New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 30

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