New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 11

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