New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums ALI
Having a kink, maybe BENT
Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juice SEED
FLASH JIFFY
“Ah, yes ?” ISEENOW
Scenarios to consider IFS
How the fish in nigiri is served OVERRICE
Final points in scores? CODAS
ACTOR WILSON OWEN
The whole world in your hands? ATLAS
“Shirt Front and Fork” sculptor, 1922 ARP
Notable Guinness ALEC
Some Guinness records FIRSTS
Collaborator on 1980’s “Double Fantasy” ONO
School fig. GPA
Disappointing stocking stuffer LUMPOFCOAL
ITALIAN DESSERT GELATO
Carpenter or mason BUILDER
Pounds, perhaps ACHES
Where to find a very wet sponge REEF
TYLENOL ALTERNATIVE ALEVE
They might be targeted ADS
Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated DELAWARE
WAS AHEAD LED
LESSENS EBBS
ZERO NIL
*Shall SPARKLED
Schreiber of “Asteroid City” LIEV
Dir. from Atlanta to Athens ENE
BACK AGO
How high rollers want to live LARGE
Aromatic welcome gift LEI
Whirl or swirl EDDY
“I have to ___ ?” ASK
Repetitive clicking sound? SHORTI
Life lines, for short? IVS
LOUIS XIV, PAR EXEMPLE ROI
LIKE SOME PEANUTS AND CELEBRITIES ROASTED
*Stone tool TOILETBRUSH
OSTRACIZE SHUN
Falco of “The Sopranos” EDIE
Coffee order specification ICED
PART OF M.I.T.: ABBR. INST
Down more than OUTEAT
Colorful variety of lettuce REDLEAF
The Reds, on a scoreboard CIN
When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle’s starred clues ALLFORONE
BIT OF A BLUFF CRAG
UNINVITED PARTY GUEST CRASHER
STAG HART
STAG SOLO
Michael Jackson’s first concert tour after the Jackson 5 BAD
WORLD-WEARY BEATENDOWN
Rae of “American Fiction” ISSA
Vegetable that’s a letter off from an Ivy KALE
Texting format inits. SMS
Tailored item that can have tails SUIT
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE EDGE
Musical lead-in to beat AFRO
Say “I dunno,” say ELIDE
Seabird’s nesting spot, say ISLE
Give the name of DUB
Apple Music predecessor ITUNES
HEAD OF LETTUCE? CFO
*It gets the ball rolling ROTARYJOINT
Title for Al Sharpton: Abbr. REV
CRAFT MEASURED IN CUBITS ARK
NEIGHBOR OF LEB. ISR
WORD WITH SECRET OR SCHOOL TRADE
It’s a start ONSET
*Gone SOMENERVE
Participated in a spin class CYCLED
GOES OVER AGAIN REREADS
Biblical verb with “thou” DOEST
*Scoop received in a call ICECREAM
With every detail perfect TOAT