Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 What Do You ___? (popular modern party game)
5 Kind of ray
10 Who says “Play it, Sam” in “Casablanca”
14 Pink-slipped
15 Deafening
16 Beef that’s aged?
17 Form of racing that requires one foot on the ground at all times
19 Satirist Mort
20 Take hold
21 Sort unlikely to stoop, say
23 Motorist’s offense, for short
24 [Shrug]
26 Complicated situation
28 Notable
29 Spot for a stud … or a “bud”
31 Buenos ___
32 Heading in the right direction?
34 Hockey legend Gordie
37 This might be rigged
38 “Count us in!”
41 Churn
43 Home of the Nobel Peace Center
44 Big to-do
48 Ones who know what’s coming?
49 Blubber
51 Woman’s name that’s a palindrome
52 “Through the Looking-Glass” character
56 Intestine’s place
58 Pop singer’s nickname that omits
51-Across
59 Ingenuity org.
60 Italian for “milk”
61 Golfer’s involuntary wrist spasms while putting, with “the”
63 Plant seen rolling through this puzzle?
66 Hexagon bordering two rectangles
67 Great Lakes people
68 John Irving protagonist T. S. ___
69 Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire
70 Hit the mall, say
71 Possible cause of a cough
Down
1 Gargantuan
2 Kayak alternative
3 Get-togethers
4 Singer McCain with the 1998 hit “I’ll Be”
5 16 cups: Abbr.
6 Holy scroll holder
7 Like towelettes in a fast-food restaurant
8 It’s heaven-sent
9 Neighbor of chlorine on the periodic table 10 Contingencies
11 Chairs, e.g.
12 “Bee-you-tiful!”
13 Wings things
18 Sister of King Charles III
22 Mediocre effort
25 Home of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
27 Make-up artists?
30 Candy in a gold foil wrapper
33 Go a few rounds, say?
35 Essay count: Abbr.
36 Creatures described as anguilliform
39 Elizabeth of “WandaVision”
40 “Va-va-___!”
41 Editorial overhaul
42 Like a certain Freudian complex
45 Take on together
46 Developing, say
47 Family-friendly, for the most part
48 Not go to bed
50 Shakespearean humor
53 Sees
54 Seize
55 First lady between Bess and Jackie
57 University of Georgia athletes, to fans
62 “___ Said” (critically acclaimed 2022 biographical drama)
64 Hebrew word meaning “son of”
65 Psychopharmacology inits.