New York Times – Dec 11 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Brown Sugar’ band, with ‘the’ |
STONES |
| ‘Fernando’ band |
ABBA |
| ‘Go ahead, I’m listening’ |
TRYME |
| ‘Good enough’ |
ITLLDO |
| ‘lol’ |
HAHA |
| ‘Me neither’ |
NORI |
| ‘O mio babbino caro,’ for one |
ARIA |
| ‘Oh, jeez!’ |
DEARGOD |
| ‘Oof!’ |
THATHURTS |
| ‘Rosy-fingered’ Greek goddess |
EOS |
| ‘Ta-ta!’ |
BYE |
| ‘Tell me how you really feel!’ |
SAYIT |
| ‘The cauldron of Democracy’ |
AMERICA |
| ‘The Real Slim Shady,’ for one |
RAPSONG |
| ‘The Simpsons’ girl |
LISA |
| ‘___ even’ |
ICANT |
| Activity that was called 111-Across before pesticides |
ORGANICFARMING |
| Actor Bruce |
WILLIS |
| Against |
ANTI |
| Ages and ages |
EONS |
| Agrees to fight |
TAKESON |
| Aids in filing |
RASPS |
| Ailing |
SICK |
| Airport figs |
ETDS |
| Apparel also called clamdiggers |
CAPRIPANTS |
| Apple alternatives |
DELLS |
| Argument-ending reply |
SAYSME |
| Be an agent (for) |
REP |
| Bee follower |
CEE |
| Believes (in) |
TRUSTS |
| Belonging to the highest level |
TOPRANK |
| Burdens |
ONUSES |
| Cackle from a greedy person |
ALLMINE |
| Caesar’s ‘Commentaries on the ___ War’ |
GALLIC |
| Charles, par exemple |
ROI |
| Cinnamon candies |
REDHOTS |
| Climax of many a fantasy novel |
EPICBATTLE |
| Coins that pay for passage over the River Styx |
OBOLS |
| Common word in insurance company names |
MUTUAL |
| Concept that was called 36-Across before research into the square root of negatives |
REALNUMBER |
| Court reporter, e.g |
STENO |
| Dancer Duncan |
ISADORA |
| Declined |
SLID |
| Degree |
EXTENT |
| Dialect that was called 22-Across before the age of colonialism |
BRITISHENGLISH |
| Disfigure |
MAR |
| Doubter’s question |
ISIT |
| Drag away |
TOW |
| Dummy symbols in ciphers |
NULLS |
| Empower |
ENABLE |
| Entertainment category that was called 97-Across before talkies |
SILENTFILM |
| Escapes |
GETSAWAY |
| Fastener that was called 80-Across before a rounded design was implemented |
FLATHEADSCREW |
| Fever fit |
AGUE |
| Figure skater Cohen |
SASHA |
| Food that was called 53-Across before Twizzlers and the like |
BLACKLICORICE |
| Former attorney general Holder |
ERIC |
| Giving heat? |
ARMING |
| Go for |
COST |
| Goal for some dropouts, for short |
GED |
| Gridiron gains: Abbr |
YDS |
| Gross |
ICKY |
| Happened to |
BEFELL |
| Helper: Abbr |
ASST |
| Home of Haleakala National Park |
MAUI |
| Horror and mystery |
GENRES |
| I’s |
EGOS |
| Ice Bucket Challenge, for one |
FAD |
| Jackson 5 #1 hit |
ABC |
| Lags |
TRAILS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Leaving word |
ADIEU |
| Light-colored wood |
ASH |
| Like many wedding cakes |
TIERED |
| Like snakes |
SCALY |
| Like the planet in ‘Dune’ |
ARID |
| Look for business? |
SUITANDTIE |
| Machinelike |
ROBOTIC |
| Main points |
GISTS |
| Mark of success in business? |
CUBAN |
| Mass, e.g |
RITUAL |
| Nickname of a ‘Game of Thrones’ dwarf, with ‘the’ |
IMP |
| Not as lax |
FIRMER |
| Not belonging to anybody |
NOONES |
| Object that was called 100-Across before electronic documents |
PAPERCOPY |
| Observe |
OBEY |
| Onetime title for Bernie Sanders |
MAYOR |
| Opponents of the Protestant Reformation |
PAPISTS |
| Opposite of fore |
AFT |
| Opposite of paleo- |
NEO |
| Painter Jean |
ARP |
| Part of Dixie: Abbr |
ALA |
| Part of the names of four state capitals |
CITY |
| PBS’s ‘___ Can Cook’ |
YAN |
| Peddler’s stock |
WARES |
| Personal datum: Abbr |
SSN |
| Pickup truck’s capacity, maybe |
ONETON |
| Police broadcast, for short |
APB |
| Portrays feelings |
EMOTES |
| Primps |
PREENS |
| Property recipient |
ALIENEE |
| Purported rural shenanigan |
COWTIPPING |
| Quaff in Middle-earth |
ALE |
| Quaint contraction |
TIS |
| Realtor’s goal |
SALE |
| Releases, dramatically |
UNHANDS |
| Reply to 5-Down |
ITIS |
| Rids of vermin, in a way |
DERATS |
| Rod user |
ANGLER |
| Share |
CUT |
| Siri : iPhone :: ___ : Amazon Echo |
ALEXA |
| Site of the infamous Hoa Lo Prison |
HANOI |
| Skimobile, informally |
SLED |
| Small monetary amts |
CTS |
| Small newt |
EFT |
| Something to bank on |
ATM |
| Something you might have a gut feeling about? |
ECOLI |
| Source of the saying ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ |
ACTS |
| South American corn cakes |
AREPAS |
| Spock’s rank: Abbr |
CMDR |
| Squeeze (out) |
EKE |
| Stomach-related |
GASTRIC |
| Stops |
CEASES |
| Symbol for density |
RHO |
| System that was called 34-Across before the Internet |
SNAILMAIL |
| Target demographic for Hot Wheels |
BOYS |
| Tea Partiers in Congress, e.g |
BLOC |
| Terrier carrier |
PETCRATE |
| They go about two feet |
SOCKS |
| Ticket |
CITE |
| Upright |
ONEND |
| Vibrating device |
PAGER |
| W.W. II danger |
UBOAT |
| Was horrible |
STUNK |
| Whoop |
CRY |
| Without a doubt |
SURELY |
| Zilch |
NADA |
| ___ bloom (result of fertilizer pollution) |
ALGAL |
| ___ dixit |
IPSE |
| ___ point |
TOA |
| ___ splints (runner’s ailment) |
SHIN |
