New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Second-largest world religion ISLAM
Speed ___ (fast driver) DEMON
Many a pet shelter pet, at one point STRAY
Leonardo DiCaprio role in a 1996 Shakespeare adaptation ROMEO
TAJ MAHAL LOCALE AGRA
MAJOR BLOOD VESSEL AORTA
SHINDIG BASH
Beat by a lot, informally THUMP
Drink like a cat … or a place for a cat LAP
SEE 7-DOWN READER
Item smashed before a ship’s maiden voyage CHAMPAGNEBOTTLE
FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEE
Slangy question of greeting … or a hint to 18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across WHATSPOPPIN
BLOCKHEADS DOLTS
Group of experts at a discussion PANEL
NOBLES ABOVE VISCOUNTS EARLS
Ready to respond, as a doctor ONCALL
High-I.Q. society MENSA
Comic book superheroine whose name is an anagram of SHARE SHERA
“Way cool!” NEATO
Yammerer’s sentence type RUNON
ITTY-BITTY TEENSY
SPEAK HOARSELY RASP
IOWA COLLEGE TOWN AMES
PRAISE TO THE SKIES EXALT
Basic bicycle trick WHEELIE
HIGH POINTS ACMES
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
Benzoyl peroxide targets PIMPLES
One of many for a Swiss Army knife USE
Pig’s pad STY
Humanoid robot who appears in all nine “Star Wars” episodes, informally THREEPIO
COMEDIAN MARGARET CHO
Docking locales PIERS
CAPITAL OF VIETNAM HANOI
PREFIX WITH NATAL NEO
Freshly grated cheese at a trattoria PARMESAN
Didn’t leave STAYED
Alternative to Google Reviews YELP
“Don’t ___ the bear” POKE
PERFECT PLACES EDENS
LONG-HANDLED GARDEN TOOL HOE
Klutz’s cry OOPS
Childhood nickname for Darth Vader ANI
Palindromic preposition in poems ERE
REGARDING ASTO
DECIDE ONE WILL OPTTO
___ OR NOTHING ALL
With 25-Across, digital magazine with the slogan “Cure ignorance” UTNE
Common iced tea garnish LEMON
Pilot and Civic manufacturer HONDA
Meg who played each of the three female leads in “Joe Versus the Volcano” RYAN
Edible parts of an ear CORNKERNELS
ACTIVIST PARKS ROSA
Kitchen brand that could be a losing tic-tac-toe line OXO
FAUX ___ PAS
Looked sleazily LEERED
One-act Oscar Wilde tragedy SALOME
JEWELRY FASTENER CLASP
AMAZED INAWE
INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS SPASMS
Foldable part of a Twister game MAT
Word before rest or wrestle ARM
“The Wire” actor Idris ELBA
John Philip ___, “The March King” SOUSA
WINDSHIELD CLEARER WIPER
BE IN DEBT OWE
Once-sacred slitherers ASPS
Old Testament book between Daniel and Joel HOSEA
Do slightly better than ONEUP
Chunk of cash WAD
Illicit poppy product OPIUM
GOOFS UP ERRS
Crackle, as a fire SPIT
Author L. Frank ___ BAUM
LAUDER OF COSMETICS ESTEE
Certain nest egg, in brief IRA
Brooks who has won the four EGOT awards MEL