New York Times 2024 07 09 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
BIG SHINDIG	BASH
KIND OF SAX	ALTO
DOOMED FROM THE START, FOR SHORT	DOA
What the first call to a receptionist might come in on	LINEONE
“Go team!”	RAH
CIRCULAR GASKET	ORING
Mission for an F-16?	FIGHTERFLIGHT
INTENTION	AIM
Button on the back of many appliances	RESET
Uniting idea	THEME
High bar at the circus	TRAPEZE
Base card in solitaire	ACE
Prey for a mountain lion	ELK
Tidy one’s feathers	PREEN
Powdered wigs, petticoats, etc.?	FORMERFASHION
Worn, maybe	OLD
Like some flushes and screw-ups	ROYAL
House of ___, ruling family of the Mideast	SAUD
SEP and Roth, for two	IRAS
Long things for a long shot	ODDS
Quarterback’s interception?	PASSERFAIL
Altar avowals	IDOS
The smallest bit	ATAD
Ensemble of eight	OCTET
Nickname for George Herman Ruth	BABE
Busy “season” for limo drivers	PROM
Many a role in “Jarhead”	USMARINE
“What you ___ is what you get”	SEE
One of two for the Ten Commandments	TABLET
Blew one’s top	ERUPTED
Unit of butter	PAT
Common ingredient in after-sun gel	ALOE
Bad thing to be in, in poker ? or good thing to be in, in golf	HOLE
“Shop ___ you drop!”	TIL
Breakfast brand with a “Thick & Fluffy” variety	EGGO
THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND	SOUSED
Mountain range along much of the France/Italy border	ALPS
Stone of “Poor Things”	EMMA
NARROW OPENING	SLIT
MARGARITA GARNISH	SALT
PUERTO ___	RICO
English playwright Coward	NOEL
Sting operation at a senior center?	BOOMERBUST
Diva’s delivery	ARIA
Thrice-repeated words in one of Gertrude Stein’s truisms	AROSE
RIGHT-ANGLED BEND	ELL
OFFICE SUB	TEMP
Average grade for a 3.3 G.P.A.	BPLUS
OF HIGHER QUALITY	FINER
Like a newbie	GREEN
Count played by Jim Carrey in “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”	OLAF
Jock’s counterpart	NERD
Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell	ELF
Like Stephen King and Isaac Asimov	PROLIFIC
Body of water north of Siberia	KARASEA
Hairstylist’s foam	MOUSSE
Worm’s habitat	SOIL
Reason to say “Pee-yew!”	ODOR
Competitor of LIV Golf	PGA
IMPULSIVE	RASH
CAPITAL OF SOUTH KOREA	SEOUL
DELIGHT	GLEE
WAY, WAY OFF	AFAR
WEAVING MACHINE	LOOM
VIETNAMESE SANDWICH	BANHMI
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF INDIA	HINDI
HOLD BACK, AS THE TIDE	STEM
___ AMERICA	MISS
INSTRUMENT FOR ORPHEUS	LYRE
STATE OF CONFUSION	HAZE
SMALL WHIRLPOOL	EDDY
GO BAD	ROT
AFTER THAT	THEN
SENATE HELPER	AIDE
CAPITAL OF SAMOA	APIA
SOMETHING TO GO OFF ON	RANT
Jekyll’s counterpart	HYDE
Greek “P”	RHO

BIG SHINDIG

BASH

KIND OF SAX

ALTO

DOOMED FROM THE START, FOR SHORT

DOA

What the first call to a receptionist might come in on

LINEONE

“Go team!”

RAH

CIRCULAR GASKET

ORING