NYT Crossword Answers 02/28/24
NYT ACROSS CLUES
- 1 What Professor Moriarty was a professor ofMATH
- 5 Some lunchbox sammiesPBJS
- 9 AbrasiveHARSH
- 14 “O.G. Original Gangster” rapperICET
- 15 McFlurry flavorOREO
- 16 Walled city near MadridAVILA
- 17 Just like ___THAT
- 18 Grant consideration, sometimesNEED
- 19 Hell of a guy?SATAN
- 20 Things with hardware and software componentsCOMPUTERSYSTEMS
- 23 Quickly join a call, with “on”HOP
- 24 Infantry members, in briefGIS
- 25 In the style ofALA
- 26 Bunny first appearing in “Space Jam” (1996)LOLA
- 28 Bit of attire that sends the message “I mean business!”POWERTIE
- 33 Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novelSCARYCLOWN
- 36 Big letters in home securityADT
- 37 MethodsWAYS
- 38 One of the Manning brothersELI
- 39 Societal troublesILLS
- 40 Many a Monopoly property: Abbr.AVE
- 41 Participation dance in which you “turn yourself around”HOKEYPOKEY
- 44 Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century awardMARADONA
- 47 Captain von Trapp’s betrothed, in “The Sound of Music”ELSA
- 48 Rapper Lil ___ XNAS
- 49 Cause of wear and tearUSE
- 50 Command centers, for shortHQS
- 53 The main takeaway ? or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-AcrossWHATITSALLABOUT
- 59 Entered speedilyRANIN
- 60 Ending of “The Bachelor”?ETTE
- 61 “___ you vera much!” (punny valentine)ALOE
- 62 Standing upERECT
- 63 Suit material?TORT
- 64 “I’ll ___”BITE
- 65 Full of the latestNEWSY
- 66 Features of some cruise shipsSPAS
- 67 NailedACED
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
- 1 Comedian Hedberg who said “I’m against picketing but I don’t know how to show it”MITCH
- 2 Allergic reactionACHOO
- 3 One who works well with othersTEAMPLAYER
- 4 Start of many URLsHTTP
- 5 Firebird makerPONTIAC
- 6 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yardsBREES
- 7 TauntJEER
- 8 Repairs, as a golf greenSODS
- 9 Big inconvenienceHASSLE
- 10 “___: The Way of Water” (2022 film)AVATAR
- 11 Bar mitzvah, for oneRITE
- 12 Major disSLAM
- 13 Franz’s partner in old “S.N.L.” sketchesHANS
- 21 NastyUGLY
- 22 [What a snoozefest!]YAWN
- 27 Surgery sites, for shortORS
- 28 Many a Weird Al Yankovic medleyPOLKA
- 29 Boo-booOWIE
- 30 One may dominate a conversationTALKAHOLIC
- 31 Not doing anythingIDLE
- 32 Place to order handmade goodsETSY
- 33 Took a lap, perhapsSWAM
- 34 Spanish sparkling wineCAVA
- 35 Soul singer BridgesLEON
- 39 Apple devices run on itIOS
- 41 Parasite’s placeHOST
- 42 “We totally should!”YESLETS
- 43 “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi,” e.g.PLEA
- 45 BuffooneryANTICS
- 46 Like food served at a tea partyDAINTY
- 49 Michelob ___ (light brew)ULTRA
- 51 Car dealer’s offeringQUOTE
- 52 Knight’s “trusty” companionSTEED
- 53 Small songbirdWREN
- 54 Fabled slackerHARE
- 55 All over againANEW
- 56 Makeup of a matchSETS
- 57 Straddling, sayATOP
- 58 ___ ghanoujBAB
