New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 09 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SMIDGEN BIT
HUG EMBRACE
OVERLY TOO
STRONG DESIRE URGE
FRACAS MELEE
ARGUMENT ROW
CRAYON CHOICE COLOR
$1,000,000, casually MIL
ALLEY DIVISION LANE
Can. province between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick PEI
Fanged menaces ASPS
The second “S” of U.S.S.R. SOCIALIST
Gender identity prefix CIS
PUB PINTS ALES
Call off, as a takeoff ABORT
Clown role in Chinese opera CHOU
“What’s the big ___?” IDEA
Brand of kitchen storage containers TUPPERWARE
Run-D.M.C. or De La Soul TRIO
Dallas hoopers, informally MAVS
Small component of an immune response TCELL
Site of a famous 1836 battle ALAMO
Kind of acid used to make Silly Putty BORIC
Word with League or Spring ARAB
Flexibility, for a dancer ASSET
Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across? TWOPARTYSYSTEMS
GOALS AIMS
CLOSE SHUT
DIRECTOR KAZAN ELIA
UPPER HAND EDGE
SHELF LEDGE
PARISIAN PAL AMIE
“___ who you know” (networking principle) ITS
EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS OF LIFE ANKHS
HELPFUL SUGGESTION TIP
Mathematical suffix with quin- or sex- TUPLE
PLAY DIVISION ACT
When the skeletons in one’s closet might be brought out HALLOWEEN
Second part of a notable Latin boast VIDI
Story that jumps off the page? POPUPBOOK
Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g. ESPY
“Last” thing in a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece SUPPER
“___ your other question …” ASTO
Ending for law or saw YER
“You Belong With Me” singer SWIFT
Ruler at the Winter Palace TSAR
Alexander Hamilton, politically FEDERALIST
Some bets in roulette EVENS
FORCE OF NATURE? GRAVITY
___ James, 2008 film role for Beyoncé ETTA
Cain’s victim ABEL
___ LAMA DALAI
ACTRESS HATCHER TERI
Archeological find RELIC
GIVE OFF EMIT
Like a well-manicured lawn MOWN
Student-run class? GYM
PUT UP WITH ABIDE
PRIVILEGED GROUP HAVES
DIGITALLY ENDORSE ESIGN
Use one’s winnings for the next bet, in casino lingo LETITRIDE
Yard sign word ELECT
FEELING CRUMMY ILL
FARM MEASURE ACRE
PALE YELLOW CHEESE EDAM
GRANDPARENT, E.G. ELDER
“Take a Chance on Me” group ABBA
Baseball franchise with a bell in its logo PHILLIES
Name found in “Yale library,” appropriately ELI
“Spare me the deets!” TMI
GROKS SEES
BIG NAME IN MATTRESSES SERTA
“No more for me, thanks” IMALLSET
JUNKYARD DOG CUR
FOLK SINGER GUTHRIE ARLO
RAINBOW HUE VIOLET