New York Times – May 12 2020 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘Encore!’ |
MORE |
‘I’m ___ roll!’ |
ONA |
‘I’ve found it!’ |
EUREKA |
‘Whaaa?’ |
HUH |
‘What a pity’ |
ALAS |
*Dessert with light and dark streaks |
MARBLECAKE |
*First thing to do on a to-do list |
TOPPRIORITY |
*One having trouble keeping weight off |
YOYODIETER |
*Sidewinder, for one |
RATTLESNAKE |
35mm camera type |
SLR |
About, on a memo |
INRE |
Angst-ridden rock genre |
EMO |
Au courant |
INSTYLE |
Broncos Hall-of-Famer John |
ELWAY |
Building material that was no problem for the Big Bad Wolf |
STRAW |
Came to light |
AROSE |
Catering hall dispenser |
URN |
Comcast, e.g., for short |
ISP |
Comic convention, for one |
FANFEST |
Computer seen at a Genius Bar |
MAC |
Constellation with Rigel and Betelgeuse |
ORION |
Country singer Keith |
TOBY |
Crow with nine Grammys |
SHERYL |
Deuces |
TWOS |
Discarded part of a watermelon |
SEED |
Dundee denial |
NAE |
ESPN’s Arthur ___ Courage Award |
ASHE |
Establishments at many highway interchanges |
INNS |
Excuse meant to elicit sympathy |
SOBSTORY |
Foot or furlong |
UNIT |
Gustav who composed ‘The Planets’ |
HOLST |
Info for an Uber or Lyft customer, for short |
ETA |
It’s below 7 on the pH scale |
ACID |
Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great |
TSARS |
Justin Timberlake’s former band |
NSYNC |
Language in which ‘thank you’ is ‘grazie,’ to natives |
ITALIANO |
Less yielding, as a mattress |
FIRMER |
Light particle |
PHOTON |
Clues |
Answers |
Like Brown University since 1971 |
COED |
Like the flavor of some barbecue sauces |
SMOKY |
Microsoft virtual assistant introduced in 2014 |
CORTANA |
Noah’s Ark landing site |
ARARAT |
Not be serious |
KID |
Not prerecorded |
LIVE |
On the ___ (sneakily) |
SLY |
One of 20 for a bear |
TOE |
Open, as a bottle |
UNCAP |
Pioneer in email |
AOL |
Post boxes? |
CEREALS |
Prefix with second |
NANO |
Prep school near Windsor Castle |
ETON |
Printed publicity, slangily |
INK |
Product warning label appropriate for the answers to the four starred clues |
THISISNOTATOY |
Pumpkin |
HON |
Puppy’s bark |
YIP |
Puts the cuffs on |
NABS |
Rapids transits? |
RAFTS |
Residents of the Eternal City |
ROMANS |
Rummage (through) |
RIFLE |
See 10-Across |
SENOR |
Sells hard |
HYPES |
Show with Kate McKinnon, in brief |
SNL |
Something frequently reposted |
MEME |
Steaming mad |
IRATE |
The Black Knights of college football |
ARMY |
Used a stun gun on |
TASED |
Walk back and forth |
PACE |
Wee |
ITTY |
What a whopper! |
TOTALLIE |
When air-conditioners really hum |
HEATWAVE |
With 10-Down, enthusiastic south-of-the-border assent |
SISI |
___ Arbor, Mich |
ANN |
___ code |
PENAL |
___ Image Awards |
NAACP |
___ Lanka |
SRI |
___ the mill (ordinary) |
RUNOF |