New York Times 2024 08 18 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
___ vez (this time: Sp.)	ESTA
Its name comes from Japanese for “to fight”	SUMO
9 or 10, but not 11 or 12	CARD
Election year focus	RACE
Amusement park attraction depicted above and below this answer	BUMPERCARS
“Three o’clock”	EAST
Molecule studied by 2023 Nobelist Katalin Kariko	RNA
Glass tube illuminant	NEON
N.Y.C. home of “Christina’s World”	MOMA
About 3.26 light years	PARSEC
Forming the bottom level	BASAL
Quick second?	ASST
Thickening substance obtained from seaweed	AGAR
Mega-	ULTRA
Amusement park attraction depicted weaving through this answer	ROLLERCOASTER
Cry following a countdown	HAPPYNEWYEAR
Appear again after being killed, in a video game	RESPAWN
CAPITAL ON THE GULF OF GUINEA	ACCRA
“I’ve cracked it!”	AHA
Start to despair	LOSEHEART
Mega-	UBER
Two thumbs up?	YESES
Dweller in the cracks of a sunken ship, maybe	EEL
Total headache	PAIN
Sour grapes drink?	HATERADE
Dating app success	MATCH
“Her Kind” poet Sexton	ANNE
Genre influenced by calypso	SKA
Canadian N.H.L. team	OILERS
SHOWY GARDEN FLOWER	PEONY
BE A CAST MEMBER OF	ACTIN
Prof’s helpers	TAS
Prominent feature of Tom Selleck or David Hasselhoff	CHESTHAIR
DWINDLE	WANE
SPACIOUS	ROOMY
DIGS IN THE MUD	STY
Trash-loving Muppet	OSCAR
A+ service?	ACE
Trip, with “off”	SET
DESTINY	LOT
“Likewise!”	IDOTOO
Burnsian lead-in to body	NAE
Ingvar Kamprad or Ingmar Bergman, e.g.	SWEDE
“Kidding!”	NOT
Sewer scurrier	RAT
“Fiddler on the Roof” matchmaker	YENTE
TRIAL	TEST
PACK	STOW
CONSUMERS	EATERS
METALLIC SOUND	CLANG
INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT	SOU
HAWAIIAN PIZZA TOPPING	HAM
CONSEQUENTLY	THENCE
Sub domain	SEA
Things you might pray on	RUGS
Vital component of the global refugee process	RESETTLEMENT
REACT TO SOMETHING HILARIOUS	HOWL
AVIARY SOUND	TWEET
Crumbled dessert topping	OREO
Last word before eating, sometimes	AMEN
PERCEPTIVE	ASTUTE
“Hey, you! Yeah, you!”	PSST
Does a whole lot of nothing	IDLES
Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of “mammal”	LLAMA
SUFFIX WITH CYCLO-	TRON
TITLED WIDOWS	DOWAGERS
Bebida en una taquería	AGUA
Lapel attachments	MICS
“The Shape of Water” director	DELTORO
With 29-Down, insect that conducts raids	ARMY
Sensible clothing for the Bay Area’s climate	LAYERS
A gilded one is seen on King Tut’s crown	COBRA
Goes down for a while?	NAPS
Actress Lee of “Past Lives”	GRETA
Biblical father of Kenan	ENOS
Dendrologist’s study	TREES
Maker of pianos and motorcycles	YAMAHA
Fruity Italian wine	MOSCATO
Goddess whose name fills in this fact: Hephaestus once made ___ magical throne	HERA
Amusement park attraction depicted above this answer	WATERSLIDE
Brussels-to-Berlin dir.	ENE
Removed, as points	DOCKED
Oil platform?	EASEL
Assist in a pick-and-roll	SCREEN
BATON ROUGE SCH.	LSU
FIGHT (FOR)	STRIVE
APARTMENT DWELLER	TENANT
PART OF A CIRCUMFERENCE	ARC
GROUPS OF NINE	ENNEADS
People that call New Zealand “Aotearoa”	MAORI
BOORISH SORTS	YAHOOS
LETTER BEFORE OMEGA	PSI
Set of pipes?	ORGAN
SOLAR SYSTEM MODEL	ORRERY
EGG CELLS	OVA
Risqué	RACY
ZENITH	ACME
NOT FIRM	LIMP
GET TOGETHER	MEET
DIRECT	STEER
Take one’s profits, with “in”	CASH
Nickname for the Los Angeles Angels	HALOS
PARKING GARAGE FEATURE	RAMP
Yogurt-based beverage	LASSI
Brown paper packages tied up with strings	PARCELS
Shell tool	OAR
Designer of noted terminals at Dulles and J.F.K.	SAARINEN
One hopping on the band wagon?	ROADIE
Pooh’s pal	ROO
SUCCULENT GENUS	ALOE
Louis who wrote “Holes”	SACHAR
Says what isn’t so	LIES
Amusement park attraction depicted in and around this answer	WHACAMOLE
ITTY-BITTY	EENY
The Albuquerque Isotopes and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, for two	AAATEAMS
Compounds in cured meats	NITRATES
Kind of coarse flour	SEMOLINA
PLEASED	GLAD
Munich “mister”	HERR
SEE 8-DOWN	ANT
Word with French or free	PRESS
Common spot for a houseplant	SILL
Title in Parliament	EARL
Aerial transport across New York’s East River	TRAM
Actress Moriarty	ERIN
Finding ___ Submarine Voyage (Disneyland attraction)	NEMO
“The Office” setting	SCRANTON
Agcy. overseeing public schools	DOE
MILEAGE, SO TO SPEAK	USE
AT MOST	TOPS
DRAPED GARMENT	TOGA
SUBSTITUTE	SWAP
Pepto-___	BISMOL
Equus africanus, e.g.	ASS
Amusement park attraction depicted to the right of this answer	DROPTOWER
Participate in a Lakota smudging ceremony	BURNSAGE
Typing stat: Abbr.	WPM
Part of an omakase meal	SUSHI
Audiologist’s colleague, in brief	ENT
JAZZ PIANIST GARNER	ERROLL
The Four Knights’ genre	DOOWOP
Indigenous people with a First Moccasin ceremony	APACHE

___ vez (this time: Sp.)

ESTA

Its name comes from Japanese for “to fight”

SUMO

9 or 10, but not 11 or 12

CARD

Election year focus

RACE

Amusement park attraction depicted above and below this answer

BUMPERCARS

“Three o’clock”

EAST