New York Times Puzzle Answers March 11, 2024
Author: Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Metric weight unit | GRAM |
Water-skiing spot | LAKE |
Train travel | RAIL |
Dalai ___ (spiritual leader) | LAMA |
Hat’s edge | BRIM |
Actor Alan of “M*A*S*H” | ALDA |
*Mattel offering with cards for making “hilarious comparisons” | APPLESTOAPPLES |
Pescetarianism and veganism, for two | DIETS |
Title for Walter Scott or Isaac Newton | SIR |
Bit of skin ink | TAT |
Conclude | END |
*Washington’s official state sport since 2022 | PICKLEBALL |
Gazpacho or pho | SOUP |
Negative replies | NOS |
One nickname for Elizabeth | ELLY |
Autoinjection device | EPIPEN |
Seriously uncool | DORKY |
*Beanbag-tossing sport | CORNHOLE |
Kick off | START |
Worried feeling | UNEASE |
Mix | STIR |
Sandwich that’s usually toasted, informally | BLT |
Actor Hemsworth | LIAM |
*App craze of the early 2010s, familiarly | CANDYCRUSH |
Swim-bike-run race, for short | TRI |
Pose questions | ASK |
Tic-tac-toe win | OOO |
Olympic great Jesse | OWENS |
Dystopian novel/film series … or what the answers to the starred clues are? | THEHUNGERGAMES |
Rosemary or mint | HERB |
Medical breakthrough | CURE |
Matter before a court | CASE |
Canadian gas brand | ESSO |
“Don’t worry your pretty little ___” | HEAD |
Chooses | OPTS |
Down
Forest clearings | GLADES |
U.S. soccer star Megan | RAPINOE |
Filled with intense excitement | AMPEDUP |
Grain used in beermaking | MALT |
Ozs. and ozs. | LBS |
“Wherefore ___ thou Romeo?” | ART |
Stalls at malls | KIOSKS |
Send a message by computer | |
Genre for Da Brat or DaBaby | RAP |
Full of hot air | ALLTALK |
“In a perfect world …” | IDEALLY |
“In conclusion …” | LASTLY |
Mind-reading ability, for short | ESP |
___-Columbian (up to 1492) | PRE |
Unreactive | INERT |
New Haven’s state: Abbr. | CONN |
Get serious | BEREAL |
Jean-Luc ___, captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise | PICARD |
Olympic code for Lisbon’s land | POR |
Dos and ___ | DONTS |
Cry at a soccer stadium | OLE |
Streaming service with “The Bear” | HULU |
Apt rhyme of “caches” | STASHES |
Fiddles (with) | TINKERS |
Guide to navigating an internet resource | SITEMAP |
Sincere | EARNEST |
Harshly denounce | SCATHE |
Sturdy shoe, or an Irish accent | BROGUE |
Opposites of hits | MISSES |
“Who asked ___?” | YOU |
Spiral-shelled mollusk | CONCH |
Refuse to share | HOG |
Texas city that’s home to Baylor University | WACO |
“True Detective” airer | HBO |
Period of history | ERA |
“___ (Taylor’s Version),” #1 album of 2021 | RED |