New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 01 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ENLIVENS PEPSUP
“Leading us off …” FIRSTUP
W.N.B.A. All-Star Alyssa THOMAS
Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative name HALOHALO
“___ been wondering …” IVE
Suffix for a long fund-raiser THON
La Brea substance TAR
Study of insects, for short ENTO
Item that might be left on a hotel pillow MINT
One-named “Queen of All Media” OPRAH
Counterpart of sow REAP
Scores 100 on ACES
Its capital is Tripoli LIBYA
Shellfish that may be served cooked or raw OYSTER
Curd-based drink LASSI
CURVED PATH ARC
UP TO, INFORMALLY TIL
NUISANCE PEST
NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW SOMEDAYSOON
CHOOSE OPT
___ WEDNESDAY ASH
BLACK-AND-WHITE WHALE ORCA
NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY TULANE
ROSTERS LISTS
AVIATE FLY
TURNPIKE PAYMENT TOLL
WENT UNUSED SAT
Black-and-white breakfast cereal OREOOS
Language in which “hello” is “kia ora” MAORI
“___ está usted?” COMO
“No idea” gesture SHRUG
Country that borders Yemen OMAN
“The Color Purple” character ___ Avery SHUG
Hartford’s state: Abbr. CONN
“Yeah, that didn’t escape my notice” ISAW
“Ow!” THATHURT
Pre-cable TV appurtenance AERIAL
Establishment that serves “purr”-over coffee? CATCAFE
“Living Single” creator ___ Lee Bowser YVETTE
THREE-___ SLOTH TOED
Tried really hard STROVE
Salutes with flutes? TOASTS
Not being manually operated ONAUTO
Agree to something SAYYES
Winter clock setting in Calif. PST
Addis Ababa’s land ETHIOPIA
“A closed mouth doesn’t get fed” and others PROVERBS
Campus setting in the story collection “My Monticello,” in brief UVA
Spanish for “gold” ORO
Cause of some cling STATIC
Cricket and squash, for two SPORTS
Giant narrative that may be about giants (and elves as well) FANTASYSAGA
Tree whose pods contain a sweet-tasting pulp HONEYLOCUST
Luke Cage’s title in his first comics appearance HEROFORHIRE
METHODS WAYS
DAWN GODDESS EOS
SHORTEN TRUNCATE
STATELY TREES ELMS
Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down MARIAHCAREY
Eyebrows and beards HAIR
Delta Sigma Theta, for one SORORITY
Exit or Yield SIGN
Rival of Sam’s Club COSTCO
Resident of Nebraska’s largest city OMAHAN
Hakuna ___ (Swahili phrase meaning “no problems”) MATATA
Fort Worth sch. whose mascot is SuperFrog TCU
All ___ and no cattle HAT
Mysterious sky sighting UFO
“Deliver Us From ___” (2003 rom-com) EVA
Plural article in French LES