New York Times – May 29 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘As such …’ |
HENCE |
‘Enough is enough!’ |
QUITIT |
‘Hairspray’ mom usually played by a man |
EDNA |
‘Relax’ |
EASY |
‘Slow Churned’ brand |
EDYS |
‘Wowie!’ |
MAN |
‘You’re stuck with me’ |
IMIT |
‘___ voce poco fa’ (Rossini aria) |
UNA |
* * * * |
RAVEREVIEW |
… a fat Eastern monarch? |
THEVASTEMPEROR |
… a reed and percussion duet? |
GONGWITHTHEWIND |
… a salon woman I go to? |
MYHAIRLADY |
… an éclair or crème brûlée, with ‘The’? |
FRENCHCONFECTION |
… cooties from hugs and kisses? |
GERMSOFENDEARMENT |
… fools accompanying a pack of wild animals? |
DUNCESWITHWOLVES |
… gorgeous fur? |
ABEAUTIFULMINK |
… inaudible metrical poetry, with ‘The’? |
SILENCEOFTHEIAMBS |
1880s-’90s veep ___ P. Morton |
LEVI |
1988 chart-topping country album |
REBA |
2013 Best Picture nominee in which a main character isn’t human |
HER |
60 minuti |
ORA |
A while, in hyperbole |
AEONS |
About 3/4 of a football field |
ACRE |
Airplane part |
CABIN |
Antipasto pairing |
VINO |
Apt anagram of SNAKE |
SNEAK |
Attempt at a dunk tank |
THROW |
Bad sound in a changing room |
RIP |
Badger |
HARASS |
Benedictine title |
DOM |
Best Picture adaptation about … a search for the perfect brew, with ‘The’? |
BEERHUNTER |
Bit of safari equipment |
NET |
Bite |
NOSH |
Blender setting |
MIX |
Bridge support |
TRUSS |
Cause of boiling over |
IRE |
Certain fraternity chapter |
RHO |
Chance occurrence, old-style |
HAP |
Chief Theban god |
AMENRA |
Chihuahua greeting |
HOLA |
Chorus line? |
LAS |
College campus offering |
TOUR |
Commission, e.g |
FEE |
Country singer Church |
ERIC |
Daughter in E. M. Forster’s ‘Howards End’ |
EVIE |
Disney Channel’s ‘___ and Maddie’ |
LIV |
Dweller along the Mandeb Strait |
YEMENI |
Enlightened Buddhist |
ARHAT |
Equilibrium |
STASIS |
Extended rental? |
LIMO |
G.R.E. takers: Abbr |
SRS |
Game for bankers? |
POOL |
Geisha’s accessory |
OBI |
Gillette razor name |
TRAC |
Group standing at the U.N |
FLAGPOLES |
Half of a Vegas show duo |
PENN |
Hightailed it |
RANLIKEMAD |
Hilton alternative |
OMNI |
Honeydew cousins |
CASABAS |
Ice cream order |
SCOOP |
It circles the globe |
TROPIC |
Jet |
EBON |
Jet similar to a 747 |
DCTEN |
Juniors, maybe |
HEIRS |
King’s handful |
SCEPTER |
Lapel attachment |
MIC |
Leg presses work them |
QUADS |
Like a portrait that seems to be watching you |
EERIE |
Like candied apples |
GLACE |
Like carpaccio or crudités |
RAW |
Clues |
Answers |
Like groaners |
CORNY |
Like some sponsorship packages |
TIERED |
Liquor purchase |
FIFTH |
Lit ___ |
CRIT |
Main ingredient in queso relleno |
EDAM |
Merino mother |
EWE |
Metaphorical low point |
RUT |
Modern encyclopedia platform |
WIKI |
Muses |
OPINES |
Musician’s asset |
EAR |
Neighbor |
ABUT |
Neighbor of Irkutsk on a Risk board |
MONGOLIA |
Never, in Nikolaus |
NIE |
Northeast Corridor train |
ACELA |
O.T. book before Jeremiah |
ISA |
Obstacle in road repairs, maybe |
GASMAIN |
Olympian with a bow |
EROS |
One having a ball? |
DEB |
One in a no-blinking contest |
STARER |
One taking a long shot? |
RIFLE |
Part of a city network |
SEWER |
Peaceful protest |
LIEIN |
Peachy |
NEAT |
Peeping Tom’s spot |
SPYHOLE |
Penpoint |
NIB |
Photographer’s asset |
EYE |
Physicist Nathan who postulated wormholes |
ROSEN |
PIN point |
ATM |
Prefix with spore |
ENDO |
Previously |
NEE |
Psychedelic |
TRIPPY |
Quash |
ANNUL |
Reason for a class struggle? |
EXAM |
Reusable part of a common thank-you gift |
COOKIETIN |
Ring around the collar? |
LARIAT |
River islet |
AIT |
Safari sight? |
LINK |
Sancho Panza, e.g |
SENOR |
Sarge, e.g |
NONCOM |
Sea urchin, at a sushi bar |
UNI |
Second draft |
REVISION |
Set of anecdotes |
ANA |
Shred |
TATTER |
Shroud |
PALL |
Simon of the ‘Mission: Impossible’ films |
PEGG |
Singer DiFranco |
ANI |
Slip |
GOOF |
Spiced teas |
CHAIS |
Spork part |
TINE |
Stand up to |
DEFY |
Step ___ |
ASIDE |
Stethoscope’s place |
CHEST |
Successors to Cutlasses |
ALEROS |
Suffix with subsist |
ENT |
The White House’s ___ Room |
EAST |
They rank below marquises |
EARLS |
Things zygotes come from |
OVA |
Treat with a ‘Golden’ variety |
OREO |
Tush |
HEINIE |
TV inits. since 1975 |
GMA |
U.S. women’s soccer star Krieger |
ALI |
Vegas-to-Denver dir |
ENE |
Volume measure |
BEL |
War on Poverty agcy |
OEO |
What stars do |
GLISTEN |
Winnower |
SIEVE |
Words before and after ‘what’ |
IAM |
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner |
ERLE |
___ Drive (street where Harry Potter grew up) |
PRIVET |
___ Heep (Dickens villain) |
URIAH |