walked (on) 56 Tiny, informally 58 Orientation inits.
60 It makes up about a third of our planet’s mass
61 ___ Mode, “no capes” advocate in “The Incredibles” 62 Operator 65 B&O and
others 66 “Huzzah!”