New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
KERFUFFLE HOOHA
Former N.B.A. star who has unofficially served as a peace ambassador with North Korea RODMAN
2009 fantasy rom-com starring Zac Efron AGAIN
“Need a hand here!” HELP
Base of an encipherment MESSAGE
What the dish congee is made from RICE
Strongly implied DROVEAT
“Caught ya!” OHO
“___ all mad here”: Cheshire cat WERE
Where to find canines JAW
Made cuts to, maybe ALTERED
OODLES ATON
Made cuts to INCISED
Actress Lena of “Chocolat” OLIN
The first “O” of O/O OWNER
Word with rack or trick HAT
Shade that might be made in the shade? FAKETAN
Fall in the winter SNOW
Kind of session for a procrastinator CRAM
Chips in England CRISPS
Any of three major-league brothers ALOU
Casual negatives NOPES
Undergarment shade NUDE
Ewe got this! WOOL
Worker’s cry of relief TGIF
Like many colors in 1980s fashion NEON
Templeton of “Charlotte’s Web,” for one RAT
Scumlike SLIMY
Popular store chain with a green, red and orange logo ELEVEN
Preserves, maybe JAM
Long, long yarn SAGA
Follower of November OSCAR
DARK BROWN SHADE MOCHA
“What ___ missing?” AMI
PRESERVES PRESERVER JAR
2002 film that earned Eminem two MTV Movie Awards MILE
2008 rom-com starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden DRESSES
The monster Typhon was said to be trapped under it, in Greek myth ETNA
NBC comedy series starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin ROCK
Something mad people do RANT
Fundamental math assumption AXIOM
Covered with condensate DEWY
1935 Hitchcock thriller, with “The” STEPS
Inherent nature, figuratively DNA
Zero chance of a good result NOHOPE
Out of jail early, perhaps ONPAROLE
Members of the Flat Earth Society, e.g. DENIERS
Rapper Curtis Jackson, more familiarly CENT
Main character in a Verne novel NEMO
Instant ___ KARMA
Juvenile stage of a newt EFT
Noted head turner OWL
Hang loose? DRAPE
Food item that may be candied YAM
[Cough cough] AHEM
NEURAL CONDUCTOR AXON
AUTHORIZE OKAY
ANTIQUITY YORE
VACATION TIME, INFORMALLY RANDR
UNREFINED ROUGH
___ CONTENDERE (COURT PLEA) NOLO
Site for artisans ETSY
GUARDED WARY
CULTURAL VALUES ETHOS
RAGAMUFFIN WAIF
DESERT FELINE SANDCAT
“Understood” TENFOUR
SEEMING ETERNITY EON
“Haven’t the foggiest!” ? or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle NOCLUE
SINGER MITCHELL JONI
“I” problems? EGOS
Balneotherapy locale SPA
Like some cats and plumbing INDOOR
Land where the concept of zero was developed INDIA
HYPES TOUTS
CORRODES EATSAWAY
PEEPS FAM
HOLDS ON TO RETAINS