New York Times – Nov 16 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Apocalypse Now’ setting, familiarly |
NAM |
‘This weighs a ___!’ |
TON |
‘Why should ___?’ (‘No, it doesn’t bother me’) |
IMIND |
1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle’s Across answers |
BATMAN |
2015 Whitey Bulger biopic |
BLACKMASS |
Achieve great success |
GOFAR |
Actress Davis of ‘Beetlejuice’ |
GEENA |
Altar vow |
IDO |
Ask ‘Can I?’ repeatedly, say |
NAG |
Available from a keg |
ONTAP |
Bad to the bone |
EVIL |
Ball’s partner |
ARNAZ |
Bart or Ringo |
STARR |
Basics |
ABCS |
Bees collect it |
NECTAR |
Big name in sports shoes |
AVIA |
Bob Cratchit’s job in ‘A Christmas Carol’ |
CLERK |
British soldier in the Revolution |
REDCOAT |
Build-___ Workshop (toy retailer) |
ABEAR |
Chomsky who wrote ‘Syntactic Structures’ |
NOAM |
Chows down |
EATS |
Citrus drinks |
ADES |
City called the ‘Silicon Valley of India’ |
BANGALORE |
Close |
NEAR |
College in New Rochelle, N.Y |
IONA |
Computer cooler |
FAN |
Cookie that started as a Hydrox knockoff |
OREO |
Cool, in the 1960s |
GROOVY |
Country singer Loretta |
LYNN |
Crowd reactions to a daredevil |
GASPS |
Diarist Frank |
ANNE |
Dreamboat |
ADONIS |
Duke Ellington’s ‘Take the ___’ |
ATRAIN |
Early American diplomat Silas |
DEANE |
Easily bruised fruit |
BANANA |
Embarrassing laugh accompanier |
SNORT |
Genghis Khan, e.g |
MONGOL |
Get better |
HEAL |
Gift of ___ |
GAB |
Clues |
Answers |
Gives a bad review |
PANS |
Granny |
NANA |
Hamburger holders |
BUNS |
Hang-ups |
SNAGS |
Hawaiian coffee region |
KONA |
Hendrix famously used one in his Woodstock rendition of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ |
WHAMMYBAR |
Indian drums similar to bongos |
TABLAS |
Jacob’s first wife |
LEAH |
Kicked off |
BEGAN |
Like a virgin |
CHASTE |
Like most knock-knock jokes |
OLD |
Like yellow 17-Acrosses |
RIPE |
Little Italian girls |
BAMBINAS |
Lug |
HAUL |
Maple syrup, essentially |
SAP |
Microsoft’s defunct digital encyclopedia |
ENCARTA |
Mini-albums, informally |
EPS |
Modest two-piece bathing suit |
TANKINI |
Mop, as a deck |
SWAB |
Musher puller |
SLEDDOG |
News network with a stock ticker |
CNBC |
Olympian war god |
ARES |
Org. for the New York Liberty |
WNBA |
Org. with a ‘100 Years … 100 Movies’ list |
AFI |
Post-lunch pick-me-up |
POWERNAP |
Pub orders |
ALES |
QB Brett |
FAVRE |
Question repeatedly posed by Ferris Bueller’s teacher |
ANYONE |
Quickly pan (in) |
ZOOM |
Rare blood type, for short |
ANEG |
Record of the year |
ANNAL |
Silent screen actress Naldi |
NITA |
Singer of love songs |
BALLADEER |
Tee preceder |
ESS |
Teen’s affliction |
ACNE |
Tennis player who posthumously received a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
ASHE |
Time in history |
ERA |
When doubled, a 2010s dance |
NAE |
___ fides (credentials) |
BONA |