New York Times – Feb 22 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Cool, man!’ |
RAD |
| ‘Uh-uh’ |
NOPE |
| ‘Who cares’ |
MEH |
| ‘___ Baba and the 40 Thieves’ |
ALI |
| ‘___ silly question …’ |
ASKA |
| *One ‘as lucky as lucky can be,’ in ‘Mary Poppins’ |
CHIMNEYSWEEP |
| *Showing at an adult film theater |
XRATEDMOVIE |
| *Sudden, unprovoked slug |
SUCKERPUNCH |
| + and – particles |
IONS |
| 1/8 fluid ounce |
DRAM |
| 155, in ancient Rome |
CLV |
| 747s, e.g |
JETS |
| Animal with a collar |
PET |
| Bar mitzvah or communion |
RITE |
| Bone below the knee |
TIBIA |
| Buck’s mate |
DOE |
| C minor, for Beethoven’s Fifth |
KEY |
| Coalition with no infighting |
UNITEDFRONT |
| Come into view |
APPEAR |
| Constrictors |
BOAS |
| Decide not to join, with ‘out’ |
OPT |
| Detroit labor org |
UAW |
| Done in a quick but effective manner … or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
DOWNANDDIRTY |
| Emergency transmission |
SOS |
| Fabricated |
MADEUP |
| Fall over one’s feet |
TRIP |
| Fictional Plaza Hotel girl |
ELOISE |
| Fireplace smoke escapes through them |
FLUES |
| Former ‘Family Feud’ host Richard |
DAWSON |
| Gorilla |
APE |
| Immediately, on an order |
ASAP |
| Indian in many an old western |
APACHE |
| Interject |
ADD |
| iTunes Store purchases |
APPS |
| Japan’s so-called ‘City of Ten Thousand Shrines’ |
KYOTO |
| Kermit creator Jim |
HENSON |
| Las Vegas’s home: Abbr |
NEV |
| Like a game that’s played on the road |
AWAY |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Like Willie Winkie |
WEE |
| Mekong native |
LAO |
| Miles per hour, e.g |
SPEED |
| More ritzy |
POSHER |
| Mother sheep |
EWE |
| Native New Zealanders |
MAORIS |
| Northeast Corridor service |
AMTRAK |
| Ones used by the Mafia |
HITMEN |
| Onetime stage name for Sean Combs |
PDIDDY |
| Period of British rule in India |
RAJ |
| Playwright William |
INGE |
| Power failure |
OUTAGE |
| Presidential palace in Paris |
ELYSEE |
| Prix ___ (restaurant offering) |
FIXE |
| Put-ons |
SHAMS |
| Russia’s ___ Mountains |
URAL |
| Shrimper’s catch |
NETFUL |
| Smooth sheet material |
SATIN |
| Start of a play |
ACTI |
| State of thinking |
MINDSET |
| Suit to ___ |
ATEE |
| Summer hours in N.Y.C |
EDT |
| Teasing |
POKINGFUNAT |
| Texas city on the Mexican border |
ELPASO |
| The ‘R’ of I.R.S |
REVENUE |
| The Almighty |
LORD |
| The first ‘R’ of R&R |
REST |
| The Parthenon, for one |
TEMPLE |
| Things ‘counted’ when taking attendance |
NOSES |
| Unit of work |
ERG |
| Veterans Day event |
PARADE |
| Water: Fr |
EAU |
| When Presidents’ Day is always celebrated: Abbr |
MON |
| Winery container |
VAT |
| Winnie-the-___ |
POOH |
| Without restraint |
FREELY |
| Word following ‘If not now’ |
WHEN |
| ___ Trapp family (‘The Sound of Music’ group) |
VON |