New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 03 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CLOSE, POETICALLY NIGH
They can be slippery SLOPES
SPOKEN ORAL
Light on one’s feet SPRY
Purrs, as an engine HUMS
CHICHI TONY
BAG WITH A STRAP SATCHEL
Kind of tax authorized by the 16th Amendment INCOME
SHAPIRO OF NPR ARI
[Woo-hoo!] FISTPUMP
Impressively tough and cool BADASS
Spaces to be filled, say GAPS
Home to the only N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021) TAMPA
DOUGLAS ___ FIR
Eyeballs, e.g. ORBS
CHALLENGE TO ___ ADUEL
[Puh-lease!] EYEROLL
“You know better than ___” THAT
YOURS, IN TOURS ATOI
Video game genre for Space Invaders SHOOTEMUP
SHOUT FROM THE STANDS RAH
TV news V.I.P.s ANCHORS
Achievement-oriented, say TYPEA
Drill instructor’s rank, often: Abbr. SGT
FURY IRE
BLACK SEA PENINSULA CRIMEA
ROLLS UP, AS A FLAG FURLS
AIRBNB ALTERNATIVE VRBO
Orchestra-tuning instrument OBOE
FALLS BEHIND LAGS
Org. for the Hawks and the Hornets NBA
KISMET FATE
PINK DRINK, FOR SHORT COSMO
Special ___ (some military missions) OPS
LINE OF STITCHES SEAM
MANY A MARVEL CHARACTER HERO
Peeks at a classmate’s paper, say CHEATS
“That’ll never ___” FLY
KIND OF SAX ALTO
RING-SHAPED ISLAND ATOLL
TIES, AS A SCORE EVENSUP
Dostoyevsky novel about a “positively beautiful man,” with “The” IDIOT
RED GEMSTONE RUBY
Line made with a comb PART
Word with eye or empire EVIL
Not wearing any clothing INTHEBUFF
BAKERY UNIT LOAF
___ DHABI ABU
“Rock-a-Bye Baby” setting TREETOP
Country that seized 8-Down in 2014 RUSSIA
Figure drawing? TATTOO
THICK JAPANESE NOODLE UDON
“GoodFellas” fellas, collectively MAFIA
MAKE MISCHIEF ACTUP
Straws and didgeridoos, essentially TUBES
Tightly wrapped ENCASED
“Othello” villain IAGO
One that rests in nests HEN
[Har-har-har!] KNEESLAP
WYATT OF THE WILD WEST EARP
MOUTH, SLANGILY PIEHOLE
SUISSE PEAK ALPE
Stereotypical home for a Neanderthal CAVE
Inactive computer mode SLEEP
Madagascar’s aye-ayes and sifakas LEMURS
SHOWING NO EMOTION STOIC
Common animal feature that humans lack TAIL
[D’oh!] FACEPALM
Revealing, as a neckline LOWCUT
Beverages with tasting notes WINES
Coll. senior’s test GRE
[Phew! That was close!] BROWWIPE
STREAMLINED SLEEK
LETTER-SHAPED FASTENER TNUT
Actor Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar EMIL
Like a doornail, it’s said DEAD
Bygone telephone feature DIAL
It’s yours, for a while RENTAL