New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 09 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SIMILAR (TO) AKIN
Place for luxurious pampering SPA
One assigned female at birth and identifying as such CISWOMAN
Summon with a shout YELLTO
N.B.A. team with LeBron and Bronny James, for short LALAKERS
PURPOSE USE
LIES IN THE HOT, HOT SUN BAKES
ACTOR PITT BRAD
Setting for “My Cousin Vinny” RURALALABAMA
Soprano family patriarch on “The Sopranos” TONY
NO LONGER A KID GROWN
TINY WEE
POETIC FOOT IAMB
SAN ___ OBISPO, CALIF. LUIS
RICKMAN OF THE HARRY POTTER FILMS ALAN
Not satisfied, as a requirement UNMET
What “muffin top” and “spare tire” are euphemisms for FLAB
Things cast by wizards SPELLS
Sweet Starbucks order VANILLALATTE
___ date (pregnancy estimate) DUE
Fruit that’s a citrus, not a hybrid of a pomegranate and melon POMELO
“Be with you momentarily!” ONESEC
Entered with a halting gait LIMPEDIN
Like athletes that are fresh off the bench RESTED
“Xanadu” band, for short ELO
Something mined in the 21st century DATA
Org. with the motto “Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself” ACLU
Sorento and Sportage, for two KIAS
Negative campaign attacks SMEARS
Coat with a fur-lined hood PARKA
Loose-lipped BLABBY
Very: Prefix ULTRA
What hot showers create STEAM
Maker of the Civic and the CR-V HONDA
“That may be the case; however …” OKBUT
Decided to skip SATOUT
Coolest temperatures of the day LOWS
Tolstoy’s “___ Karenina” ANNA
INSULT, INFORMALLY DISS
HIGHEST-QUALITY FINEST
UNACCOMPANIED ALONE
___ V. WADE ROE
Soothe, as into a false sense of security LULL
Beyond uptight ANAL
Letter-shaped plumbing piece PTRAP
“Sorry, I’m bad with ___” (party excuse) NAMES
French birthplace of Charles de Gaulle LILLE
Baby’s first word, perhaps DADA
Meter or milliliter UNIT
Harper who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird” LEE
Anxiety-related condition, for short OCD
___ Mode of “The Incredibles” EDNA
Blue, in Spanish AZUL
Fog or mist VAPOR
WAS WINNING LED
GET EXACTLY RIGHT NAIL
RUN AWAY FLEE
BENEFIT AVAIL
“Straight Outta Compton” group NWA
SPECK OF LAND IN THE OCEAN ISLE
Generous sort GIVER
NOT DOING MUCH OF ANYTHING IDLE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST PARKS ROSA
“See ya!” BYE
& AND
COMMENTS FURTHER ADDS
DUMMIES IDIOTS
TIDY UP NEATEN
Patron of sailors STELMO
Athlete’s tote GYMBAG
6/6/1944, familiarly DDAY
OB/___ (med. specialty) GYN
2016 film starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling ? or a hint to 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across LALALAND
PHOTOGRAPHER ADAMS ANSEL
Youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner MALALAYOUSAFZAI
POTUS #43 GWBUSH