New York Times Answers March 14, 2024
Author: Jeffrey Martinovic
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
Pair on a schooner | MASTS |
Last in a series | NTH |
It may be thrown by a vaquero | RIATA |
“Hurry with your dinner!” | EATUP |
“Gotcha!” | OHO |
Like an obelisk at night, maybe | UPLIT |
Origin story in Genesis 11:1-9 | THETOWEROFBABEL |
Colorful language? | PURPLEPROSE |
Radar gun stat, for short | MPH |
Parks carefully | EASESIN |
Co. that launched the world’s first communications satellite | RCA |
Part of 10-Down | ALES |
Last in a series | ETAL |
World capital noted for its French colonial architecture | HANOI |
Geocaching necessity, in brief | GPS |
“No ___” (“Unacceptable”) | BUENO |
Actor Hawke | ETHAN |
Headstone heading | RIP |
movie with the line “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off” | ALIEN |
Goes around | ROAMS |
Legal position in municipal govt. | ADA |
Like lead or gold, notably | DENSE |
Mario Kart platform | WII |
Tuber that can be candied | YAM |
A majority of the characters on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” in brief | DRS |
Neighbor of India: Abbr. | PAK |
Component in a car’s suspension system | SWAYBAR |
“___, ___, it looks like rain!”: Christopher Robin | TUT |
Big movie star, e.g. | ALISTER |
What professional tennis has been in since 1968 | OPENERA |
Where an important call may be directed | LINEONE |
System that ended in 1917 | TSARISM |
Purplish red | MAGENTA |
Weeks in Spain | SEMANAS |
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Player at Citi Field | MET |
“That feels nice!” | AAH |
Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018) | STEPHENHAWKING |
You might go on tiptoe while wearing this | TUTU |
Fungus-to-be | SPORE |
Celebratory seasons | NOELS |
First digit of this puzzle’s subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid | THREE |
B-ball | HOOPS |
Apply, as sunscreen | RUBON |
Some craft drafts, for short | IPAS |
Scientist who was notably born on 33-Down (1879) | ALBERTEINSTEIN |
Make even | TIE |
Home of the Braves, for short | ATL |
New Deal org. | WPA |
What some thank God for: Abbr. | FRI |
Comedian and political commentator Bill | MAHER |
Who said “Courage is knowing what not to fear” | PLATO |
Carolina N.H.L.’ers, informally | CANES |
Like the main character in many a horror film … or so they believe | ALONE |
“Same here” | SOAMI |
Mathematician known for the constant “e” (2.71828) | EULER |
Require | INSISTON |
Starting point for a slippery slope argument | GRAYAREA |
An irrational reason to celebrate? | PIDAY |
Captcha targets | SPAMBOTS |
One might center around being unprepared for a test | BADDREAM |
Something read by a chiromancer | PALM |
Actress Shawkat of “Search Party” | ALIA |
Took a turn | WENT |
Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter’s Basilica | APSE |
___ Major | URSA |
Relatives of berets | TAMS |
“Get it?” | SEE |
Gun lobby grp. | NRA |