Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Like some knowledge and commitments
6 Horror-struck
12 Playbills?
14 Refresher course?
15 State flower of Utah
16 Singer/ songwriter Paul
17 Reinvented self
18 “Je suis à ___” (“I’m all yours”)
19 Big name in family music
21 Political convention attendees: Abbr.
22 Theme park originally conceived as a planned community
24 Unmoving
26 Ingredient in some flour
27 Credit cards
29 Quick impression, as of a person
31 One who’s got the goods?
32 Features of some Japanese gardens
36 Divide appropriately
38 Roughly onethird of the earth’s surface
39 It might be sold by the yard
40 Displayed dislike, in a way
42 Michelle ___ West of the L.P.G.A.
43 Clothes line
45 Push
46 Play ___ (sit in with the band)
47 Drones, e.g.
49 Mine
50 Betamaxes, e.g.
51 Some stage whispers
53 Narrative device used in “Groundhog Day”
56 Frankincense and myrrh, but not gold
57 Overly slick
58 Galleon’s company
59 Mountain path
60 Letters seen all around New York City
Down
1 Game played on yaks in Mongolia and Pakistan
2 Coded material
3 Scintillas
4 Opportunity for an amateur, maybe
5 Apt cry of encouragement for a geologist?
6 “___, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss”: Keats
7 Mulder on “The X-Files,” e.g., informally
8 Sharp now
9 What a key provides
10 Fitting
11 Actor Gibson of the “Fast & Furious” franchise
12 Genre for Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami
13 Spanish American cowboy
14 Ingratiating sort
15 Dance components
19 Parliament : owls :: raft : ___
20 Top present during the holiday season?
23 City formerly known as Christiania
25 Like many gift packages and old messages
28 Many a Zoroastrian
30 Parties
32 Apt cry of encouragement for a pilot?
33 Anchor’s place
34 Dehydrates
35 Editorial overruling
37 100 is a high one, informally
39 Capital of Eritrea
41 Target of a biometric scanner
44 Oil and film, for two
46 Grp. defending trans rights
48 Button often indicated by a forward arrow
50 Participants in a November parade, informally
52 Govt. org. since 1946
54 Roast figures
55 Pro bono promo