New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 04 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Starting point for a record-setting swim in 2023’s “Nyad” CUBA
One under a birdie EAGLE
Pigment used in the Lascaux cave paintings OCHER
New, waxing, waning, full, etc. PHASES
STICKY STUFF GOO
A spare one might be kept in the boot TYRE
Frequently phished figs. SSNS
DISCARD TOSS
HIGH-PITCHED FLUTE PICCOLO
POKES FUN AT RIBS
Japan’s national fish KOI
Risky choice of surfing apparel BIKINI
FUEL FROM A BOG PEAT
Bit of Tex-Mex bar food TACO
Journalists’ credits BYLINES
Makes (oneself) beloved ENDEARS
*Inventor who patented the first revolver [stallion] SAMUELCOLT
Pepper and O’Leary of classic rock: Abbr. SGTS
Immobilizers for bone fractures SPLINTS
Exact godly vengeance on SMITE
Drink aptly found in “medieval era” ALE
Word before date or dance RAIN
Stadium whistle-blower REF
*Actor who played Oscar Wilde in “Wilde” [fish] STEPHENFRY
___ vs. para (Spanish 101 topic) POR
Certain immature adult ? with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue MANBABY
Auction bundle LOT
HISTORICAL OBJECT RELIC
___ czar, N.Y.C. government position whose job listing called for “a virulent vehemence for vermin” RAT
Worn-down part of a shoe SOLE
MAKE EXTREMELY HAPPY ELATE
GROUP OF ANTS ARMY
___ RICA COSTA
HOSP. AREAS ERS
SNATCH NAB
“Gesundheit” prompter ACHOO
Where a teen may wear a tux PROM
San Fran athlete NINER
Mammal with a miniature trunk TAPIR
Bounce off the walls, say ECHO
Beef option at Chipotle BARBACOA
*Mouseketeer peer of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake [gander] RYANGOSLING
Watery, as tea WEAK
N.F.L. coach Campbell DAN
Noodles on a guitar STRUMS
Quartet + quintet NONET
Word in the title of Broadway’s longest-running show OPERA
What might catch X’s at an O’s game? KISSCAM
Free ones might precede subscriptions TRIALS
Planets, poetically ORBS
RENT OUT LET
Baker’s amts. TSPS
Wild couples cruise? NOAHSARK
WINDOW-CLOSING KEY ESC
PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE TENSE
Many a flat-screen HDTV
SIGN BEFORE VIRGO LEO
Yang’s partner YIN
Network with “gavel-to-gavel” coverage CSPAN
“The Little Mermaid” mermaid ARIEL
Treads lightly TIPTOES
COMPETE (FOR) VIE
*English essayist who wrote “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once” [ram] CHARLESLAMB
BEING ENTITY
BIG NAME IN BASEBALL CARDS TOPPS
Resident of 123½ Sesame Street BIGBIRD
FERMENTED RICE WINE SAKE
Kind of salad that sounds like it should include corn COBB
VODKA BRAND IN A BLUE BOTTLE SKYY
Starts to wake STIRS
Crispy sammies BLTS
Deserving of a fire emoji, as a party LIT
SLEEP STAGE REM
COMES CLEAN OWNSUP
HITS THE SLOPES SKIS
III, IN ROME TRE
Essie competitor OPI
MISS PIGGY, TO MISS PIGGY MOI