Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 The Mideast’s
City of Jasmine 9 Backup for R&B’s Booker T. 15 Open, one-seated horse-drawn carriage
16 ___ B. Price, creator of the comic strip “Rhymes With Orange” 17 Iconic snacks that re-debuted in 2013 19 Sainted archbishop of Canterbury 20 Darn
21 It may have butterflies 22 Tara of the “Sharknado” films 23 Clinched 25 Score mark indicating a passage to be repeated 27 Adobe document suffix
28 Honker 30 Poker
action 31 Exquisite gem 32 Knotted
34 Toon who often congratulates himself with “You’ve done it again!” 37 Near Eastern
inns
38 Duke legend,
to fans 39 Phrase said five times by Lady Macbeth soon after “Out, damned spot!” 40 Kellogg’s brand 41 Tennis players Dementieva and Makarova 43 Display of glee 46 World’s largest religious denomination 48 Steed noted for
its stamina 49 “Personally …” 50 Part of a Connecticut trio?
51 Amts. of
powder, maybe 53 Unstable 55 Sext symbols 58 The Mona Lisa’s smile, e.g.
59 Coral reef
inhabitant 60 Put in another
light
61 Typical inventor
Down
1 Note in the B
major scale 2 Expiated 3 Cluster of
mountains 4 Got in the
game, say 5 First name in children’s literature 6 Twist of fate you can’t help but laugh at 7 Paradoxical answer to appear among the Downs in a crossword 8 Thanksgiving offering at many restaurants 9 Add water to,
say
10 Some deer 11 Some deer 12 It’s usually next to a ticket booth 13 O.K.’d 14 Contractions of
the heart 18 Shared vow 24 Shoe designer
Jimmy
26 Lame (but eco-friendly) birthday gift 28 It may accompany an eye roll 29 Dweller between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers 31 Earnings, in
slang 33 Turndowns across the Atlantic
34 Artist who drew “Waterfall” and “Hand With Reflecting Sphere” 35 Second highest grossing movie of 2016 after “Captain America: Civil War” 36 Attractive 37 Where Macbeth is buried 39 Least likely to ramble 42 Certain
Finn 43 Household
chore system 44 “And my reaction was …,” in teenspeak 45 Jet launcher 47 Word on an express lane sign 49 What’s your beef?
52 Small scrap 54 Locale of Dostoyevsky’s exile
56 ___ Championship (event since 1916)
57 King, in
Portugal