New York Times – Aug 8 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Shoot!’ |
DARN |
‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ fabulist |
AESOP |
‘There you have it!’ |
ETVOILA |
‘Weekend Update’ show, for short |
SNL |
‘___ Baba and the 40 Thieves’ |
ALI |
*1932 Greta Garbo classic |
GRANDHOTEL |
*1956 James Dean western |
GIANT |
*1963 Steve McQueen epic, with ‘The’ |
GREATESCAPE |
*2004 documentary about fast food |
SUPERSIZEME |
*Winner of 11 1997 Oscars |
TITANIC |
007 creator Fleming |
IAN |
Airline’s base of operations |
HUB |
Amoeba’s shape |
BLOB |
Apologize for one’s sins |
REPENT |
Attorneys’ org |
ABA |
Bert’s sister in ‘The Bobbsey Twins’ |
NAN |
Bob of TV’s ‘This Old House’ |
VILA |
Brewer’s fermenting agent |
YEAST |
City near Provo Peak |
OREM |
Contend |
VIE |
Deck with 78 cards |
TAROT |
Dishonorable |
IGNOBLE |
Drops off at the post office |
SENDS |
Dump emanations |
ODORS |
Ear trouble |
OTITIS |
Easy runs |
LOPES |
Easy win |
ROMP |
Editor’s ‘Let it stay’ |
STET |
Eschew Uber, say |
CALLACAB |
Fancy party spread |
PATE |
Flies, to spiders |
PREY |
Garfield’s favorite food, in the comics |
LASAGNA |
Get ___ of (throw away) |
RID |
Go beyond ripe |
ROT |
God, in the Torah |
ADONAI |
Have a go at |
ATTEMPT |
Home of the N.F.L.’s Dolphins |
MIAMI |
Hunchbacked assistant of film |
IGOR |
Clues |
Answers |
Immature stage |
LARVA |
Iowa’s ___ College |
COE |
iPhone purchases |
APPS |
It acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 |
DISNEY |
Jewish mysticism |
CABALA |
Leading man Grant |
CARY |
Like the accent in ‘é’ |
ACUTE |
Like the Burj Khalifa among all the buildings in the world |
TALLEST |
Like the verb ‘to be’: Abbr |
IRR |
Long view … or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
BIGPICTURE |
Nail the test |
ACEIT |
Objects of an Easter hunt |
EGGS |
Of the city |
URBAN |
Orchestra section next to the cellos |
VIOLAS |
Pale as a ghost |
ASHY |
Perch for a golf ball |
TEE |
Poor |
INDIGENT |
QVC alternative |
HSN |
Rom-com or horror |
GENRE |
Root beer container |
MUG |
Scrabble rackful |
TILES |
Seeing stars |
DAZED |
Short albums, for short |
EPS |
Sidewalks line them |
STREETS |
Sister brand of Gillette’s Sensor |
ATRA |
Sportscaster Berman |
LEN |
Springsteen’s ‘Born in the ___’ |
USA |
Squirrel away |
HOARD |
Squirrel’s home |
TREE |
Strengthen |
BOLSTER |
Temper tantrum throwers |
BRATS |
TV channel established under a royal charter |
BBC |
Upscale business accommodations |
SUITES |
Visit |
STOPBY |
What a landslide political victory confers |
MANDATE |
What colanders and Swiss cheese both have |
HOLES |
___ boom (what a jet may create) |
SONIC |
___ diagram |
VENN |