Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The New York Times crossword puzzle

- David Distenfeld

Across

1 Subject of the first YouTube video to reach 10 billion views (2022)

10 Fall follower?

14 “Why didn’t I think of that?!”

15 Nominated, say 16 No matter what

17 “The Luncheon on the Grass” painter

18 What often comes with a spoiler alert?

19 Autobahn abbr.

20 California winemaking county

21 Fished with traps, perhaps

23 One-handed put-back shot

25 One of a record 2,297 for Hank Aaron, for short

26 Observe the end of Yom Kippur

28 Use ___ Signal (street sign for bikes)

29 Healthful kind of cereal

30 Quickly, quaintly

33 “Nobody Knows This Little ___” (Emily Dickinson poem)

34 “Ah-may-zing!”

35 Disgust

37 It parallels the radius

38 Sale sign meaning “Act now!”

40 Trough contents, maybe

41 Comedian Wong

42 Series finale?

43 Something that may be found near a hem?

44 Grant

46 Enemy of Lord Farquaad, in film

50 “Do you mind ...?”

52 Much of Def Jam Recordings’ output

54 Home to Timbuktu

55 Bearded bovine

56 Hot dog, perhaps

58 Singer ___ Laurie Blue Adkins (who’s best known by her first name)

59 What’s left when kids go to college

60 Stalk, maybe

61 They try not to rub people the wrong way

Down

1 It’s not one’s best performanc­e

2 ___ Lange, former “Howard Stern Show” regular

3 Entire essence

4 Christmas party game

5 Place for pen pals?

6 English inventor Benjamin

7 Embrace

8 Sends on

9 “Kitty ___” (2006 Beyoncé song)

10 Word after other or rather

11 A student’s spot

12 Govt. facility in most world capitals except Washington

13 Person held for questionin­g

15 Exasperate­d cry

20 Contemptuo­us glance

22 Result of getting side-swiped, perhaps?

24 Ruined city in Jordan

27 Something parents might give a teenager, colloquial­ly

29 Its offerings end around 2 p.m.

30 Draw into a private conversati­on

31 “Aha!”

32 Key ring?

34 Where you might order tamago or tobiko

36 Some nursery buys

39 Certain display at a natural history museum

44 First-rate

45 Gets bent out of shape

47 Gushes

48 Actress Renée ___ Goldsberry

49 Garments often worn with decorative purses

51 Related

53 Snoopy and Sylvester, e.g.

56 Like one side of the Cong. aisle

57 What might address a gray area

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