New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 09 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Wheel’s place on a ship HELM
It beats a high card but nothing else PAIR
ACTIVIST PARKS ROSA
New York Times opinion writer Klein EZRA
Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay THESISSTATEMENT
Loses on purpose, as an N.B.A. team TANKS
Quick confirmation of feasibility SANITYCHECK
JOKES AROUND KIDS
Overused and uncreative STALE
PART OF THE HAND PALM
Dose for an LSD trip ACIDTAB
MUST HAVE NEED
___ A SKETCH (CLASSIC TOY) ETCH
FLEUR-DE-___ LIS
ZILCH NIL
CEASES HALTS
LAUGHING SOUNDS HAHAS
TATTLE (ON) RAT
ACTRESS WATSON EMMA
Jerry’s foe in old cartoons TOM
“Sadly ?” ALAS
Classic ice cream order VANILLA
Football player in upstate New York BUFFALOBILL
Animal in “Happy hump day!” memes CAMEL
Cry from someone seeking revenge ? or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across YOULLPAYFORTHIS
A panda’s is 99% bamboo DIET
Supreme Court justice appointed by Barack Obama ELENAKAGAN
Empire whose capital city was Tenochtitlán AZTEC
2023’s “Fatal Attraction” and “The Little Mermaid” REMAKES
Word before ended, handed or minded OPEN
Laws passed by Congress ACTS
Cable channel that first showed “Beavis and Butt-head” MTV
Plops oneself down SITS
Mom-and-pop store, e.g. RETAILSHOP
RICE DISH PILAF
LITTLE DRINKS SIPS
BALKAN NATIVE SLAV
Fastidious to a fault ANAL
DEFAMED IN PRINT LIBELED
TOP-NOTCH AONE
NPR HOST GLASS IRA
IRKSOME PESKY
DOUGHNUT SHAPES TORI
NOT WORTH A ___ SOU
DROP IN THE OCEAN? SINK
Pollution that can change the colors of a sunset SMOG
Stat of interest to a competitive crossword solver TIME
Yellowfin or bluefin TUNA
Loud and unhappy sports fans, in slang BOOBIRDS
Temporarily calm period LULL
Pumps iron at the gym LIFTS
Some cuts of pork LOINS
The “C” of a printer’s CMYK CYAN
Button to press when stepping away from a Zoom meeting MUTE
Kissing on the street, e.g., for short PDA
It’s almost 80% nitrogen AIR
POKER BUY-IN ANTE
KEY POINT MAINIDEA
OLD ENOUGH OFAGE
IPHONE ASSISTANT SIRI
Carry (around) LUG
KINDA SEMI
Massachusetts college town AMHERST
Mover’s vehicle VAN
The “Iliad,” for one EPIC
Elder Obama daughter MALIA
Remote-controlled flier DRONE
The “A” of M.F.A. ARTS
EMPLOY USE
THUS FAR ASYET
BABY COW CALF
SPANISH BULL TORO
QUADRI- MINUS ONE TRI
SAT. PRECEDER FRI
Early computer scientist Lovelace ADA
Shoe brand named for a Greek goddess NIKE