New York Times – Feb 24 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Explorer’ channel |
NATGEO |
| ‘Six-pack’ muscles |
ABS |
| ‘Star Wars’ droid, informally |
ARTOO |
| ‘This is no joke!’ |
IMEANIT |
| ‘You’ve Got a Friend ___’ |
INME |
| Acrobat’s wear |
UNITARD |
| Apple originally marketed to schools |
EMAC |
| Become less intense |
SIDE |
| Blackmore’s Doone |
LORNA |
| Bow respectfully |
SALAAM |
| Capital on the Aare |
BERN |
| Central figure in a Mussorgsky opera |
TSAR |
| City on the Arno |
PISA |
| College benefactor Yale |
ELIHU |
| Column style |
IONIC |
| Comedians’ shindig |
ROAST |
| Composer of music ‘as ignorable as it is interesting’ |
ENO |
| D-Day vessels, for short |
LSTS |
| Dead Sea Scrolls sect |
ESSENES |
| Diva ___ Te Kanawa |
KIRI |
| Eartha who sang ‘C’est Si Bon’ |
KITT |
| Eucalyptus-munching animal |
KOALA |
| Extreme: Abbr |
ULT |
| Football legend Amos Alonzo ___ |
STAGG |
| Formicide’s target |
ANT |
| Fruitcake fruit |
CITRON |
| Goes underwater … or a hint to the answers on the perimeter of this puzzle |
SUBMERGES |
| Greet, as the new year |
RINGIN |
| Guinness suffix |
EST |
| Guitar amp effect |
ECHO |
| Hoity-toity sort |
SNOB |
| Like the area between city and farm |
URBAN |
| Like the pointed end of a pencil |
TAPERED |
| Lofty in thought or manner |
LIME |
| Loser to VHS |
BETAMAX |
| LP protectors |
SLEEVES |
| M.I.T. part: Abbr |
TECH |
| M.I.T. part: Abbr |
INST |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Make impure |
TAINT |
| Mani-pedi spot |
SPA |
| Meat of the matter |
STANCE |
| Mens ___ (criminal intent) |
REA |
| Number of states that border the Mississippi |
TEN |
| Politico lampooned by Fey |
PALIN |
| Popular Bach piece for the lute |
BOURREE |
| Property recipient, in law |
ALIENEE |
| Puts down by force |
DUES |
| Renter from a renter |
LETTER |
| Ring stoppages, for short |
TKOS |
| Rio’s land, to natives |
BRASIL |
| S.U.V. named for a lake |
TAHOE |
| Send over the moon |
ELATE |
| Serengeti antelope |
GNU |
| Sign to heed |
OMEN |
| Speed of sound |
MACHONE |
| Stock market fluctuation |
DIP |
| Super Bowl highlights, to many |
ADS |
| Sushi bar option |
SASHIMI |
| Take away |
TRACT |
| Tale of adventure |
GEST |
| Talent show judge, often |
PANELIST |
| The ‘2’ in the formula for water, e.g |
SCRIPT |
| Thigh-slapper |
GASSER |
| Totally absorbed |
ENRAPT |
| Triton’s domain |
SEA |
| Twinings in London is one |
TEAHOUSE |
| U.S. broadcaster overseas |
VOA |
| U.S.S. Nautilus, for one |
MARINE |
| Underlying theme |
TEXT |
| Upper reaches of space |
ETHER |
| Visitor to Siam, on stage and film |
ANNA |
| Wasabi ___ (bar snack) |
PEAS |
| With all judges present |
ENBANC |
| World Series game sextet |
UMPS |
| Yanks’ allies in W.W. I and II |
BRITS |
| Yoga posture |
ASANA |