New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 08 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PERFECT IDEAL
Guinness record holder for “Mammal with the most names” PUMA
Outfit inspiration for a Swiftie ERA
Biodiverse underwater ecosystem REEF
Descriptor for some Halloween costumes SEXY
Events at which you try not to lose track? MEETS
Issa of Hollywood RAE
Course for some new immigrants, for short ESL
ACTRESS THURMAN UMA
Toy found in King Tut’s tomb TOP
Interact with a Magic 8 Ball, say ASK
POST-SHOWER WEAR ROBE
SOMETHING IN THE AIR GAS
NOT OUT HOME
Simplify, with “down” BOIL
“Why ___?” NOT
Use a loofah SCRUB
Bear of constellations URSA
Outfit for the mountains SKISUIT
FEED, AS A FIRE STOKE
Weapon for Viking warriors AXE
Charges of male emperor penguins EGGS
Figs. on college transcripts GPAS
Univ. program with cadets ROTC
Wolverine and others XMEN
Fryer piled higher? CHOCKABLOCKWOK
Hardly a heartening harbinger BADSIGN
Gathering for lathering? RUBADUBCLUB
Fleetwood Mac song with Stevie Nicks on piano SARA
“Let’s do it!” IMIN
What some credit cards offer rewards points for DINING
BROWSER SUBWINDOW TAB
Tries something GIVESITAGO
MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER RUNE
FALL OFF EBB
Universal donor’s blood type, for short ONEG
CHERISHED DEAR
Manage to get, as tickets SNAG
Assistant who’s always being questioned SIRI
Golden ___ (retiree) AGER
DECLARE AVER
WRATH IRE
Dependent, often CHILD
Distrusting LEERY
Music, informally TUNES
Reaction upon tasting a decadent dessert MOAN
HEART CRUX
Ancestral tales, often SAGAS
Gold coin of old Europe DUCAT
No-bake dessert that’s chilled before serving ICEBOXCAKE
Pepper and others: Abbr. SGTS
JAPANESE NOODLE SOBA
The Floor Is ___ (kids’ make-believe game) LAVA
Get into the weeds? HOE
NASHVILLE-BASED AWARDS ORG. CMA
Unlikely thing off of which to buy haute couture RACK
What a picket fence may enclose LAWN
Cinnabon enticements AROMAS
Cup to drink up? CHUGALUGMUG
LIKE WAFERS THIN
Singer/actress Shore DINAH
BEARDED BEAST GNU
Time machine entry YEAR
OTHER, IN OAXACA OTRA
___ MATER ALMA
Most common Czech surname NOVAK
What houses resemble from an airplane DOTS
PUERTO ___ RICAN
Jewels for fools? DINGALINGBLING
Workspaces with 3-D printers and laser cutters, informally FABLABS
KAMA ___ SUTRA
BIRD THAT CAN RUN UP TO 30 M.P.H. EMU
Apt setting for a French kiss PARIS
BE A THORN IN THE SIDE OF VEX
“So ___ heard!” IVE
Sus SKETCHY
CHEEK SASS
SHE: FR. ELLE