New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers March 04, 2024

Author: Samantha Podos Nowak
Editor: Will Shortz

Across

Certain “figure” made in skating EIGHT
Closes SHUTS
Lawyer’s org. ABA
Diving gear SCUBA
Grannies NANAS
“___ out!” (ump’s call) YER
Disinfectant brand LYSOL
Plane passenger’s preference, perhaps AISLESEAT
Mutt MONGREL
Birthday dessert CAKE
Beachside hut CABANA
Skeptical sort NAYSAYER
Cereal in a party mix CHEX
Scottish Highlander GAEL
Kind of board at a nail salon EMERY
Took a load off SAT
Sentry’s “Stop right there!” HALT
Yodeler’s mountain ALP
With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle BANANA
See 35-Across SPLITS
Id’s counterpart EGO
They “don’t lie,” per Shakira HIPS
Squeak stopper OIL
Jordanian port city AQABA
Part of a superhero’s costume CAPE
Coke or Pepsi COLA
Just outside a city SUBURBAN
Not digital, as a clock ANALOG
Music genre akin to rhythm and blues SOUL
Puts up with ENDURES
“You both swiped right!,” on Tinder ITSAMATCH
Ship that sailed with the Niña and the Santa Maria PINTA
Understand SEE
Like residents of Havana CUBAN
Diarist Nin ANAIS
Gridiron scores, for short TDS
In ___ (not yet born) UTERO
Runs with long, bounding strides LOPES

Down

Night sch. class ESL
Like roads in need of salting ICY
“Gloomy” guy GUS
Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 HBOMAX
Raptor’s claw TALON
Minor holdup SNAG
Headwear in a cafeteria kitchen HAIRNET
Open, as classified records UNSEAL
Add (up) TALLY
Opposite of NNW SSE
“Yes, captain!” AYEAYE
Chemistry lab container BEAKER
It comes from the heart ARTERY
Garlicky shrimp dish SCAMPI
Winter Olympics host NAGANO
Loops in, on an email CCS
Moby Dick’s pursuer AHAB
Letter after alpha BETA
Opposite of buys SELLS
In the manner of ALA
“Horrible” Viking of comics HAGAR
Seem (to be) APPEAR
Cloud in outer space NEBULA
Tiny drink SIP
Gimlet or screwdriver TOOL
Farm storage building SILO
Small vehicle on a railroad track HANDCAR
Dawdle LAG
Help ASSIST
Recited, as a line of poetry QUOTED
Takes advantage of badly ABUSES
“No way!” CANTBE
Many a Vegas establishment CASINO
Real gem BEAUT
Country on the south side of Mount Everest NEPAL
“Well … I’ll pass” UHNO
Film franchise that includes “The Avengers,” “Thor” and “Iron Man,” in brief MCU
Midday rest NAP
Knot, as shoelaces TIE
Kick-___ (awesome) ASS

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