New York Times 2024 10 09 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
FAR FROM FRIENDLY	COLD
Queen Victoria has one named for her	ERA
SELF-ASSURANCE	APLOMB
“Fair point!”	TOUCHE
GREEK CONSONANT	RHO
What’s formed by connecting this puzzle’s circled letters from A to F and then back to A	LIGHTNINGBOLT
[GASP!]	OHNO
AGILE	SPRY
“Catch my drift?”	GETME
French toast ingredient	EGG
GRAMMY CATEGORY	POP
Dwarf planet with the largest mass	ERIS
FEDORA FABRIC	FELT
HOUSES	ABODES
Character with a 37-Across on his forehead	HARRYPOTTER
Molecule involved in protein synthesis	RNA
Jackson 5 song that begins “You went to school to learn, girl”	ABC
BIRD WITH A SHOWY MATE	PEAHEN
Counterpart of flow	EBB
Soldier for hire, in brief	MERC
Was part of a series, say	ACTED
Lick ? or slick	WET
TANGLE	ENMESH
Buy and then quickly sell	FLIP
SHIELD	PROTECT
Like Igor’s posture	HUNCHED
DELI ORDER	SUB
NAVAL ENGINEER	SEABEE
COAT, AS WITH FLOUR	DREDGE
Don’t have a choice	NEEDTO
SWEETIE	HON
RELISH	LAPUP
PRINCESS OF NINTENDO GAMES	ZELDA
KITCHEN COVER-UP	APRON
Coffee order specification	ICED
“Doctor ___”	WHO
Letter that’s sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last	ZETA
Friend on “Friends”	MONICA
COMMON CLOWN NAME	BOBO
The Horned Frogs of the N.C.A.A.	TCU
DEAD END?	DEE
“I’ve got it!”	AHA
Surfer dude	BRAH
N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across	CHARGERS
Portentous signs	OMENS
TIKKA MASALA GO-WITH	NAAN
FANATIC	NUT
This is a deep cut	GASH
Big name in tourism guides	FODORS
NAUGHT	NIL
High-end German car, casually	BEEMER
Ready to be drawn, perhaps	ONTAP
POETIC PRAISE	ODE
PALE WOOD	ASH
CERTIFY	ATTEST
EPISODE INTERRUPTIONS	ADS
Squadron, e.g.	UNIT
Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across	CAMERAFLASH
HITCH	SNAG
PORT, FOR ONE	WINE
“___ So Fine” (1963 #1 hit)	HES
Game whose name is shouted	UNO
Drink aptly found within “social event”	ALE
HAUGHTY SORT	SNOB
MADAGASCAR MAMMAL	LEMUR
Concern when transferring a title deed	LIEN
“___ the Voice of the Lobster” (Lewis Carroll poem)	TIS
What might be out for a spell?	WAND
NEON SIGN WORD	OPEN
Drink with a 37-Across in its logo	GATORADE
ARM OF THE MEDITERRANEAN	AEGEAN
Soften, with “down”	TONE
“I’m on vacation” email inits.	OOO
Pot brownie, e.g.	EDIBLE
TOOK THE LEAD	PULLEDAHEAD
MUSLIM DENOMINATION	SHIA
IXNAY	VOTEAGAINST
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” airer	MTV

FAR FROM FRIENDLY

COLD

Queen Victoria has one named for her

ERA

SELF-ASSURANCE

APLOMB

“Fair point!”

TOUCHE

GREEK CONSONANT

RHO

What’s formed by connecting this puzzle’s circled letters from A to F and then back to A

LIGHTNINGBOLT