New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
What a cryptid might be HOAX
Ones doing some heavy lifting before retirement? JACKS
“___ ready as I’ll ever be” IMAS
ANGLE SYMBOL, IN TRIGONOMETRY THETA
___ SCHWARZ FAO
Grade just above average CPLUS
One favoring imitation over innovation METOOER
“Succession” airer HBO
Lamar who played for the 59-Across ODOM
Good field for a smooth talker SALES
Brief British P.M. ___ Truss LIZ
Donna ___, “The Goldfinch” author TARTT
[It’s cold in here!] BRR
Baby eels ELVERS
Navigates a slippery slope, in a way SLEDS
Gaston who wrote “The Phantom of the Opera” LEROUX
1974 John Wayne movie MCQ
15th-century headgear for a knight ARMET
Common aloe descriptor SOOTHING
CHOOSE TFOR
Captcha test affirmation IMN
Document that may contain a microchip number and a veterinarian’s signature PET
Modern love BAE
Pans that sound like strolls WOKS
Dosed oneself POP
Gentlemen of Verona, in England SIGNORS
Groans equivalent to eye rolls OYS
Run (to) AMOUNT
Scholar’s mug collection? YEARBOOK
Spinning speed: Abbr. RPS
Key part of a cephalopod’s defense mechanism INKSAC
Answer to the riddle ?I have one bow but no arrows. What am I?? ASHIP
“She Bee Stingin'” athlete LAILAALI
PUT (DOWN) LAY
Restaurant chain named after its founders, the Raffel brothers ARBYS
Convertible RAGT
Covert missions … or what’s covert in eight of this puzzle’s answers BLACKOPS
VIM PEP
FLOORED WOWED
MIMIC APE
Doc to consult when confused FAQ
Retail apparel giant JCREW
Low in the pasture MOO
“Just ___ with it” ROLL
Candy dispensed with a “nod” of the head PEZ
Words repeated in the title of a Doris Day hit WILLBE
Pre-euro currency of Finland MARKKA
Leaves damaged SCARS
Panama’s Gulf of San ___ BLAS
Morning glory goddess EOS
Campus in Troy, N.Y. RPI
27- or 55-Down backward SSA
Unrestricted audition ENCALL
Mekong Valley language LAO
“Famous” cookie guy AMOS
Tennis champion Swiatek IGA
NINNY ASS
Sugar apple, by another name SWEETS
BEGAT SIRED
SPURRED FOMENTED
IT MIGHT BE A LOT TRACT
MOBILE HOME: ABBR. ALA
– MOS
– EDA
– TAR
– ASS
– MES
– ILL
INTERSTICE GAP
N.B.A. team with a 1980s “Showtime” era LALAKERS
MX-5 roadsters, e.g. MIATAS
“Is it just ___ is it hot in here?” MEOR
Sorority chaperone HOUSEMOTHER
Like the cleanup crew at closing time, typically LASTTOLEAVE
CHINA AND ENVIRONS EASTASIA
New York county that’s home to Binghamton BROOME
H.S. course for College-Kredit APGERMAN
X and Y CHR
– BOT
– ORT