New York Times Crossword Answers April 17, 2024
Author: Joseph Gangi
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
Groups of plants | FLORAS |
Mental ___ | MATH |
Escape vessel | POD |
Bottom floor of a 46-Across, perhaps | LEVELA |
Farmland measure | ACRE |
“We ___ arrant knaves, all”: Hamlet | ARE |
Banded gemstones | AGATES |
Cry after a poke | ICANTSEE |
Cave dweller of Greek myth | POLYPHEMUS |
Over | ATOP |
Cool, ’90s-style | PHAT |
Old Testament queendom | SHEBA |
Just | MERE |
Had a meal | ATE |
Valuable property | ASSET |
Prospector’s locale of the late 1800s | ALASKA |
Some Google search results | URLS |
Styled after | ALA |
Put on | DON |
Journey such as the one where 20-Across appears | ODYSSEY |
Pro wrestler ___ Luger | LEX |
Copy | APE |
Chess “castle” | ROOK |
Spot to park | GARAGE |
Enter a busy freeway | MERGE |
Navy vessel letters | USS |
Dreyer’s, on the East Coast | EDYS |
Bash for laughs | ROAST |
“Pronto!” | ASAP |
Face-to-face, as an exam | ORAL |
-Across, by another name | THECYCLOPS |
Took the long way home, say | WANDERED |
How Jenga blocks are placed, hopefully | STABLY |
Coda, e.g. | END |
Unadulterated | PURE |
Wrap for a monarch? | COCOON |
D.C.’s B and A: Abbr. | STS |
“Well put!” | AMEN |
Feature of 20-Across … and, when sounded out, a feature of today’s puzzle (clues and all!) | ONEEYE |
Down
Try to fly | FLAP |
Noted brand from Denmark | LEGO |
Watermelon-shaped | OVAL |
Corrects, as keystrokes | RETYPES |
Beth preceder | ALEPH |
Skater Cohen | SASHA |
Hurt badly | MAIM |
They may take the stand | ACCUSERS |
Flotsam and jetsam | TRASH |
Egg producer | HEN |
Potluck staple | PASTASALAD |
Stackable snack | OREO |
Profound | DEEP |
Keep ___ on (watch closely) | TABS |
H, to Homer | ETA |
Course that’s a breeze | EASYA |
Oft-contracted address | MADAM |
Eschew the pews, say | ELOPE |
Performed some weekend tasks | RANERRANDS |
Mastodon features | TUSKS |
Mournful poem | ELEGY |
Takes a toll on | TAXES |
Land separated at the 38th parallel | KOREA |
Trouble | ADO |
Relay race part | LEG |
“Psst, hey!” | YOUTHERE |
Swap out | REPLACE |
Quest for some athletes | GOLD |
Egg ___ | SAC |
Play, as a ukulele | STRUM |
Food products wholesaler | SYSCO |
Follow, as a lead | ACTON |
Doesn’t have enough | OWES |
Go on and on | RANT |
OK place to be naked, once | EDEN |
Orchestra part | OBOE |
Sneaky maneuver | PLOY |
“Auld Lang ___” | SYNE |
Lead regulator, for short | EPA |