New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 24

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