New York Times – Aug 21 2016 Crossword Solution
New York Times – Aug 21 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues | Answers |
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‘Capeesh?’ | SEE |
‘Help!’ | SAVEME |
‘It’s a pity other cars aren’t built this way’ cars | SAABS |
‘It’s the ___’ (‘I’ve changed’) | NEWME |
‘Keep fighting the good fight!’ | BESTRONG |
‘Man, that feels good!’ | AAH |
‘Mind … blown!’ | HOLYCOW |
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ judge | ABDUL |
‘Stop!,’ at a port | AVAST |
‘The Simpsons’ character in a green jacket | APU |
‘Three Coins in the Fountain’ fountain | TREVI |
A.M.A. members | DRS |
Actor Penn | KAL |
Actor Wheaton | WIL |
Alternative regimen to an 84-Down, informally | PALEO |
Annoy | IRK |
Annual athletic honors | ESPYS |
Annual N.Y.C. fund-raising event | METGALA |
Approver of new meds | FDA |
At this point | BYNOW |
Beethoven’s ‘Sinfonia ___’ | EROICA |
Bethesda-based research agcy | NIH |
Blessed thing? | SNEEZE |
Bob alternative … or partner | WEAVE |
Born | NEE |
Break up with someone | ENDIT |
Busy time for malls: Abbr | DEC |
Clancy’s Red October, e.g | SUB |
Concerted efforts | ENDEAVORS |
Cookie with a Thins variety | OREO |
Cousin of goth | EMO |
Cracker shape | ANIMAL |
Dazzled | INAWE |
Dazzling | RESPLENDENT |
Defeat in a Nathan’s Famous contest | OUTEAT |
Disco relative | TECHNO |
Disney dwarf | DOC |
Dog created by Jim Davis | ODIE |
Drive-thru decision | ORDER |
Drivel | PAP |
Dunham of ‘Girls’ | LENA |
Egg: Prefix | OVO |
Election night graphic, for short | USMAP |
Enigmatic one in ‘The Hobbit’ | RUNE |
Erupter at 32-Across | LUFHTIAFDLO |
Exit key | ESC |
Feature of the Six Million Dollar Man | BIONICEYE |
Federal agency established on August 25, 1916 | NATIONALPARKSERVICE |
Feeling of hunger | PANG |
Fischer, to Spassky, e.g | RIVAL |
Flat-bottomed boat | SKIFF |
Follower of Joel | AMOS |
For whom the Edgar awards are named | POE |
France’s so-called ‘Capital of the Ruins’ | STLO |
Fury | IRE |
Goes down | SETS |
Good fact-checking types | PEDANTS |
Gran Paradiso, e.g | ALP |
Had too much of, briefly | ODEDON |
Halley of Halley’s comet | EDMOND |
Harris’s role in ‘The Right Stuff’ | GLENN |
Harry’s Hogwarts enemy | DRACO |
Henry W. ___, Union major general during the Civil War | SLOCUM |
High-powered guns | UZIS |
Highly rated bond | AAA |
Highly rated Bond? | MOORE |
Home to more than half the world’s active geysers | YELLOWSTONE |
House majority leader before DeLay | ARMEY |
I C U, e.g | REBUS |
Indoor plants popular in waiting rooms | LADYPALMS |
Clues | Answers |
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Insult, say | DEMEAN |
Islamic law | SHARIA |
It’s as good as XXX | OOO |
Jumps higher than, in sports slang | SKIES |
Kind of pass | VIP |
Kind of treatment | SPA |
Life force in Chinese philosophy | CHI |
Light and breezy entertainment, informally | MINDCANDY |
Like Serbs, but not Hungarians | SLAVIC |
Like Sherpas | NEPALESE |
Like some oaths | SOLEMN |
Like the name Nguyen in Vietnam | COMMON |
Luncheonette order, for short | BLT |
Mayo container? | ANO |
Mends | HEALS |
Milk dispensers? | TEATS |
Mortgage, often | HOMELOAN |
Nascar unit | LAP |
Neighbor of Ger | AUS |
Nina Totenberg’s milieu | NPRNEWS |
Ninny | TWIT |
Not quite right | IMPRECISE |
Nothing but | ALL |
Oprah’s BFF | GAYLE |
Organized hikes | EXPEDITIONS |
Oscar winner for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ | LETO |
Painkiller containing caffeine | ANACIN |
Part of Y.S.L | YVES |
Partner of sound | SAFE |
Parts of a Jerusalem skyline | DOMES |
Passionate kiss | LIPLOCK |
PolitiFact finding | LIE |
Portions | METES |
Purchase at an optometrist’s | FRAMES |
Radio host Shapiro | ARI |
Raiders’ org | ATF |
Rap’s ___ Boys | BEASTIE |
Regimen adopted by Bill Clinton in 2010 | VEGANDIET |
Region of ancient Greece | IONIA |
Result of many years of study, for short | PHD |
Ring around a classical column | ANNULET |
Row maker | HOE |
Samovar, e.g | URN |
Six, in Italy | SEI |
Snack brand whose name hints at its flavor | NILLA |
Spots for auto logos | GRILLES |
Sprint | RACE |
Store head: Abbr | MGR |
Subatomic particle named for the weak force | WBOSON |
Subject of many Ansel Adams photos | YOSEMITE |
Surrender | CEDE |
Tavern attachment | INN |
Telenovela, e.g | DRAMA |
Term of address for a noble | MILORD |
The Henry who founded the House of Tudor | VII |
Thom ___ shoes | MCAN |
Tyrant | DESPOT |
Untethered | LOOSE |
Verdi aria | ERITU |
Very, very | EVERSO |
Virgin Mary’s mother | ANNE |
Wall St. ‘500’ | SANDP |
Webmaster’s medium | HTML |
Whacks | OFFS |
What might replace you? | ONE |
Win by ___ | ANOSE |
Wire message | TELEX |
Word of support | YEA |
Zika monitoring org | CDC |
Zippo | NADA |