New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 10 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
… “E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial”? WITNESSALIENARRIVAL
Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr. OBES
Bandmate of Keith for 60+ years MICK
Futuristic microscopic machine NANOBOT
Hasten, old-style HIE
“While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping” poet POE
Rival of Forbes INC
NAG PEST
… “Independence Day”? HANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER
Essen exclamations ACHS
Mediterranean condiment AIOLI
PRIVY TO INON
LITURGICAL VESTMENT STOLE
Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B ABBA
… “Rush Hour”? TANGLEDFROZENTRAFFIC
Grave words? EULOGY
Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhaps AWARD
LAST WORD FINIS
Suitor of Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera” RAOUL
Bryn Mawr grad, e.g. ALUMNA
Sam who directed “Spider-Man” RAIMI
… “Insomnia”? WIREDSLEEPERSMISERY
With 112-Down, a small laugh TEE
Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United States RARER
Kind of shell that’s easily broken TACO
Having had a few bites, say ITCHY
One in a line at a grocery store CART
“Devilish” cartoon character TAZ
Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for … “Godzilla”? BIGGIANTMONSTER
10TH OF 24 KAPPA
Person with attachment issues, perhaps EMAILER
“The Strife is ___, the Battle Done” (hymn) OER
It can bust one’s bracket UPSET
Publishing V.I.P.s EDS
“Yikes!” EGAD
CENTER MIDST
CONNECTIONS INS
Baja resort town, familiarly CABO
What this is CLUE
WOODWORKING TOOL RASP
SHOOTING MARBLE TAW
SEASONED RICE DISH PILAF
DETERGENT BRAND ERA
Modern H.R. initiative DEI
Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity KAFKA
___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New Jersey ELLIS
CALL TO MIND EVOKE
LARGER-THAN-LIFE EPIC
NARROW INLET RIA
SUBSIDES EBBS
WARD (OFF) FEND
VARIETY TYPE
Island west of Komodo National Park BALI
TEXAS A&M ATHLETE AGGIE
Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stew RAGU
AT SEA LOST
___ Sidle, longtime role on “C.S.I.” SARA
MOUNT STEED
“Mon ___!” DIEU
HARSH BRUTAL
Fantasy football fodder STATS
ASSIGNMENT TASK
___ ALAI JAI
D-DAY CRAFT: ABBR. LST
UNSAFE? OUT
NOBILITY PEERAGE
MARINE MENACE ORCA
AQUARIUM GROWTH ALGA
ISLAND STRINGS UKE
FROM WHAT PLACE WHENCE
SMALL BROOK RILL
Overseas refusals NYETS
SKY SHADE AZUREBLUE
… “Sex and the City”? MANHATTANHOOKUP
“Welcome” introduction? YOURE
Girl’s name that sounds like two adjacent letters EDIE
Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagels SEEDS
UNSPOKEN TACIT
ANKLE BONES TALI
JAZZ SINGER CLEO LAINE
Finally saw through a deception GOTWISE
Holding nothing back ALLIN
BILE IRE
RACCOON RELATIVE COATI
VOTING DAY: ABBR. TUES
SPORTED HADON
Partner of pride JOY
Moving day leftovers BOXES
Antonio López de Santa ___, three-time president of Mexico ANNA
Novelist Johnson who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction ADAM
“That’s a ___!” (chemist’s punny observation) LYE
Lift ticket purchaser SKIER
Word after hidden or political AGENDA
Apt name for a veterinarian KAT
“Check it out, man!” DIGTHIS
Star in Venus’s orbit? SERENA
Ingredient in some lipsticks, pizza dough and biodiesel PALMOIL
Creator of colorful crafts CRAYOLA
WALK WAY? GAIT
GARDEN INVADER APHID
ENDING WITH TEEN AGER
JAPANESE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IKEBANA
Cause of a hung jury SPLITVOTE
CHARLOTTE ___ (DESSERT) RUSSE
“Really?” ISIT
Woolly pack animals LLAMAS
“Happy Birthday” writer, sometimes ICER
Rubik of puzzle cube fame ERNO
Athlete’s out-of-character performance, say OFFDAY
Poke bowl ingredient TUNA
Actor-turned-policeman Estrada ERIK
___ Low, famed English pirate NED
Calorie-rich cake TORTE
FEATURE OF SOME ENGLISH GARDENS MAZE
Give a lecture, say SCOLD
BARBERSHOP SOUND SNIP
Claim on an egg carton FREERANGE
E.R. lines IVS
Illness with chills AGUE
ISLAND RINGS LEIS
SINGER HORNE LENA
Tennille of Captain & Tennille TONI
ROIL CHURN
ORIGIN ROOT
Listing agent’s condition SOLDASIS
Aide-___ (mnemonic device) MEMOIRE
SECRETED HID
0% NOTONEBIT
SEE 53-ACROSS HEE
Barely made, with “out” EKED
CORAL ISLETS CAYS
Hexad SEXTET
Sweeties, informally BAES
Overcommunicate, say SPAM
“Let’s do this thing!” IMREADY
QUITE OFTEN ALOT
SOME OLD PCS IBMS
PIONEERING COMPUTER ENIAC
Emasculates UNMANS
Sensitive subject SORESPOT