New York Times Puzzle Answers March 12, 2024
Author: Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Discontinue | DROP |
| ___ cake (dessert with a liquid chocolate core) | LAVA |
| Skewered meat dish | SATAY |
| Wander | ROVE |
| “Victory is mine!” | IWIN |
| Reply to “Grazie” | PREGO |
| A♭? | APARTMENT |
| Feeling the need to scratch | ITCHY |
| Blanc who was known as “The Man of a Thousand Voices” | MEL |
| Tries not to be found | HIDES |
| “Hello,” in Mandarin | NIHAO |
| Categorize | ASSORT |
| Give lip to | SASS |
| Where visitors take photos pretending to hold up a landmark | PISA |
| Not playing any songs, as a radio station | ALLTALK |
| Rocker Lavigne | AVRIL |
| Offering from the miller or the cook, in Chaucer | TALE |
| Never Have I ___ (party game) | EVER |
| Shakespearean “Tsk!” | FIE |
| B♭? | LIEDOWN |
| X–III | VII |
| Berry rich in antioxidants (and vowels) | ACAI |
| Accessory that may denote military rank | SASH |
| Deep chasm | ABYSS |
| Smallest unit of purchasing power, in an idiom | REDCENT |
| Start of a spell | ABRA |
| Liquid-ate? | MELT |
| “You can say that again!” | ANDHOW |
| High-end Honda | ACURA |
| Pancakes sometimes served with caviar | BLINI |
| Apt anagram of “yea” | AYE |
| Put forward | POSIT |
| B♯? | LOOKALIVE |
| Speak one’s mind | OPINE |
| Cereal crop | OATS |
| Gave the go-ahead | OKED |
| Quick kisses | PECKS |
| Occasion for blowing out candles, informally | BDAY |
| Dudes | GUYS |
Down
| Field of play? | DRAMA |
| Double Dutch equipment | ROPES |
| Racetrack shapes | OVALS |
| Pay-___-view | PER |
| City ___ (place for a population sign) | LIMITS |
| Wowed | AWED |
| Botanical climber | VINE |
| Flik and Dot, in “A Bug’s Life” | ANTS |
| Kind of cord or column | SPINAL |
| Skilled performer | ARTISTE |
| E♯? | TECHSAVVY |
| Persian honorific | AGHA |
| Fluctuate wildly | YOYO |
| Skydiving or a ride on a roller coaster | THRILL |
| Big name in nail polish | OPI |
| Whole host | SLEW |
| Corroded | ATEAT |
| “Hi,” in Lanai | ALOHA |
| Lanai neckwear | LEIS |
| Mother of Kim, Kylie and Kourtney | KRIS |
| A ways away | AFAR |
| The “V” of V.P. | VICE |
| Follow a composer’s notation … or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle | READMUSIC |
| Show stoppers? | ADS |
| “Winning ___ everything” | ISNT |
| Fictional land ruled by Aslan | NARNIA |
| Winter Olympics facility | ICERINK |
| Naughty | BAD |
| Fills with delight | ELATES |
| Anonymous creator of a painting sold at auction that subsequently shredded itself | BANKSY |
| A kind of poem / Found within this crossword clue / Serendipity | HAIKU |
| “Sheesh!” | OYVEY |
| Tends to an overgrown garden | WEEDS |
| Each | APOP |
| Make do | COPE |
| Amorphous shape | BLOB |
| Hamperful | LOAD |
| Smallest bit | IOTA |
| Daily record | LOG |
