New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Sort who might be testing the waters MARINEBIOLOGIST
Rock band with the 2023 album “This Stupid World” YOLATENGO
Org. associated with interceptions NSA
Detective story? ALIBI
James Clavell best seller “___-Pan” TAI
Where to make one’s voice heard, with “the” POLLS
Tabbies, e.g. HOUSECATS
Post-op persona, perhaps NEWME
LUG APE
PLACE STEAD
Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems MAE
Basketball legend Thomas ISIAH
A word before we forget? LEST
Esther of “Good Times” ROLLE
Fleece “wearer” EWE
What you might use to play music on a beach WIRELESSSPEAKER
Like some drinks and injuries ICED
Things typically copied-and-pasted ? rather than typed manually ? in messages URLS
Wordle and others FADS
Christmas carol title starter OCOME
Having down pat ADEPTAT
French word in vineyards CRU
Hot bed? RICE
Remittance recipients PAYEES
Like water in a stream AFLOW
Word on either side of “to” ASHES
Key to understanding ancient history? THEROSETTASTONE
Find ___ (Nintendo minigame) MII
TOOK A HIT TOKED
The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. SLAVEREBELLIONS
Rapper Aubrey Graham, who’s known professionally by his middle name DRAKE
Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents NEPOBABY
Umami enhancer MSG
Republicans in the 1850s, typically ABOLITIONISTS
Gives, but not for good LENDS
Inits. before Queen Elizabeth HMS
Certain religious ruling FATWA
“This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not”: “Romeo and Juliet” SEEST
Bit of farm food OAT
Relative of a filly COLT
In the Red, say ASEA
Stand-up comedians, typically SOLOACTS
Good thing to have on the record WIN
Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population AFRICANAMERICAN
W.W. II combat inits. ETO
BIT OF FISH FOOD PELLET
Verbally lose it, with “out” LASH
“___ alert” STAY
Dessert with layers SPUMONI
One who’s left holding the bag? CADDIE
Kind of rescue search AIRSEA
HAMMER HOME? EAR
MAP OF HAWAII, OFTEN INSET
Butts (in) NOSES
Woman’s name with an accent on its fourth letter RENEE
Title in D.C.: Abbr. REP
With 50-Down, many people making downloads APP
FAIL UNDER PRESSURE CHOKE
SEE 57-DOWN USERS
___ SYSTEM CASTE
FEUDAL SUPERIORS LIEGES
Grams NANAS
SHERPAS, E.G. ASIANS
HONEYDEW PRODUCER APHID
Great fall DIVE
Be ripe SMELL
INVENTOR OF THE STEEL PLOW DEERE
MAKE ___ OF ANOTE
Music score abbr. CRESC
SUFFIX WITH PRESS URE