New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 10 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stew RAGU
It can bust one’s bracket UPSET
Island west of Komodo National Park BALI
Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for … “Godzilla”? BIGGIANTMONSTER
___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New Jersey ELLIS
Fantasy football fodder STATS
Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhaps AWARD
Bandmate of Keith for 60+ years MICK
Hasten, old-style HIE
… “E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial”? WITNESSALIENARRIVAL
NAG PEST
Essen exclamations ACHS
“While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping” poet POE
Sam who directed “Spider-Man” RAIMI
With 112-Down, a small laugh TEE
… “Independence Day”? HANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER
Having had a few bites, say ITCHY
Mediterranean condiment AIOLI
Kind of shell that’s easily broken TACO
… “Rush Hour”? TANGLEDFROZENTRAFFIC
“Devilish” cartoon character TAZ
Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United States RARER
Modern H.R. initiative DEI
Bryn Mawr grad, e.g. ALUMNA
One in a line at a grocery store CART
… “Insomnia”? WIREDSLEEPERSMISERY
“The Strife is ___, the Battle Done” (hymn) OER
Publishing V.I.P.s EDS
___ Sidle, longtime role on “C.S.I.” SARA
Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity KAFKA
Suitor of Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera” RAOUL
___ ALAI JAI
Grave words? EULOGY
DETERGENT BRAND ERA
CONNECTIONS INS
CENTER MIDST
Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B ABBA
10TH OF 24 KAPPA
CALL TO MIND EVOKE
Futuristic microscopic machine NANOBOT
LAST WORD FINIS
Rival of Forbes INC
SHOOTING MARBLE TAW
WOODWORKING TOOL RASP
SMALL BROOK RILL
Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr. OBES
“Mon ___!” DIEU
Baja resort town, familiarly CABO
NARROW INLET RIA
BILE IRE
AT SEA LOST
SUBSIDES EBBS
WARD (OFF) FEND
VARIETY TYPE
Person with attachment issues, perhaps EMAILER
FROM WHAT PLACE WHENCE
MOUNT STEED
UNSAFE? OUT
D-DAY CRAFT: ABBR. LST
RACCOON RELATIVE COATI
VOTING DAY: ABBR. TUES
NOBILITY PEERAGE
ISLAND STRINGS UKE
LITURGICAL VESTMENT STOLE
MARINE MENACE ORCA
AQUARIUM GROWTH ALGA
ISLAND RINGS LEIS
SINGER HORNE LENA
PRIVY TO INON
Moving day leftovers BOXES
SEASONED RICE DISH PILAF
ANKLE BONES TALI
… “Sex and the City”? MANHATTANHOOKUP
“Welcome” introduction? YOURE
Girl’s name that sounds like two adjacent letters EDIE
TEXAS A&M ATHLETE AGGIE
Novelist Johnson who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction ADAM
“Yikes!” EGAD
Antonio López de Santa ___, three-time president of Mexico ANNA
JAZZ SINGER CLEO LAINE
Star in Venus’s orbit? SERENA
SPORTED HADON
LARGER-THAN-LIFE EPIC
What this is CLUE
“That’s a ___!” (chemist’s punny observation) LYE
Partner of pride JOY
Illness with chills AGUE
Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagels SEEDS
“Happy Birthday” writer, sometimes ICER
“Check it out, man!” DIGTHIS
Lift ticket purchaser SKIER
Word after hidden or political AGENDA
Apt name for a veterinarian KAT
Finally saw through a deception GOTWISE
Ingredient in some lipsticks, pizza dough and biodiesel PALMOIL
Cause of a hung jury SPLITVOTE
SKY SHADE AZUREBLUE
HARSH BRUTAL
UNSPOKEN TACIT
ASSIGNMENT TASK
JAPANESE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IKEBANA
SEE 53-ACROSS HEE
Overseas refusals NYETS
Holding nothing back ALLIN
Woolly pack animals LLAMAS
Hexad SEXTET
Rubik of puzzle cube fame ERNO
Sweeties, informally BAES
Poke bowl ingredient TUNA
Overcommunicate, say SPAM
___ Low, famed English pirate NED
“Really?” ISIT
Actor-turned-policeman Estrada ERIK
Athlete’s out-of-character performance, say OFFDAY
WALK WAY? GAIT
FEATURE OF SOME ENGLISH GARDENS MAZE
Claim on an egg carton FREERANGE
Tennille of Captain & Tennille TONI
ROIL CHURN
GARDEN INVADER APHID
BARBERSHOP SOUND SNIP
Aide-___ (mnemonic device) MEMOIRE
Creator of colorful crafts CRAYOLA
CORAL ISLETS CAYS
Barely made, with “out” EKED
0% NOTONEBIT
“Let’s do this thing!” IMREADY
Give a lecture, say SCOLD
QUITE OFTEN ALOT
ORIGIN ROOT
CHARLOTTE ___ (DESSERT) RUSSE
Listing agent’s condition SOLDASIS
E.R. lines IVS
PIONEERING COMPUTER ENIAC
SOME OLD PCS IBMS
ENDING WITH TEEN AGER
Calorie-rich cake TORTE
Sensitive subject SORESPOT
Emasculates UNMANS
SECRETED HID