New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Palm off (on) FOIST
“The King and I” setting SIAM
BREAK GAP
SHOCK, IN A WAY TASE
PIECE OF THE PIE CRUST
Outfielder’s flashy feat BASKETCATCH
Wield influence PULLSTRINGS
Streaks overhead CIRRI
Time-saving tricks HACKS
Lover of literature ROMEO
Causes to chafe IRKS
Name of two ancient kings of Phrygia, the first of whom is the famous one MIDAS
“Where ___?” AMI
Like some broadcasts and cardboard boxes TAPED
Highly significant, as a stretch of time EPOCHAL
Treat often served in a glass cup SUNDAE
God who duels Percy Jackson, in children’s literature ARES
___ de Glace, largest glacier in the French Alps MER
Eagerly listening ALLEARS
Sub stack? SALAMI
Spies use them for disguise SECRETCODES
Drag through Hollywood SUNSETSTRIP
Vocally negative fans, in sports slang BOOBIRDS
Cuba’s José ___ International Airport MARTI
“Top Gun” nickname MAV
BREAK HIATUS
Beverage at une brasserie BIERE
Reggaetón, e.g. MUSICA
Grow too old AGEOUT
Bargain hunters, of a sort UNIONS
It might tell you what’s on tap BARMENU
Lacking social sensitivity GAUCHE
Rearrange to fit, jocularly TETRIS
Potpourri assortment PETALS
GI, e.g. TRACT
___ Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker TINA
Time to take stock? IPO
Text acronym ASCII
Architects, so to speak MASTERMINDS
Apt name for a spelling champ BEA
Feather beds? NESTS
SAP PATSY
Result of getting doubles in Monopoly REROLL
Setting for the classic film line “I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” SIERRAMADRE
Shaded circle AREOLA
Creatures with a “third eye” sensitive to ultraviolet light IGUANAS
Religiously mandated surname for Sikh men SINGH
Old currency of Massachusetts WAMPUM
TINY ARACHNIDS MITES
RED SAUCE SRIRACHA
SEATING CHOICE AISLE
Resists, with “at” BALKS
Apartment, in real estate lingo UNIT
Big bands OCTETS
STAFF ROD
SHOT WITH ENGLISH MASSE
HOLEY FOOTWEAR CROC
Cien divided by veinte CINCO
Sub-Saharan menaces MAMBAS
Strong scents MUSKS
Terminal approx. ETA
___ BALL WIFFLE
Stop for the day PACKITIN
Total jerk, slangily ASSHAT
“Anne of Green Gables” author ___ Maud Montgomery LUCY
It falls on the eve of Christmas Eve FESTIVUS