New York Times – Aug 7 2023
Clues |
Answers |
‘Busy’ buzzer |
BEE |
‘Monster’ on the highway |
SPEEDDEMON |
‘Monster’ on the web |
INTERNETTROLL |
‘Monster’ who drains people emotionally |
ENERGYVAMPIRE |
‘Monster’ with a sweet tooth |
SUGARFIEND |
‘Thanks’ in French |
MERCI |
‘___ there, done that’ |
BEEN |
00s, in James Bond novels |
AGENTS |
1982 film whose use of C.G.I. made it ineligible for a best visual effects Oscar |
TRON |
Actress Ward |
SELA |
Big part of a T. rex |
JAW |
Broccoli tips |
FLORETS |
Bronzes in the sun |
TANS |
Built up, as interest |
ACCRUED |
Commercial prefix with Pen |
EPI |
Consecrate with oil |
ANOINT |
Container used to make a sand castle |
PAIL |
Counterpart of fem |
MASC |
Designers of Disney attractions |
IMAGINEERS |
Devices often found under stovetops |
OVENS |
Early word for a baby |
DADA |
Equipment in a control tower |
RADAR |
Exams |
TESTS |
Feeling of deep anxiety |
ANGST |
Fine setting on a hose nozzle |
MIST |
Fitness enthusiast, slangily |
GYMRAT |
Flower with thorns |
ROSE |
Gait between a walk and a canter |
TROT |
Greek sandwich with tzatziki |
GYRO |
Having a graceful and elegant bearing |
POISED |
Highly active person |
DYNAMO |
Home of Mongolia and Myanmar |
ASIA |
Idle who sang ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ while tied to a cross |
ERIC |
Inquire |
ASK |
Japanese manga heroine with a feline sidekick named Luna |
SAILORMOON |
Like many blinking signs that say ‘Open’ |
NEON |
Literary heroine Jane |
EYRE |
Lord ___, ‘Don Juan’ poet |
BYRON |
Clues |
Answers |
Made the grade |
PASSED |
Make a formal speech |
ORATE |
Messenger molecule |
RNA |
N.Y.C. home to van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ |
MOMA |
Not a single person |
NOONE |
Not feeling well |
ILL |
Not in a bottle, at a bar |
ONTAP |
Not showing emotion |
STOIC |
Opinion columns, in brief |
OPEDS |
Pastry in a county fair competition |
PIE |
Pic file format |
JPEG |
Pinnacle |
ACME |
Place of combat |
ARENA |
Prefix with potent or present |
OMNI |
Ring-shaped reef |
ATOLL |
Roughly half of babies, to their parents |
SONS |
Sailor’s affirmation |
AYE |
Says yes, but silently |
NODS |
Shows, as a TV show |
AIRS |
Single feature of a Cyclops |
EYE |
Some time periods |
ERAS |
Sound from a pigpen |
OINK |
South Dakota’s capital |
PIERRE |
Suffix with kitchen or bachelor |
ETTE |
Sunset direction |
WEST |
Tango and foxtrot, for two |
DANCES |
Teen’s skin woe |
ACNE |
The ___ of March |
IDES |
Tirade |
RANT |
Top-quality, as beef |
PRIME |
Transfer from a device to the cloud, say |
UPLOAD |
Traveler’s stopover |
INN |
Trim (down) |
PARE |
Viral jokes like Grumpy Cat and Sad Frog |
MEMES |
Where hair roots grow |
SCALP |
Word after muscle or dial |
TONE |
___ and soul |
BODY |
___ Wall Street (protest movement) |
OCCUPY |