New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
“The ___ of Wu” (book by rapper RZA) TAO
Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say RHYMED
Subsection of an orchestra CLARINETS
A SNAP EASY
Doesn’t drink much SIPS
Powdered green tea MATCHA
“Oh, ___!” YOU
BE WORTHY OF MERIT
___ MINOR ASIA
Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans BEERAMID
Waver wildly YOYO
DAYTONA 500 ORG. NASCAR
Little confab TETEATETE
“Das ___ gut!” IST
Time to focus on oneself MEDAY
RECESS RETORT ARESO
MINUS SANS
LAUDER OF COSMETICS ESTEE
BEST OF THE BEST ALLTIMEGREATS
AIR SAFETY ORG. FAA
BROUGHT ON HIRED
Preventive measure BAN
Initiation ritual OATH
Brainstorming diagram IDEAMAP
Like Bluetooth connections WIRELESS
Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide,” e.g. OPERETTA
Don’t assume, say ASK
Philosopher Girard who coined “mimetic desire” RENE
“The House of the Spirits” novelist ISABELALLENDE
Polite thing to call someone SIR
Polite thing to call someone MADAM
Second sight, say ESP
Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee “Women in Music Pt. III” HAIM
Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX NEWSRADIO
Like leaving the price tag on a gift TACKY
Farm-fresh box letters CSA
They rule the roost HENS
“Can’t make me!” IWONT
Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief TSA
Brand whose “B” stands for “brush” ORALB
“Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar” (2021 film) DEL
Devil follower ISH
Name associated with simple explanations OCCAM
Baseball’s ___ Victorino, nicknamed “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” SHANE
Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ENE
LETTER AFTER PHI CHI
CONDUCT WAGE
KIND OF PIT MOSH
NOT FORWARD SHY
TRANSFER, AS WINE DECANT
___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman ETTA
“Nothing else?” ISTHATIT
Mistake fixer ERASER
One way to start a point SPINSERVE
Appalachian spring hrs. EDT
Neckwear that’s not constricting, one hopes BOA
Computer flow like [Insert ? Picture ? From File] CASCADINGMENU
Third of Sophocles’ Theban plays ANTIGONE
C2H6 compound ETHANE
They “hatch” late in life NESTEGGS
Sketching tools ARTPENCILS
General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world’s largest one TREE
Doktor alternative HERR
Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name ALEVE
Don’t blow it! BIGLEAD
How a lawyer might be kept ONRETAINER
Musician’s mouthpiece AGENT
Some short cuts FADES
It’s hard to see through SMOG
Word with pinky or promise RING