New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Country that surrounds Gambia SENEGAL
Something to pump or bump FIST
*”Huh, I wasn’t aware I was at an ugly sweater party” KNITTINGNEEDLE
WIMBLEDON SURFACE GRASS
HELVETICA ALTERNATIVE ARIAL
DOES PERFECTLY NAILS
Guillermo del ___ TORO
Feature of a snake’s eye SLIT
Hindu mother goddess also called Parvati UMA
It’s bright when it’s full MOON
Disposable baking pans PIETINS
*”The only mystery in this novel is why I finished it” BURNAFTERREADING
Band whose guitarist wears a schoolboy outfit ACDC
Certain expensive suits ARMANIS
Batman adversary ___ al Ghul RAS
“Embiggens” the English language COINSAWORD
“How disappointing!” DANG
Sound of rejection on a 1970s variety show GONG
CAUSE OF MISERY SCOURGE
HERALD PORTEND
BEGET SIRE
CHURCH AREA NAVE
BACK THE OTHER WAY FRO
FEEDBAG CONTENTS OATS
*”Dear John, I’m writing you this letter to tell you ? it’s not me. It’s 100% you” PUTDOWNONPAPER
Nonmetric unit ? or a metric unit FOOT
Someone who hopes to stay out of the spotlight? ESCAPEE
Five Pillars religion ISLAM
CZECH OR POLE SLAV
RANK BELOW MARQUESS EARL
SKINNY, SO TO SPEAK DOPE
PHOTOSHOP COMPANY ADOBE
FETTER MANACLE
Prefix with valent AMBI
Background in the theater SCENERY
Academic résumés, for short CVS
Dude, in lingo BRAH
Prefix in some modern art movements NEO
BIT OF IMPROV SKIT
COMPOSER STRAVINSKY IGOR
Less clean, as a chimney SOOTIER
*”That rotted old log ain’t even fit for termite food!” KNOCKONWOOD
Word on Charlotte’s web SOME
Avocados are rich in it FAT
Mocking Jay LENO
*”My dog could translate an ancient Mesopotamian tablet faster than you” ARCHAEOLOGICALDIG
Part of a thermostat DIAL
The i’s have it DOT
Hardly ne’er OFT
ASTOUNDING AWING
DISCOMBOBULATE ADDLE
PART OF A.D. ANNO
CORP. BIGWIG CEO
ABASE DEMEAN
SOME WINES REDS
GOSPEL SINGER WINANS CECE
BROTHER OF FIDEL RAUL
It comes from the Greek for “indivisible” ATOM
Any of six Russian monarchs IVAN
Studio for Astaire and Rogers RKO
Musical that reimagines “La Bohème” in Manhattan RENT
Sucrose, by another name TABLESUGAR
Numero di colori in Neapolitan ice cream TRE
Bond villain with an island lair DRNO
Get off to a flying start? TAXI
Unpopular day to get married: Abbr. MON
High-tech prosthetic BIONICARM
*”Thou art a villainous knave” BLASTFROMTHEPAST
Reacts to a pun, perhaps GROANS
ACTOR CAGE, FAMILIARLY NIC
Lead-in to horn or Hornet GREEN
Charlie Chaplin started his career with this not-at-all-silent form of entertainment CLOGDANCING
Pop’s ___ Lipa DUA
Mistook? STOLE
2007 Literature Nobelist Lessing DORIS
Famed Damascus product STEEL
Counterpart of ventricular ATRIAL
One of the Untouchables NESS
“Citizen ___” KANE
CARD GAME CRY GOFISH
Island country sometimes called “El Cocodrilo” for its shape CUBA
The ?gram INSTA
Oxfam or Doctors Without Borders, in brief NGO
“Born on the Bayou” band, in brief CCR
POLICE, SLANGILY FIVEO
Switch predecessors WIIS
“Brains” of tech CPUS
Olympic swimmer Ryan LOCHTE
PREVAILED WONOUT
MORSE CODE CLICK DIT
IN THE PAST AGO
LEG BONE FEMUR
BREAKS DOWN ROTS
GPS GUESSES ETAS
INVESTIGATED SEENINTO
MOVE, AS A HOUSEPLANT REPOT
GIVE VOICE TO? NARRATE
Claim on a ramen packet NOMSG
BRITISH LOCKUP GAOL
Condé ___ NAST
Epitomize PERSONIFY
Gave a thumbs-down DISLIKED
POINT OF NO RETURN? ACE
RAZOR SHARPENERS STROPS
TikToker’s hope VIRALVIDEO
RANDOM GUESS STAB
“Oops!” ACK
“Stat!” NOW
Common file type PDF
Its iconic chimes were trademarked in 1950 NBC
Queen song from which a pop icon took her name RADIOGAGA
“Count me out!” NOTI
Terrain in “Wuthering Heights” MOOR
Class where students learn about squares and planes SHOP
Totally bought an idea ATEITUP
“Things Fall ___” (Chinua Achebe novel) APART
Drummer Neil of Rush PEART
STIMULATE WHET
SOME CHRISTMAS TREES FIRS
COURT GRP. NBA
SITCOM EXTRATERRESTRIAL ALF
Prefix with valent TRI
“In your dreams!” NEVER
Like the three sisters of “Macbeth” WEIRD
Common sports injury sites, for short ACLS
New England’s Cape ___ ANN
Bluesy instrument, for short SAX
There’s bad blood between them OLDFOES
Teri of “Young Frankenstein” GARR
Deal that brings in a big crowd DOORBUSTER
*”Tu as le Q.I. d’une huître” (“You have the I.Q. of an oyster”) FRENCHROAST
Doesn’t dispute, as a criticism OWNS
JFK, FOR ONE AIRPORTCODE
Astronaut’s blackout preventer GSUIT
Author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ADAMS
To be safe INCASE