New York Times Crossword Answers April 23, 2024
Author: Judy Bowers
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
Followers of the star of Bethlehem, in the Bible | MAGI |
No longer working | KAPUT |
Family nickname | SIS |
Tech giant headquartered in New Taipei City | ACER |
Standing at 6-5, say? | UPONE |
$5 bill, slangily | ABE |
*”Yuck! I’ve dated him before. Swipe left!” | OHNOEWHEISMYEX |
Cry out | EXCLAIM |
“Mmm, that’s good!” | TASTY |
TikTok posting, for short | VID |
Leak slowly | SEEP |
*With 42-Across, “Well, do I decide or not?” | SOISIT |
Kind of training required for most city P.D.s | CPR |
Dangerous kind of current | RIP |
Machu Picchu builders | INCAS |
*”Follow our lead!” | DOASWEDO |
Certain Scotsman | GAEL |
Salvation ___ | ARMY |
Egyptian goddess often depicted with a throne on her head | ISIS |
*”Morning, mother!” | HIMAIMUP |
Voices below sopranos | ALTOS |
___-la-la | TRA |
Purchase for a college party | KEG |
See 23-Across | UPTOME |
Fleeces | CONS |
Employer of manicurists and massage therapists | SPA |
Lake northeast of Sacramento | TAHOE |
Fruit that resembles a small peach | APRICOT |
*”Can this be a gift from all of us?” | OKIFWEGOINONIT |
$5 bill, slangily | FIN |
Cake frosters | ICERS |
Plethora | SLEW |
French “a” | UNE |
Multilayered cake | TORTE |
Neophyte | TYRO |
Down
His portrait adorns Tiananmen Gate | MAO |
Dull pain | ACHE |
Heirs to the boomer era | GENX |
Classic Camaro | IROC |
Small coastal nation bordering Iraq | KUWAIT |
Rosebush pest | APHID |
One might begin “Roses are red …” | POEM |
Beginning to form? | UNI |
Reviewers of a beta app | TESTERS |
Announces the big reveal in a magic act | SAYSPRESTO |
Words of skepticism | IBET |
Hot, hot, hot | SEXY |
Major role in the 2023 biopic “Priscilla” | ELVIS |
West known for her double entendres | MAE |
Sterilize, as a cat | SPAY |
Sense that many cave-dwelling animals lack | SIGHT |
Sign at a radio station | ONAIR |
Hotel hallway convenience | ICEMACHINE |
Spanish for “room” | SALA |
Provide free of charge | COMP |
“Have a cow” or “hold your horses” | IDIOM |
Entourage | POSSE |
The “D” of F.D.A. | DRUG |
Crumble under pressure | WILT |
Home to Iowa State University | AMES |
“Ha! No surprise there!” | IKNEWIT |
Be ___ in the neck | APAIN |
Rebel | UPRISE |
Reaction to a gut punch | OOF |
Word with bad or blood | SPORT |
Protein categorized on a scale from “silken” to “super-firm” | TOFU |
About the same | AKIN |
Ending with screen in a modern portmanteau | AGER |
Expense to be paid | COST |
“If ___” (rueful words) | ONLY |
Cake layer | TIER |
Prefix suggesting conservation | ECO |
Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues | TWO |