New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers March 06, 2024
Author: Brad Wiegmann
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Lead-in to box or bug | PILL |
Encumbers, with “down” | BOGS |
Gooey sandwiches, informally | PBJS |
Weapon whose name has two accents | EPEE |
Lighthearted refrain | TRALA |
Surface calculation | AREA |
Popular videoconferencing app | ZOOM |
Machu Picchu visitor, say | HIKER |
Knitter’s stitch | PURL |
Nicholson and Nicklaus, e.g.? | ONEEYEDJACKS |
Persephone’s lover | ADONIS |
“Next one’s on me” | IOWEYA |
Soren Kierkegaard and Chris Isaak, e.g.? | DOUBLEAGENTS |
Little bits | IOTAS |
Kaput | DONE |
“NCIS” airer | CBS |
Qatari dignitary | EMIR |
Broncos and Explorers | FORDS |
Who might call French fries “chips” | BRIT |
“Oh, what’s the ___?” | USE |
Constellation named for a mythical ship | ARGO |
Overworked | TRITE |
Percy Bysshe Shelley and Billy Ray Cyrus, e.g.? | THREEWISEMEN |
Second number on a pants tag | INSEAM |
Least experienced | RAWEST |
Henry the Eighth and Hubert H. Humphrey, e.g.? | FOURHLEADERS |
Stadium sounds | OLES |
New wing, say | ADDON |
Frog transformer | KISS |
Club soda garnish | LIME |
Dorothy, to Em | NIECE |
Something to bat around | IDEA |
The yearling in the 1939 Pulitzer winner “The Yearling,” e.g. | DEER |
Receptionist’s spot | DESK |
Bar that gets smaller and smaller | SOAP |
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Candy whose name derives from the German “Pfefferminz” | PEZ |
Airbnb had one in 2020, for short | IPO |
Certain fire sign | LEO |
Tart treat | LEMONBAR |
Cheese with a white rind | BRIE |
Like wine aged in casks | OAKY |
Sheer delight | GLEE |
Fish thought to be named after a region in Italy | SARDINES |
Relatives of custard apples | PAPAWS |
The Boss, familiarly | BRUCE |
Snack whose name comes from the Quechua for “dried meat” | JERKY |
Chip dip | SALSA |
“If ___ walls could talk …” | THESE |
Zeros, in soccer | NILS |
Little bit | JOT |
Seine send-off | ADIEU |
Unhappy fates | DOOMS |
Convex navel | OUTIE |
Be nuts about | ADORE |
Pig out | GORGE |
Provide resources for | ENDOW |
Word before ring or after true | CRIME |
Snacks | BITES |
Cardiologist’s insert | STENT |
Most of Nebraska | FARMLAND |
Rathskeller offerings, informally | BREWSKIS |
Target of a 1917 uprising | TSAR |
More succinct | TERSER |
Taunting laugh | HAH |
Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped | IRENE |
Poker declaration | IFOLD |
“I kid you not!” | NOLIE |
“Sorry, not sorry” | SUEME |
Falco of “Nurse Jackie” | EDIE |
Some summer libations | ADES |
Berth place | DOCK |
Wedding words | IDO |
Domain of SpongeBob SquarePants | SEA |
Sticky stuff | SAP |