New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 11 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Soldier of Sauron in “The Lord of the Rings” ORC
FIVE-STAR REVIEW RAVE
Bit of cricket gear BAT
SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH AXIOM
GLASS FRAGMENT SHARD
Speaking and pointing at objects, in a game of charades NONOS
PERFECTLY FINE AOKAY
Take ___ (catch some Z’s) ANAP
On which Ping-Pong and air hockey are played TABLE
RELIGIOUS FACTIONS SECTS
Part of a train ? or an alternative to one CAR
Subgenre for Lorde and Lana Del Rey ALTPOP
Site where NWT = “New With Tags” and GU = “Gently Used” EBAY
Steamy literary genre EROTICA
“Yuck!” EWW
Like a brave knight GALLANT
Marvel Comics mutant XMAN
HINDU FESTIVAL OF COLORS HOLI
D.I.Y. purchase KIT
WEE, INFORMALLY ITTY
“Certainly!” YES
Iconic landmark in Yosemite Valley ELCAPITAN
WELSH DOG BREED CORGI
Facility at many a luxury resort SPA
Amusing stories from a public speaker ANECDOTES
___ curiae (friend of the court) AMICUS
July-August zodiac sign LEO
Adheres to, as a deadline MEETS
PERMITTED BY LAW LICIT
WAX-COATED CHEESE EDAM
ACTOR GUINNESS ALEC
OOZE SEEP
Keeps the engine running, say IDLES
Like the Olympic cauldron every four years RELIT
Tiny egg OVULE
PERSUADE WITH FLATTERY CAJOLE
Performers of kickflips and boardslides SKATERS
Two-player offensive sequence in basketball PICKANDROLL
Law school grads, in brief JDS
Flavored ice treat SNOCONE
LEISURELY RUN LOPE
PUT FORTH, AS EFFORT EXERT
Doughnut shapes, mathematically speaking TORI
What goes up after a countdown? ROCKET
Distractions on many free apps ADS
GREAT PLAINS TRIBE OTOE
“You ___ what you sow” REAP
___ MOINES, IOWA DES
Take a chill pill RELAX
SYNAGOGUE LEADER RABBI
PARTNER OF TEAR WEAR
“Sometimes ___ is more” LESS
SUSPEND HALT
Real scoundrel CAD
Instructional talk at an expo, informally DEMO
Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame OTT
High-fives, basically SLAPS
Maneuvered (through), as traffic WEAVED
Weekend comedy show, for short SNL
One of more than 14,000 that make up Japan ISLAND
FINGER-CLICKING SOUND SNAP
“Kate & ___” (1980s sitcom) ALLIE
___ Scurry, first Black woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame BRIANA
Like a hard-to-believe story COCKANDBULL
ZIPPO NADA
Museum info displayer PLACARD
Rock band with an electric name ACDC
On which croquet and cornhole are played LAWN
SPANISH BABIES NENES
Was bouncing off the walls? ECHOED
Boggle find WORD
Broadway, for one: Abbr AVE
Corrected with Ctrl+Z UNDID
Who went “up the hill” in a nursery rhyme JACKANDJILL
Personal bidding, in an idiom BECKANDCALL
SPHERES OF STUDY AREAS