New York Times – Feb 23 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Can’t do it’ |
NOSOAP |
| ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ blonde |
LORELEI |
| ‘Let me repeat …’ |
ISAID |
| ‘The Metamorphosis’ protagonist |
SAMSA |
| 2012 election name |
MITT |
| Aids for some urban commuters |
BUSMAPS |
| Another nickname for the Ocean State |
LITTLERHODY |
| Beijing’s river basin |
HAI |
| Belly button type |
INNIE |
| Big name in luxury bags |
VUITTON |
| Black & Decker competitor |
SKIL |
| Black flower in a Dumas title |
TULIP |
| BlackBerry, e.g., briefly |
PDA |
| Bombard |
PELT |
| Bone parallel to the radius |
ULNA |
| Bowling |
TENPINS |
| Bunglings |
FOULUPS |
| Call on a dairy farm |
MOO |
| Carne ___ (Mexican restaurant order) |
ASADA |
| Characters on a wanted poster |
AKA |
| Come out on top |
TRIUMPH |
| Countless centuries |
EON |
| Direction opposite nord |
SUD |
| Drop heavily |
PLUNK |
| Dulles airport designer Saarinen |
EERO |
| Enthusiastic |
RAHRAH |
| Epoch when modern mammals arose |
EOCENE |
| Evil ‘Get Smart’ group |
KAOS |
| Fights, as war |
WAGES |
| Flow back |
EBB |
| Forbid |
DENY |
| Former ember |
ASH |
| Freeloader |
SPONGE |
| Goes in up to one’s knees, say |
WADES |
| Golfer Palmer, informally |
ARNIE |
| H.M.O. doctor designations |
PCPS |
| Hide in the shadows |
SKULK |
| In ___ paratus (ready for anything) |
OMNIA |
| Inquires about |
ASKSAFTER |
| Clues |
Answers |
| It’s a small whirl after all |
EDDY |
| It’s often said with a smile |
CHEESE |
| Loved, as archaeological work? |
DUG |
| Madrid-to-Lisbon dir |
WSW |
| Makeshift ghost costume |
SHEET |
| Medium for Michelangelo |
MARBLE |
| Military authority: Abbr |
CMD |
| Muscles above the abs |
PECS |
| Non-pro? |
ANTI |
| Nurse settings, briefly |
ERS |
| Nutmeg-topped drink |
NOG |
| Office PC setup |
LAN |
| One for Caesar? |
UNUM |
| One of two in a Big Mac |
PATTY |
| One terminus of a Japanese bullet train |
OSAKA |
| Ones watching their plates? |
UMPS |
| Part of DOS: Abbr |
SYS |
| Passport certification |
STAMP |
| Pink shade |
CARNATION |
| Problem with lifting? |
KLEPTOMANIA |
| Remove from practice |
DISBAR |
| Sam-___ (Seuss character) |
IAM |
| See 13-Down |
CAKES |
| Simon ___ |
SAYS |
| Skiing event with gates |
SLALOM |
| Slap handcuffs on |
NAB |
| Southwest Indian |
UTE |
| Stick : punishment :: ___ : reward |
CARROT |
| Suffix with north |
ERN |
| Summer on the Seine |
ETE |
| Sundial three |
III |
| Tiniest leftover |
CRUMB |
| Tiny storage unit |
BYTE |
| Virgil described its eruption in the ‘Aeneid’ |
MTETNA |
| Volley |
SALVO |
| With 51-Down, description of the circled answers? |
LAYER |
| Word with cream or cutie |
PIE |
| ___ land |
LALA |
| ___-Magnon man |
CRO |