New York Times – Sunday, September 18, 2022 Crossword Answer List
Because I Said So!
New York Times, Sunday, September 18, 2022
Author:
Katie Hale
Editor:
Will Shortz
Painter whose motifs include ants and eggs
Across
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Fish tank buildup : ALGAE
6
Bog product : PEAT
10
P.M. times : AFTS
14
Suisse peak : ALPE
18
Disney film with a titular heroine : MOANA
19
Pricing word : EACH
20
Christmas color for Elvis : BLUE
21
Pork cut : LOIN
22
Mechanic’s go-to parenting phrase? : ILLTURNTHISCARAROUND
26
Painter whose motifs include ants and eggs : DALI
27
Give the nod : ASSENT
28
“Check it out for yourself” : GOSEE
29
Mauna ___ : KEA
31
French liver : FOIE
33
Some remote power sources : AAS
35
Up to 11 meters for a pterodactyl : WINGSPAN
37
Personal trainer’s go-to parenting phrase? : SITUPSTRAIGHT
43
Like some restrictions : DIETARY
44
Stephen King’s first published novel : CARRIE
45
Your and my relative? : OUR
46
Roof overhang : EAVE
48
Horror star Chaney : LON
49
In the past : AGO
50
Affectionate greeting : HUG
51
Arid : SERE
52
Small building block : ATOM
55
Conductor’s go-to parenting phrase? : DONTUSETHATTONEWITHME
63
Liquor in tiramisu : AMARETTO
64
TV drama with spinoffs set in Hawaii and New Orleans : NCIS
65
Cornerstone abbr. : EST
66
Eightfold : OCTUPLE
69
Animal working in the D.M.V. in “Zootopia” : SLOTH
72
Texas politician Beto : OROURKE
74
It’s a drag : TOW
75
Singer James : ETTA
77
Share accommodations : DOUBLEUP
79
Mathematician’s go-to parenting phrase? : ITOLDYOUAHUNDREDTIMES
86
Emmy-winning Ward : SELA
87
Lemon ___ : DROP
88
Insult : DIS
89
Hosp. area : ICU
90
Clean Air Act org. : EPA
92
“Star Wars” order : SITH
93
Word seen at the end of many Jean-Luc Godard movies : FIN
94
From where : WHENCE
97
From the get-go : ATFIRST
100
Air traffic controller’s go-to parenting phrase? : YOUREGROUNDED
103
Accepts the facts : GETSREAL
105
Her pronoun partner : SHE
106
Farmyard mamas : EWES
107
2003 Will Ferrell movie : ELF
108
Spooky : EERIE
110
Lacking the resources : UNABLE
113
Not out of the running : INIT
117
Librarian’s go-to parenting phrase? : LETSPLAYTHEQUIETGAME
121
Google ___ (Zoom alternative) : MEET
122
Chemical suffixes : INES
123
Backless shoe : MULE
124
Maybe one, maybe both : ANDOR
125
GPS calculations, in brief : ETAS
126
“I did it!” : TADA
127
Jabbers : YAKS
128
Jen ___, 2021-22 White House press secretary : PSAKI
Down
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Surrounded by : AMID
2
Tragic showgirl of song : LOLA
3
Chutzpah : GALL
4
Like PETA : ANTIFUR
5
___ de vie : EAU
6
Gift for writing : PENSET
7
Noshes : EATS
8
Feel that gym session : ACHE
9
What something might appear out of or disappear into : THINAIR
10
Epitome of simplicity : ABC
11
Guam’s features a sailboat and palm tree : FLAG
12
“The Burden of Proof” author : TUROW
13
Like many resorts : SEASIDE
14
Ingredient in homemade hand sanitizer : ALOEGEL
15
Reed of the Velvet Underground : LOU
16
Sellers franchise, with “The” : PINKPANTHER
17
Charm : ENDEAR
23
Poker option : RAISE
24
Solo : STAG
25
Baroque painter Guido : RENI
30
___ port in a storm : ANY
32
Nail polish brand with a “Tickle My France-y” shade : OPI
34
Part of a homemade Halloween costume : SHEET
36
Animal that turns white in the winter : STOAT
37
Large number : SCAD
38
“I am not what I am” speaker : IAGO
39
Pioneering sci-fi film that was snubbed for the Best Visual Effects Oscar for its use of computers : TRON
40
Road trip determination : ROUTE
41
Decade in which many in Gen Z were born : AUGHTS
42
Main ingredient in poi : TARO
47
Kind of diagram : VENN
50
In this matter : HERETO
51
Arose : STOODUP
53
City on the Irtysh River : OMSK
54
Parcel (out) : METE
56
Elementary particle named for a Greek letter : TAU
57
Called a strike, say : UMPED
58
Like some potato chips and language : SALTY
59
Part of NATO: Abbr. : ATL
60
Jardins d’enfants, par exemple : ECOLES
61
Tech and culture magazine since 1993 : WIRED
62
Has left the office, e.g. : ISOUT
66
Jay-Z and Kanye West song that samples “Try a Little Tenderness” : OTIS
67
Pigeon coop : COTE
68
What a bad dancer is said to have : TWOLEFTFEET
70
Large number : TON
71
___ Ledbetter, a.k.a. Lead Belly : HUDDIE
73
Newswire co. : UPI
76
A4 automaker : AUDI
78
“___ it!” (informal challenge) : BRING
80
Rock used to make ultramarine : LAPIS
81
Pretentious : ARTY
82
Snack cakes with creamy swirls : HOHOS
83
It might be changed or made up : MIND
84
“Look!,” in Latin : ECCE
85
Took to court : SUED
91
Miscreant’s record, maybe : ARRESTS
92
Like a clear night : STARLIT
93
Rival you kind of like : FRENEMY
94
“That’s amazing!” : WOWEE
95
Color classification : HUE
96
Naval Academy grads : ENSIGNS
97
Basic personal information : AGE
98
“Spill it!” : TELLME
99
Flow slowly : SEEP
101
“Not gonna happen!” : UHUH
102
Counts (on) : RELIES
104
Tropical vine : LIANA
109
“Brown ___ Girl” : EYED
111
Pool shade : AQUA
112
Kind of discount : BULK
114
Nothin’ : NADA
115
Words of reassurance : IMOK
116
Actress Garr : TERI
118
Hot spot in England? : TEA
119
Airport inits. : TSA
120
Dance with a paradiddle step : TAP
