New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Basketball great Erving, to fans DRJ
Six Nations people ONEIDA
Nickname for singer Justin, with “the” BIEB
Unsmiling in demeanor DOUR
WeChat chats, in brief IMS
Leader prominent in the 1956 Suez Crisis NASSER
Poetic form featuring lexical repetition rather than rhyme SESTINA
Carve (away) WHITTLE
Fiddling (with) TOYING
Setting for “The King and I” SIAM
German 53-Across OMA
Number one focus? EGOTISM
Gave prompt attention? CUED
“___ rock!” YOU
Extended form of surveillance STAKEOUT
Display of skill one might request from 17-Across and 8- and 28-Down ? depicted literally four times in this puzzle DRUMROLL
John Wayne and Ian Fleming, for two AIRPORTS
Doctor who lent his name to a therapeutic system MESMER
It’s a must NEED
Channel for vintage film buffs TCM
“WHOA!” OMG
Stereotypical game show prize NEWCAR
Vegetable with a purple top RUTABAGA
Ballpark fare served with raspberries? JEERING
Vet school subj. ANAT
Dwarfs’ representative in the Fellowship of the Ring GIMLI
Deal breakers, informally? NARCS
Read-a-___ THON
Many M.I.T. grads: Abbr. EES
Olds, Keats or Shelley ODIST
“___ queen!” YAS
PETROL MEASURE LITRE
BORING PERSON DRIP
STAR-CROSSED MONTAGUE ROMEO
DREAMY SLEEP STAGE REM
NANA GRAMMA
SPLINTER GROUP SECT
CAVIAR ROE
Hearty draft pick STOUT
First name in “wabbit” hunting ELMER
Fastens with string TIES
Flowering plant that lent its name to a lane on “Desperate Housewives” WISTERIA
Something “spilled” by a gossip TEA
“I mean it!,” quaintly BYGUM
Targets of squats, informally QUADS
Genial boatswain in “Peter Pan” SMEE
Stereotypical word in a heart tattoo MOM
Letters in the corner of a phone screen LTE
Drug that’s “dropped” LSD
ANCIENT GREEK THEATER ODEUM
DRESS (UP) GUSSY
Return payments? RANSOMS
PURPOSES AIMS
CHURCH FIXTURE ORGAN
DIRECTOR JEAN-___ GODARD LUC
HIT HARD HAMMER
MATERIALIZE COMETRUE
LINGO JARGON
1982 SCI-FI FILM WITH A 2010 SEQUEL TRON
LEMONLIKE FRUIT CITRON
MINE YIELD ORE
HELPER: ABBR. ASST
NOT JUST MINE OURS
FENDER BLEMISH DING
SUGAR SERVING LUMP
CARRIED ALONG BORNE
Duane ___ (drugstore chain) READE
Badly hurt MAIM
Short time off work SICKDAY
ONE OF THE FAB FOUR RINGOSTARR
Member of Led Zeppelin JOHNBONHAM
Scandal, to a career, say UNDOER
Some summer cookouts, informally BBQS
Online news aggregator founded in 2004 DIGG
One sharing school drop-off duties, maybe COPARENT
Half of a 1990s-2000s rock duo with six Grammys MEGWHITE