New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SWELLING BULGE
DRESS UP ADORN
RESPOND TO ACTON
Suffer an embarrassing loss EATIT
? OAK
? HEIRS
? WARTS
? MITT
? EARL
? BRUTES
HIT ONE OUT OF THE PARK HOMER
“Anything you want!” NEIGH
Overdraft fees, e.g. BANKCHARGES
Cap’n’s subordinate BOSN
Recipient of a 2008 govt. bailout AIG
Browser destination SITE
Language group of sub-Saharan Africa BANTU
Something that closes quickly FLOP
? DOUBTS
? TOWEL
Dress (up), quaintly TOG
Member org. of the Five Eyes alliance NSA
AMHERST SCH. UMASS
FRESH CHEEKY
Secret lairs HIGH
Shawarma wraps PITAS
SPED RACED
Copy command on a keyboard CTRLC
Habitat for vicuñas ANDES
Like Zambia relative to Angola EAST
ALL ___ EARS
Part of a day care schedule NAP
Some outdoor seats LAUNCH
___ Penn, actor who held a post in the Obama White House KAL
U.S. Davis Cup player for 10 years ASHE
From India or Pakistan DESI
Wee, in one spelling TEENIE
Modernizes the equipment of REFITS
2 vis-à-vis 8, 3 vis-à-vis 27, etc. QUEUE
SHOPPE DESCRIPTOR OLDE
Response to a repeat introduction WEMET
Princess of Power, in the comics SHERA
Fleur de ___ (seasoning) SEL
“Same here” SOAMI
RUN FOR IT! OFFICE
“___ forget ?” DONT
Feed, as a pup might SUCKLE
PARROTED APED
___ LINGUS AER
Something to pray on RUG
Lingered (on) DWELT
Sch. with the mascot Sparky the Sun Devil ASU
Real so-and-so ASS
LONG WALK TREK
One crying “Help!”? BEATLE
Like many true-crime dramas LURID
SAVORY QUALITY UMAMI
Couturier who created Le Smoking tuxedo, for short YSL
Tear things DUCTS
Grammy winner Hill LAURYN
Sidewalk snogging, e.g., for short PDA
“That’s … so … crazy!” MINDBLOWN
Steamed food items eaten with the hands TAMALES
Responses prompted by an officiant IDOS
Nocturnal bird known for its distinct calls, informally WHO
“Dexter” channel, familiarly SHO
CAPITAL OF TOGO LOME
SCRAPING (BY) EKING
NIBBLE (ON) GNAW
HEAP PRAISE ON ADULATE
Substance banned for agricultural use in 1972, for short DDT
Exemption from consequences FREEPASS
Long-term security option, in brief TBOND
Believes, so to speak BUYS
Bring up to ___ CODE
“Victory!,” in internet shorthand FTW
___ NOUS ENTRE
Holy text divided into suras QURAN
MARRIAGES UNIONS
Medicare section that covers prescription drugs PARTD
SORRY SAD
PEP OOMPH
SLIPPERY STUFF LUBE
Nonsense, to Brits TOSH
Something picked in an argument NIT
TOOK A BREATHER PAUSED
Tugboat jobs TOWS
Big money exec CFO
Zakat, in Islam ALMS
FIT HALE
Fenced-in patches of mud STIES
How things might go on the internet VIRAL
Offensive line in football, say? TRASHTALK
Show shot in Studio 8H, for short SNL
Fade hairstyle sported by Grace Jones FLATTOP
Humorously exaggerated CARTOONY
AGOG GAGA
STACK UP RATE
GOBBLES UP DEVOURS
LAUDER OF COSMETICS ESTEE
Skin marks POCKS
Hit Mach I ? or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER
Aslan’s world NARNIA
Former magazine that featured male nudes PLAGUE
Some essays OPEDS
411 DEETS
Side by side, maybe? AREA
Many do this on the beach LIE
Let live SPARED
UP THERE, SO TO SPEAK AGED
___ guide USERS
Collections of bets POOLS
Org. for Sandra Bullock in “Miss Congeniality” FBI
BENEFICENT KIND
SOME ROOFING MATERIAL TAR
Growing season SPRING
What an errant red sock may do in a load of whites BLEED
Easily recognizable PATENT
Equivalent of one gallon FORK
Green beginning ECO
Clothing style with hippie influences BOHOCHIC
TIED UP LACED
Fades (out) PETERS
Hallmarks of Scottish accents BURRS
Lollygagger SLOPE
Irene ___ (“the Woman,” to Sherlock Holmes) ADLER
Reality show fodder FEUD
Responded to “Speak!” ARFED
Things revealing basic truths? PHTESTS
___ Moshfegh, author of the 2015 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award-winning novel “Eileen” OTTESSA
14,000-foot volcano in California SHASTA
AMONG AMID
“Look at the time!” IGOTTAGO
Lifted, as spirits BUOYED
Comment when trying to get a discussion back on track WHEREWEREWE
Style that flares out from the waist ALINE
Denomination of Boston’s historic Charles Street Church: Abbr. AME