New York Times – Sep 20 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Git!’ |
SCOOT |
‘Hesitating to mention it, but …’ |
DAREWESAY |
‘I dare you!’ |
DOIT |
‘Kilroy ___ here’ |
WAS |
‘Phooey!’ |
RATS |
‘Square’ things, ideally |
MEALS |
‘West Side Story’ seamstress |
MARIA |
‘___ and answered’ (courtroom objection) |
ASKED |
Actress Watts |
NAOMI |
Blade in the pen |
SHIV |
Boxer Max |
BAER |
Chew the fat |
GAB |
Clothes presser |
IRON |
Club game |
GOLF |
Come to a close |
END |
Comical ‘Dame’ |
EDNA |
Command-Z command |
UNDO |
Constellation units |
STARS |
da-DAH |
IAMB |
Designs with ® symbols: Abbr |
TMS |
Dreadlocked ones, informally |
RASTAS |
Drive mad |
UNHINGE |
Ed of ‘Up’ |
ASNER |
Ending with neo- or proto- |
PLASM |
Error report? |
OOPS |
Fabric purchase: Abbr |
YDS |
Fool |
SIMP |
Gates of philanthropy |
MELINDA |
German kingdom of old |
PRUSSIA |
Give off, as vibes |
EMIT |
Glass fragment |
SHARD |
Growing luxuriantly |
LUSH |
Habitual customer’s order, with ‘the’ |
USUAL |
Ham-handed |
CLUMSY |
Ice cream and sponge topped with meringue and placed in a very hot oven for a few minutes |
BAKEDALASKA |
Itch |
YEN |
J.Lo’s daughter with a palindromic name |
EMME |
Kardashian matriarch |
KRIS |
Clues |
Answers |
Kill, as an idea |
NIX |
Land of Blarney |
EIRE |
Latches (onto) |
GLOMS |
Lauder of cosmetics |
ESTEE |
Layers of sherry-soaked torte, homemade custard and fruit served chilled in a giant stem glass |
ENGLISHTRIFLE |
Locale for urban trash cans |
ALLEY |
Lollipop |
SUCKER |
Low ground, poetically |
VALE |
Lowdown, in slang |
POOP |
Manipulate |
USE |
Mini, e.g |
SKIRT |
Mop & ___ |
GLO |
Ones who are splitsville |
EXES |
Oodles |
ALOT |
Pass’s opposite |
FAIL |
Positive R.S.V.P.s |
YESES |
Pushing conventional limits |
EDGY |
Rock’s ___ Inch Nails |
NINE |
Salade ___ |
NICOISE |
Sam Cooke’s first #1 hit |
YOUSENDME |
Set traditionally handed down to an eldest daughter |
CHINA |
Severe and short, as an illness |
ACUTE |
Singer with the site imaginepeace.com |
ONO |
Steamed-for-hours, aged-for-months concoction of treacle, brandy, fruit and spices, set afire and served at Christmas |
PLUMPUDDING |
Strip of fabric used for trimming |
RUCHE |
Sugar ___ |
MAPLE |
Summary |
DIGEST |
Teacher’s plan |
LESSON |
Tiny bell sounds |
TINGS |
Uncles, in Acapulco |
TIOS |
Units of resistance |
OHMS |
Voldemort-like |
EVIL |
Walloped to win the bout, in brief |
TKOD |
What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
NOPIECEOFCAKE |
Willowy |
SVELTE |
___ contact |
EYE |
___ of the Apostles |
ACTS |
___-December romance |
MAY |