New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
OBJECT OF WISHFUL THINKING? GENIE
KID RIB
EDIBLE SEAWEED KELP
DID IN ICED
SPANISH SMOOCH BESO
MEANINGLESS NONSENSICAL
QUICK CUT SNIP
LET IT ALL OUT, IN A WAY SOB
Indication of correctness in Wordle GREEN
Get into it SPAR
Secrecy-enforcing contract, for short NDA
“I haven’t the foggiest” NOCLUE
Instrument that Hermes made from a tortoise shell and reeds, in myth LYRE
Big batteries DCELLS
Was known as WENTBY
SYMBOLS OF EGYPTIAN ROYALTY ASPS
Sealed with a knot TIEDOFF
“Steamed ___,” classic “Simpsons” sketch HAMS
You might entertain them IDEAS
Eponym of a popular vodka brand TITO
“Cancel” on a keyboard ESC
Classic “Simpsons” sound DOH
Second social media account for posting private jokes and such, informally FINSTA
A well-known Stone EMMA
Following 17-, 37-, 40- and 43-Across, end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics FURIOUSLY
Parental authority SAYSO
Parents, to kids OLDS
Airer of many David Attenborough documentaries BBC
On vacation, in work calendar shorthand OOO
They’re up to no good PLOTTERS
Number two of six for Henry VIII BOLEYN
What “:” might represent in a text EYES
Chimney vents FLUES
TALK, TALK, TALK YAP
FAKE PHONY
Throw a ball for a strike, say BOWL
Step after lather RINSE
BESEECHED ASKED
PLAINS PEOPLE CREES
Westernmost city in Texas ELPASO
So-named “father of modern linguistics” NOAMCHOMSKY
Nash who called the rhinoceros “prepoceros” OGDEN
This is how rumors get started IHEAR
West Coast hub for United SFO
Unrehearsed lines ADLIBS
“___ From the Crypt,” HBO horror anthology TALES
Midflight stats ETAS
Butte, but bigger MESA
On the off chance that happens IFSO
“___ Drives Me Crazy” (1989 #1 hit) SHE
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON MALE
RECHARGE, SO TO SPEAK SLEEP
HOOTER OWL
PLAINS PEOPLE OTOE
D&D or WoW, e.g. RPG
ONE GUILTY OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT? SLOB
SUNBURN SOOTHER ALOE
Golf ball features DIMPLES
Doomscrolling, e.g. TIMESUCK
Intl. price-setting group OPEC
BIG BOSS, INFORMALLY CEO
Alternating current pioneer TESLA
RUCKUS ADO
CHEW ON MULL
DWELLINGS ABODES
VAULTED LEAPT
TEENY-WEENY LIL
NUDGE PROD
ACHE YEN
“OK, so that’s not exactly true” ILIED
“You’ve got my attention” DOTELL
Past one’s prime, with “up” WASHED
IMITATED APED
Playfully tap on the nose BOOP
HINDU MR. BABU
Like helium and carbon dioxide COLORLESS
SMOOTHIE SEED CHIA
Bay Area sch. UCSF