New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 16

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