New York Times – Feb 8 2016 Monday Crossword Solution
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| ‘Gone ___ the days …’ | ARE |
| ‘I’d like ‘The New York Times Crossword’ for $200, ___’ | ALEX |
| ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ sister | KIM |
| ‘Kills bugs dead!’ brand | RAID |
| ‘No one wants to hear about that!’ | TMI |
| ‘Oh no you didn’t!’ sounds | GASPS |
| ‘Twilight’ author Stephenie | MEYER |
| ‘You’re looking at the wrong guy’ | NOTME |
| *Basics, informally | NITTYGRITTY |
| *Big seller for Sports Illustrated | SWIMSUITEDITION |
| *Like a nursery rhyme spider | ITSYBITSY |
| *Place often marked with a star on 24-Down | CAPITALCITY |
| 1962 007 villain | DRNO |
| 1972 hit for Eric Clapton | LAYLA |
| 3 Musketeers alternative | SNICKERS |
| Atlas contents | MAPS |
| Barn-raising group | AMISH |
| Baseball’s Moises or Jesus | ALOU |
| Blue creature of old Saturday morning TV | SMURF |
| Boater’s haven | COVE |
| Boldly states | AVOWS |
| Boxer Muhammad | ALI |
| Boxing decision, for short | TKO |
| Brainstorm | IDEA |
| Breakfast drinks, briefly | OJS |
| Buffy, to vampires | SLAYER |
| Coach who said ‘The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work’ | LOMBARDI |
| Comes to earth | LANDS |
| Daddy-o | POPS |
| Dark film genre | NOIR |
| Diva’s delivery | ARIA |
| Duke’s athletic grp | ACC |
| Dweebs | DORKS |
| Eye sores | STYES |
| Figures to be processed | DATA |
| Fixture at a subway entrance | STILE |
| Fussy sort | PRIG |
| Galley propellers | OARS |
| Gen. Robert E. ___ | LEE |
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| Gesture of sarcastic support | GOLFCLAP |
| Gift tag word | FROM |
| Gives the go-ahead | OKS |
| Golden calf, e.g | IDOL |
| Goya’s ‘The Naked ___’ | MAJA |
| Host Banks of TV’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’ | TYRA |
| Intentionally mislead | LIETO |
| Laura of ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ | DERN |
| Long-distance lover’s lament | IMISSYOU |
| Manhattan neighborhood next to TriBeCa | SOHO |
| Mythical hunter | ORION |
| Name repeated before ‘pumpkin eater’ | PETER |
| New Year’s ___ | EVE |
| Org. for Nadal and Federer | ATP |
| Org. with a Most Wanted list | FBI |
| Palindromic boy’s name | OTTO |
| Palindromic girl’s name | AVA |
| Paris transport system | METRO |
| Part of the Grim Reaper’s getup | HOOD |
| Pet-protecting org | ASPCA |
| Pied Piper’s follower | RAT |
| Possible reason for an R rating | SEX |
| Psych 101 subjects | EGOS |
| Queen in ‘Frozen’ | ELSA |
| Rorschach test element | BLOT |
| Sci-fi phaser setting | STUN |
| Setting for much of ‘Breaking Bad’ | LAB |
| Singing eightsome | OCTET |
| Something to pack up the trunk for | CARTRIP |
| Stuck-up sort | SNOOT |
| Tabloid twosomes … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues | ITCOUPLES |
| Talk back? | ECHO |
| Transmit | SEND |
| Typists’ timesavers | MACROS |
| Use the oven | BAKE |
| Volunteers, gives to charity, etc | DOESGOOD |
| What sets things in motion | CATALYST |
| When repeated, pretentious | TOO |
| [That is so funny] | LOL |