New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
With distinction NOTEDLY
Once ___ a time, UPON
WHEN REPEATED, A TOY TRAIN CHOO
“That was a ___ joke!,” Dana sputtered. RAD
“I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it.” EBAY
BOTHER NUISANCE
Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___ MALI
“___, I guess. At least the week’s over.” TGIF
and Ava preferred Accra in ___, GHANA
Shipwreck site REEF
She was ___ with her music, BORED
Inuit skin boat UMIAK
Round, squishy toy NERFBALL
and Ava learned Dana loved “Much ___ About Nothing.” ADO
her prized ___. OBOE
DARING DEED GEST
ACTOR CHANEY LON
NEUTERS SPAYS
REDS GREAT ROUSH EDD
BYGONE RUSSIAN RULERS TSARS
It hadn’t come ___ as she muttered, YET
Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___. TUBA
Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument. STOW
and felt her heart ___ as she blurted, SKIP
Dana grinned. “Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!” ISNT
bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and ASIA
Just a number, it’s said AGE
Language from which we get bupkis and shtick YIDDISH
POPE AFTER BENEDICT IV LEOV
FIGURE SKATER MIDORI ITO
911 RESPONDER EMT
FOLLOWED OBEYED
Trojans’ sch. USC
and school was hardly an ___. EDEN
not so ___ ago, LONG
were ___ that Dana was smitten, too. SIGNALS
Alabama governor Ivey KAY
Knuckle-headed gesture? NOOGIE
Straw vote, e.g. POLL
Like buses and bicycles RIDABLE
___ was a girl named Ava. THERE
After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___. DOSES
happily ___ after. EVER
despite sitting next to the noisy ___, CLARINETS
WIDE SHOE SPEC EEE
“Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?,” Ava asked. YOGA
Contraction before “be great” THATD
Hamlet’s interrogative after “How now!” ARAT
which were an ___ distraction. ADDED
listening to Nat King ___, COLE
“I’d love to hang out some time, no ___!” LYING
And, of course, ___ lived THEY
Ava ___ at Dana. SMILED
Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed. NOSE
STARTING PLACE POINTA
NEVER EXISTED WASNT
It’s a sure thing BIRDINHAND
As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage, IDLED
SKIN CREAM BRAND OLAY
Ava’s ___ joy was SOLE
She had ___ her skill in band, HONED
Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___. SODAS
Curtain trims, e.g. EDGINGS
Title for “Game of Thrones” knights SER
Stuff in a loft HAY
DAWN GODDESS EOS
SYNTHETIC FABRIC ORLON
Dana’s reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava. ERA
One night, after watching “___ Python,” MONTY
Bali, for one ISLE
Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies, CHIP
One day, after school, Ava called a ___. LYFT
Conclude miserably ENDINTEARS
M.L.B. execs GMS
the pair still felt the ___ of their connection. RIGHTNESS
Ava mustered every ___ in her brain NEURON
Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing AIRLEAK
Obergefell v. ___, Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage HODGES