New York Times, Saturday, October 1, 2022 Crossword Answer List
New York Times, Saturday, October 1, 2022
Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Will Shortz
“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” novelist, 2019
Across
1
Lead : MAIN
5
Jan. 1, for all racing thoroughbreds in the Northern Hemisphere : BDAY
9
Rotten, as chances : SLIM
13
Bit of shelter : EAVE
14
Boombox sound : BLARE
15
Place for a flat : TIRE
16
Is propelled by fans : CROWDSURFS
18
River through Bath : AVON
19
Final four? : HORSEMEN
20
___ Belova a.k.a. Black Widow : YELENA
22
Flexible request : ANY
23
Aix-___-Bains, France : LES
24
“Be right there …” : ONESEC
25
Strategy to prevent a runner from stealing a base : PITCHOUT
28
Fruity cooler : ADE
29
“Funky Cold Medina” rapper : TONELOC
30
Drudge or trudge : PLOD
31
Who wrote “In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling” : GERTRUDESTEIN
34
Sun, say : BASK
35
One-third of France’s motto : EGALITE
36
Genre prefix : ALT
37
What Rose decides to do for Jack in “Titanic” : POSENUDE
39
Pointed the finger at : BLAMED
41
Sch. that’s home to the Keydets : VMI
42
Cousin of a crow : JAY
45
Mocha native : YEMENI
46
Part of the mind that is “like all propagandists, relentlessly repetitive,” per Adam Phillips : SUPEREGO
48
Unfettered : FREE
49
Waved at, maybe : SHOOEDAWAY
51
Word before “Nobody” or “No Sunshine” in R&B titles : AINT
52
Long-term security, for short : TBOND
53
Format of some N.S.A. leaks : MEMO
54
Body of art? : TATS
55
Track, often : SONG
56
Porter alternatives : ALES
Down
1
Anime and manga genre involving robots : MECHA
2
M.L.B. career leader in total bases : AARON
3
___ tower : IVORY
4
It’s broken by hounds : NEWS
5
Old Nickelodeon kids’ show featuring a puppy leaving paw print hints to be solved : BLUESCLUES
6
Cry that might be said while snapping the fingers : DARN
7
Pound sound : ARF
8
“Who else would I be talking to?!” : YESYOU
9
Banal : STALE
10
Hides one’s true self : LIVESALIE
11
Attached, as a patch : IRONEDON
12
Terrorized, say : MENACED
14
Ability to detect misinformation, slangily : BSMETER
17
Use a roller on, in a way : DELINT
21
Battle of Isengard fighter : ENT
25
Meat in tonkatsu : PORK
26
___-podge : HODGE
27
“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” novelist, 2019 : OCEANVUONG
29
Tribute : TESTAMENT
30
___ Postlethwaite, whom Spielberg once called “the best actor in the world” : PETE
31
Indoor arcade : GALLERIA
32
Had bad posture : SLUMPED
33
Picked up : TIDIED
34
Something most people lose with age : BABYFAT
37
“The tongue of the soul,” per Cervantes : PEN
38
Sappho and Horace : ODISTS
40
They may include dashes : MEETS
42
Ring highlight? : JEWEL
43
Best effort : AGAME
44
Oscillates wildly : YOYOS
46
In a moment : SOON
47
Hindu embodiment of virtue : RAMA
50
“The White Lotus” airer : HBO
