New York Times Crossword Answer List August 31, 2022
New York Times Crossword Answers August 31, 2022
Author: Joe Deeney
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Chaps | MEN |
| Its 27-inch model was discontinued in 2022 | IMAC |
| Inundates with some junk | SPAMS |
| Card game cry | UNO |
| Org. that sent Perseverance to 63-Across | NASA |
| Academy enrollee | CADET |
| *Type of meal first sold by C.A. Swanson & Sons | TVDINNER |
| Spice in springerle cookies | ANISE |
| Only about one-sixth of these in humans is visible | EYES |
| Call from a cornfield | CAW |
| Oscar winner Witherspoon | REESE |
| Michigan football rival, for short | OSU |
| *Hospital bagful | IVFLUID |
| *Multimedia-focused school org. | AVCLUB |
| Hard or soft finish? | NESS |
| Goes first | LEADS |
| Dictator Amin | IDI |
| Up in the air, for short | TBD |
| Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues | FIVESECONDRULE |
| Pub pick | ALE |
| Code component | LAW |
| – | MINUS |
| “Let’s do this” | IMIN |
| *Camper’s place, maybe | RVPARK |
| *Up-and-coming group in high school athletics | JVSQUAD |
| Egyptian ophidian | ASP |
| Covers | COATS |
| Horror film cry | RUN |
| Some daily temps | LOWS |
| Bris, bat mitzvah and others | RITES |
| *Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, say | EVCREDIT |
| Good name for a home renter? | ELISE |
| “___ Flux” (1990s MTV series) | AEON |
| Help with the dishes | DRY |
| Joneses for | WANTS |
| See 14-Across | MARS |
| Possible reason for a PG-13 rating | SEX |
Down
| You might be on it during a meeting | MUTE |
| Be covetous of | ENVY |
| Connection point | NODE |
| Tripadvisor recommendation, perhaps | INN |
| Nickname for Mowgli in “The Jungle Book” | MANCUB |
| Away from land | ASEA |
| It’s lowered in the drive-thru line | CARWINDOW |
| Devours, with “down” | SCARFS |
| Some convention offerings | PANELS |
| Bye at the French Open? | ADIEU |
| International athlete who twice made Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world | MESSI |
| Charger | STEED |
| Wagnerian princess | ISOLDE |
| Figure (out) | SUSS |
| Miner discovery? | VEIN |
| Sporty Italian auto, informally | ALFA |
| Cover, in a way | VEIL |
| Give in | CAVE |
| “My lotto ticket might be the winner” | ICANDREAM |
| Toro or shiro maguro, at a sushi bar | TUNA |
| Busy day, in retrospect | BLUR |
| Division of a newsroom | DESK |
| Director Kazan | ELIA |
| Real ID issuers, in brief | DMVS |
| ___ effect | RIPPLE |
| Something to think about? | IQTEST |
| Dishevels | MUSSES |
| Longstanding ill will | RANCOR |
| Eddie Bauer competitor | JCREW |
| “There you go!” | VOILA |
| Smooth kind of finish | SATIN |
| Layer beneath the sclera and cornea | UVEA |
| Track figures | ODDS |
| Certain money transfer | WIRE |
| “Mr. Roboto” band, 1983 | STYX |
| O.R. staffers | RNS |
