New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
LACKING ORIGINALITY TRITE
In a spooky manner EERILY
Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500 RACES
A tough ___ to swallow PILL
PHYSICIST EINSTEIN ALBERT
___ cheese (cheese that isn’t yours, in a classic joke) NACHO
CRAZE RAGE
Taken care of, on an invoice stamp PAID
Savings plan option, for short IRA
POKE FUN AT TEASE
Many a Scott Joplin tune RAG
ABSTRACT ARTIST JOAN MIRO
Focus of many an engagement photo RING
*What might be kneaded in the kitchen BREADDOUGH
Going ___ (squabbling) ATIT
Bone-in cut of lamb, e.g. SHANK
Performing a play, say ONSTAGE
*Person to keep an eye on for future success UPANDCOMER
Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in “condiments aisle” TSAI
Apt rhyme for “grabs” NABS
WELL-VENTILATED AIRY
Pioneer in digital recording TIVO
“It’s likely that ?” ODDSARE
Check (out), like competition SCOPE
Ethnic group of Sri Lanka TAMIL
Certain knee tissue, for short ACL
___ tag (game with target vests) LASER
“OTOH ?” THO
Word after tall or tell TALE
SURROUNDED BY AMONG
OBTAINS GAINS
Los Estados ___ (the U.S., in Spanish) UNIDOS
TEENSY ITTY
TEENSY BITSY
SMOOCH KISS
Olympic figure skater Nathan CHEN
Adjustable part of a car seat HEADREST
LAYER OF PAINT COAT
Mattress coils SPRINGS
Classic Maya Angelou poem ? or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways STILLIRISE
*One being propelled by hot air BALLOONIST
A truly unpleasant situation THEPITS
Word before tape or after tear DUCT
One-named “Queen of Tejano Music” SELENA
Part of a crossword that gets filled in GRID
FOXY SLY
What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying HONEY
Places for peels or scrubs SPAS
Proper fellow GENT
“Cogito, ___ sum” ERGO
PARCEL OF LAND ACRE
CAMERA TYPE, IN BRIEF SLR
BLACK BIRD RAVEN
Chance to hit, in baseball ATBAT
ANCIENT GREEK MARKETPLACE AGORA
HIT THE SLOPES SKI
SLENDER THIN
CUP OR PINT UNIT
Do nothing during the course of, as a storm WAITOUT
GREEN PASTA SAUCE PESTO
“I’m listening” TALKTOME
Singer Rawls or Reed LOU
PANTS HOLDER-UPPER BELT
Death notice, in brief OBIT
SINGER TORI AMOS
Everyone or everything ALL
BE A PASSENGER RIDE
GRUMPY MOOD SNIT
WAS SORE ACHED
BLOODSUCKING PARASITE LEECH
Satirizes SENDSUP
BEACH GRIT SAND
Prepares to shoot a target AIMS
Flights of fancy WHIMS
Protective cover for a camera LENSCAP
“Who am ___ judge?” ITO