New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 03 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
What butchers trim away FAT
Woman: Fr. FEMME
LEAVES AT THE LIBRARY? PAGES
“Telephone Line” band, to fans ELO
Letter-shaped train track beam IRAIL
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NADA ZIP
Rapper Minaj NICKI
INTENSE SUFFERING AGONY
Process of picking winners in 51-Across BRACKETOLOGY
Communication service launched in 2004 GMAIL
Children’s TV character with a falsetto voice ELMO
CHIMED RANG
DOWN IN THE DUMPS SAD
Enjoying a candlelit meal, say DINING
Word after “jai” in a sport’s name ALAI
Things to believe in CREEDS
“Candyman” director DaCosta NIA
TICK OFF RILE
CANON COMPETITOR RICOH
TYPE SIZE PICA
GUARANTEE ENSURE
HAT WITH A TASSEL FEZ
ADDITIONAL EXTRA
FURY ANGER
NINCOMPOOP ASS
MESSY PLACE STY
P.D. ALERTS APBS
FABRIC FOLD PLEAT
SPEAK ILL OF MALIGN
HEAD HONCHOS TOPBANANAS
GUITARIST CLAPTON ERIC
START OF A COUNTING-OUT RHYME EENY
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What lower-seeded 51-Across participants hope to become CINDERELLATEAMS
Swiatek who won the 2022 U.S. and French Opens IGA
How a well-plotted story wraps up NEATLY
Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers MARCHMADNESS
Wood used in cabinetry ELM
Flavoring in the German Christmas cookie springerle ANISE
Leader in a 1917 revolution LENIN
Who’s solving this puzzle YOU
Ebb and neap, for two TIDES
Something that has to be broken before it can be used EGG
“He died the most beloved person on the planet,” per Ken Burns ALI
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Truck brand with a bulldog in its logo MACK
Podcaster’s purchase MIKE
Composer of a sacred song PSALMIST
“Oh, yer joshin’ me” AWGOON
Park ranger’s subj. GEOG
Like hard-liners RIGID
“Good” times? OLDDAYS
Name on the mansion of New York City’s mayor GRACIE
MORE THAN ENOUGH AMPLE
DEPILATORY BRAND NAIR
FENDER FLAW DENT
REVOLTED UPROSE
BUILDING ANNEXES ELLS
MERITS EARNS
GIANT IN HEALTH INSURANCE AETNA
SOUND FROM AN OWL SCREECH
BITE-SIZE, SAY MINI
One who snitches RAT
2,808 square feet, for a tennis court AREA
Greek letter used for a 2021 Covid variant DELTA
“Never gonna happen!” INAPIGSEYE
Light-footed or quick-witted NIMBLE
Funny joke, in slang GASSER
Adds vitamins and minerals to ENRICHES
Like a biting wit ACID
Actress Borstein of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” ALEX
Captain’s journal LOG
Hot cocoa holder MUG