Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Abscond with
6 Cairo cobras
10 Bit of hardware that fits in a nut
14 The fate one deserves
15 Bug on a pug 16 Like 2, 4, 6, 8 …
17 Not quite right 18 Wander
19 1/5 of a nickel
20 Make history at the Olympics, say
23 They can be boosted or inflated
24 Calvin and Hobbes, for one
25 Totally reverse one’s losing position
31 Impersonate
32 Sets (down)
33 Nowhere to be found, for short
35 Palindromic boy
36 Play on the radio
37 Dada’s mama, maybe
38 Summer zodiac sign
39 “Hey, you!”
41 Followers of an “enduring” philosophy
43 Have an impact that can be gauged
46 Historic stretch
47 “Gracious me!”
48 Keep going without faltering one bit
54 Shoulder muscle, informally
55 “Oh, sure it is!”
56 Allow entrance
58 Mineral known as the “imperial gem”
59 Info on a “Hello” tag
60 Nintendo enthusiast, e.g.
61 What a toddler in a snowsuit might be pulling
62 Like Death Valley’s climate
63 Child’s bedtime request
Down
1 Upbeat precursor to reggae
2 Scottish caps
3 Lake bordering Ohio and New York
4 Radio band for news and talk formats
5 Layered pasta dish
6 From the beginning
7 Tortoiselike
8 Kind of tree in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
9 Speedy delivery option
10 “Don’t do that dorky thing you do”
11 Finished
12 Give temporarily
13 Explosive Minecraft block
21 Forget-me-___ (blue flowers)
22 Babes in the woods?
25 Clan symbol
26 “So are we!”
27 Top-of-theline
28 La Brea ___ Pits
29 Content of a clickable envelope icon
30 “Well, ___ you asked …”
31 Experienced campaigner, for short
34 Little Energizers
36 Volcanic cloud component
37 Silently greeted
39 Cheeky
40 Energy needed to power through
41 Sonic the Hedgehog company
42 Loose-leaf alternatives
44 Blew off steam
45 Prepared one’s home for a newborn
48 Handout following a shuffle
49 Bygone, in Chaucer’s tales
50 Letter-shaped beam
51 Trucker’s ride
52 Bullets and such
53 Feature of a tall cake
54 Workers at dance clubs who 20-, 25-, 43- and 48-Across
57 “You’ll never know until you ___!”