New York Times Answers April 26, 2024
Author: Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
Mexican condiment | CREMA |
A whole lot | SCADS |
Alternatives to booths, perhaps | MAILINBALLOTS |
Device for an on-line conversation? | TINCANTELEPHONE |
National Bullying Prevention mo. | OCT |
Finds a line of best fit, say | TAILORS |
Storage unit | POD |
Set down | WRITE |
Bunch of hair | HANK |
Eagerly excited | AGOG |
Something best avoided | NONO |
Informal greetings | HEYS |
Trail marking | BLAZE |
Some long-tailed turtles | SNAPPERS |
Second hand | HELPER |
Bird’s ancestor, for short | DINO |
Step in a pastry recipe | FOLD |
They hang around in kitchens | APRONS |
Talking nonsense | FULLOFIT |
Gauge earrings | PLUGS |
Mind | TEND |
Network connection | NODE |
Purges | RIDS |
___ the Lucky, nickname of a noted explorer | LEIF |
Porto-Novo’s country | BENIN |
Close | END |
Big Apple fund-raiser with a kind of apple in its name | METGALA |
They’re OK | DOS |
Bare-bones outfit | SKELETONCOSTUME |
Many superheroes have them | ORIGINSTORIES |
Crosses | SPANS |
Signs of friction | SPATS |
Down
Bar | CANTINA |
Singer Ocasek | RIC |
Uplift | ELATE |
Sports analyst Kimes | MINA |
Lisbeth Salander in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” for one | ANTIHERO |
Intellectual gatherings | SALONS |
One for the record books? | CLERK |
Range crossing eight countries | ALPS |
[Facepalm emoji] | DOH |
Temporary solution | STOPGAP |
One-millionth of a meter | MICRON |
Secures, as a rope | BELAYS |
Time-buying button | SNOOZE |
Dots on a map | TOWNS |
Gardening tool | EDGER |
Big enchiladas | TOPDOGS |
“Still working on that?” | ALLDONE |
Ones laying around in the country? | HENS |
Welcome sound for a bored student | BELL |
Some chess tactics | PINS |
Contend | HOLD |
Cool bits of trivia | FUNFACTS |
“___ vous” (polite French phrase) | APRES |
“The Price Is Right” game | PLINKO |
Cruise control features? | RUDDERS |
Plays at | FEIGNS |
Dipping dishes | FONDUES |
Contents of some dictionaries | IDIOMS |
Perfect, e.g. | TENSE |
Where Jackson Hole ski resort is found | TETONS |
Admit | LETIN |
Iraqi port city | BASRA |
Big-time | MEGA |
Keep informed, with “in” | LOOP |
Part of a bottle | LIP |
Bird that can be “fire-capped” or “yellow-browed” | TIT |