Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Blackthorn 5 Motion to
strike?
9 Noted figure in genetic research 14 Affectionate gesture that might get some blowback? 15 Govt. workplace overseer 16 Provide things
for
17 Where students may be plotting 19 Saint ____ (West Indies nation) 20 Customer
service state? 21 Enter on tiptoe 23 Focal point of ancient Athens 24 Take exception to
26 Power tool used for mosaics 28 Early voting
site
32 They’re often “baked in” to podcasts 35 Tenants’ collective protest 36 Fossil fuel alternative 37 Congratulations 39 Sidewalk
shader
40 Reef builder 41 Creator of the nine circles of Hell
44 Film character who takes “the red pill”
45 Get a little
punchy? 46 Comes (from) 48 Site of the
Wailing Wall 50 Actress
Thompson 54 Hidden
57 “The Wizard of
Oz” prop
58 Bat mitzvah
figure 59 Common directive in 17-Across
… or what to do with five squares in this puzzle 62 Anyone who’s
“in” this is out 63 County in New York, Ohio or Pennsylvania 64 Phrase that’s a real gamechanger? 65 Impede 66 Expert service
provider? 67 Disney queen
Down
1 Nation that switched from right- to lefthand traffic in 2009 2 Preceder of the
Chen dynasty 3 Prefix meaning
“correct” 4 Strongly urge 5 Successfully
pitched
6 Body image
focus group? 7 Sounds of
realization 8 Low-pitched
woodwind 9 Actress Mirren 10 Problem that may have several factors 11 Good thing to
be in 12 Numeral on
some sundials 13 60 minutes,
for one 18 L’Oréal
competitor 22 Unfamiliar 24 Toon with the catchphrase “You eediot!” 25 Body shop fig. 27 “Aux innocents ___ mains pleines” (“Fortune favors fools”) 29 Giant in chemicals manufacturing 30 Decline
31 2012 film centered around a hostage crisis 32 Kindergarten
series 33 Decline 34 Singer
Bareilles 36 Honeybun 38 Unknown quantity in a 10-Down 39 Off-roader,
in brief 41 Great salt lake 42 Add up to 43 Zero
46 Dr. based out of Compton, Calif.
47 Snap with a
stick, maybe 49 Alpine athlete 51 Bad-tempered
expression 52 Wraparound
garments 53 Rabbit ears,
e.g. 54 Standing on
the street 55 Sport with a
stick 56 Published remembrance, for short 57 Divided by, in
fractions 60 Middle-earth
menace 61 What an impostor tries to sell