New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 09 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SLANDER SMEAR
Jerry’s car of choice on “Seinfeld” SAAB
Frankfurter’s cry ACH
Certain chess tactic PIN
“Take a ___” SEAT
HINDU GENTLEMAN BABU
Hyperbolic ordinal UMPTEENTH
Ready for a drive, perhaps? ONCD
Where the malleus and incus bones are found EAR
Powerful D.C. lobby, informally BIGPHARMA
Comedian Griffin KATHY
Spot for a toque TETE
Peke’s squeak YIP
Garden swimmer KOI
Burrell of the Food Network ANNE
CLAIM IN COURT HARM
GRAND REGAL
Crimean town in 1945 headlines YALTA
FAUX FINISH? PAS
One might be reached at a summit PEACEDEAL
Compete in a Summer Olympic sport FENCE
“Much appreciated” ITMEANSALOTTOME
Youth-centric magazine spinoff TEENVOGUE
“___ Never Sleeps” (banking slogan) CITI
Tend (toward) LEAN
Agcy. that helps start-ups SBA
Where one person’s trash is another’s treasure YARDSALE
SWEAR WORDS? IPROMISE
Line from a blame-shifter THATWASNTMYIDEA
“Kia ___” (New Zealand greeting) ORA
Deep-fried Latin American fare EMPANADA
Relative of a pupusa AREPA
Roman goddess of childbirth DIANA
Pangolin scales, functionally ARMOR
What female llamas do to show disinterest in a mate SPIT
Keir Starmer and others, for short PMS
Bajo’s opposite ALTO
Bootlegger busters TMEN
Part of a slider BEEFPATTY
Treetop dwelling AERIE
Part of the military brass? BUGLE
“Go to the ___, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise”: Proverbs 6:6 ANT
Shade akin to mauve PUCE
Unsullied environment EDEN
CHICKEN OR MASHED POTATO DANCE
White peg, in Battleship MISS
WAS AWFUL STANK
It’s leavened with sour milk SODABREAD
Spy’s assumption ALIAS
Nasty fall? SLEET
GIGGLE SYLLABLE HEE
Crayola’s atomic tangerine and shocking pink, e.g. NEONS
Rembrandt and Sargent, notably PORTRAITARTISTS
Competition with many missions SPACERACE
Emily’s List, e.g., informally PAC
Subject of the classic song lyric “I’ll see you in my dreams” IRENE
Shipbuilder’s tool ADZE
MOLLYCODDLE BABY
SURROUNDED BY AMID
They often have multiple horns SKABANDS
CON TARGET PATSY
“Ice cream or cake?” response, perhaps BOTH
NOSTRADAMUS, SUPPOSEDLY SEER
TRANSIENT EPHEMERAL
IN TRANSIT SENT
Intensely focused INTHEZONE
Something made just for show? SET
A split one may need trimming END
Booster, perhaps ALUM
Things touched by touchy topics RAWNERVES