New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
OLYMPICS VENUE ARENA
LUBRICATE AGAIN REOIL
FUNCTION USE
FUMBLE GOOF
Cog on a wheel TOOTH
___ CRAWL NEWS
Mideast federation since 1971, in brief UAE
DUNDERHEAD NITWIT
REFUSES TO WONT
MAKE BROADER WIDEN
REALLY ENJOY LAPUP
BAMBOOZLE COZEN
POLITE REFUSAL NOSIR
SAMBUCA FLAVORING ANISE
Jean who wrote “Wide Sargasso Sea” RHYS
Brand of congestion medication SUDAFED
Where wild animals are most likely to see you ZOO
Old-fashioned “Whoopee!” HUZZAH
Capital of Brazil until 1960, informally RIO
Desert home to the legendary Mongolian death worm GOBI
Conservative, in a sense CAUTIOUS
Subject of a fully exposed image? NUDIST
Affirming words IDO
Surprise encounter RUNIN
Muppet named after a character in “Midnight Cowboy” RIZZO
How this puzzle’s grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across CLOCKWISE
Word before and after “to,” in a religious phrase ASHES
Org. endorsing P.P.E. for workers OSHA
Video game franchise starring major-league baseballers THEBIGS
Shortest path connecting two points on a sphere ARC
Surname of father/son actors James and Scott CAAN
Henry Ford’s sole heir EDSEL
Consider something to be DEEMIT
Word often abbreviated to its middle letter in texts ARE
*Like a household with a stay-at-home parent, maybe WEOUZHWZO
Padded accounts? TALES
“___ see it from my perspective ?” TRYTO
*Longtime Mazda catchphrase EOONEOON
*Annual gathering of superhero fans ZOUUHEOU
Member of TV’s Addams Family ITT
LAST IN A SERIES NTH
LAST IN A SERIES ZEE
SWINDLE BUNKO
QUICK BITE NOSH
PAPAL EMISSARY NUNCIO
TINY PARTICLE ION
RIVER DEPOSITS SILTS
Overly suspicious PARANOID
1977 Linda Ronstadt hit ITSSOEASY
IN KEEPING WITH ASPER
MOVES QUICKLY, AS A CLOUD SCUDS
FRATERNITY LETTER TAU
Praises to the heavens LIONIZES
Sparkly wine cocktail SPRITZ
Site of a Herculean task NEMEA
Words before a deadline DUEBY
Shifty type? UPPERCASE
Off-the-books business, perhaps CASHTRADE
Play with, as a catnip mouse PAWAT
Served flawlessly? ACED
Stick under the bed? SLAT
N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas ISIAH
IT COMES AND GOES FAD
Mer makeup EAU
Farm delivery letters CSA
*Babe-in-the-woods quality WUZWUOZZH
Where the smallest bones in the body are found EAR
Wee ‘un TOT
Antique tools for pressing clothes SADIRONS
Ficus fruit FIG
Mighty Patch target ZIT
Lot in Genesis, e.g. WIDOWER
More or less, in time CIRCA
Señor’s send-off ADIOS
Best-selling 2019 memoir subtitled “A Coming-of-Gender Story” SISSY
Components of a hard six, in craps TREYS