New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers February 27, 2024
Author: Nate Cardin
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Cinnamon or cardamom | SPICE |
Big-ticket ___ | ITEM |
From the beginning | ANEW |
Hot drink with marshmallows | COCOA |
Foal’s mother | MARE |
Sweeping tale | SAGA |
Signs that it’s time to take out the trash | ODORS |
“Toy Story” dachshund with a springy body | SLINKYDOG |
This emoticon: 😉 | WINKYFACE |
Gather together | AMASS |
___ Vegas Aces (W.N.B.A. team) | LAS |
Assistance | AID |
Spot for a card skimmer, in brief | ATM |
L.A. winter clock setting | PST |
Pressed one’s luck | PUSHEDIT |
“Defend the rights of all people nationwide” org. | ACLU |
Vegetarian street food known for its distinct smell | STINKYTOFU |
Pork portion | LOIN |
Oscar winner Mahershala | ALI |
Singer Diana with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | ROSS |
Tony Award-winning musical with the song “Sex Is in the Heel” | KINKYBOOTS |
“Don’t worry about me!” | IMOK |
One with unselfish motivations | ALTRUIST |
Trojans’ sch. | USC |
Condition that may involve repetitive behavior, for short | OCD |
Variety | ILK |
“Mamma ___!” | MIA |
Follow, as a package | TRACK |
Little finger adornment | PINKYRING |
Small-time | RINKYDINK |
Basil-based sauce | PESTO |
Target for salicylic acid | ACNE |
A single time | ONCE |
Eroded, with “away” | EATEN |
A school one starts in the fall | YEAR |
Top part | HEAD |
In a sneaky way | SLYLY |
Down
Disapproving look | SCOWL |
Speakers’ platforms | PODIA |
Revered celebrities | ICONS |
Champagne stopper | CORK |
Classes that are hard to fail | EASYAS |
🙁 | IMSAD |
After-bath powder | TALC |
Great Lake with a vowel-heavy name | ERIE |
“It’s Raining ___” | MEN |
Like a dress with a diagonal hemline, say | ASYMMETRIC |
Nothing, in Mexico | NADA |
“Me, me, me” attitudes | EGOS |
Moves excitedly, like a puppy’s tail | WAGS |
“Misery” co-star Bates | KATHY |
“If the shoe ___ …” | FITS |
Inquire | ASK |
Hard-edged, anticorporate musician | PUNKROCKER |
Cockpit figure | PILOT |
Liter or meter | UNIT |
Gloom’s partner | DOOM |
“Assuming that’s true …” | IFSO |
Walrus feature | TUSK |
___-Seltzer | ALKA |
Spring’s shape | COIL |
Bellybutton buildup | LINT |
New Mexico art community | TAOS |
Gross | YUCKY |
Make an offer at an auction | BID |
Wallow moodily | SULK |
Makes a certain video call | SKYPES |
Tatted | INKED |
Like areas around waterfalls | MISTY |
Spy’s gathering | INTEL |
Ecstasy’s opposite | AGONY |
Cafeteria food holder | TRAY |
Serving with chop suey | RICE |
Elsa’s sister in “Frozen” | ANNA |
Christmas tree, often | PINE |
Machu Picchu resident | INCA |
Not fake | REAL |
Homer Simpson exclamation | DOH |