New York Times 2022 09 26 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Purple avenue in Monopoly	BALTIC
French for “milk”	LAIT
Produce, as by a gland	SECRETE
“Much ___ About Nothing”	ADO
Kids may make one out of pillows or snow	FORT
Aioli ingredient ? or three of the letters in “aioli”	OIL
Say no, when given a choice	OPTOUT
Donkey used as a pack animal	BURRO
HEART OF THE MATTER	GIST
NOT DRUNK	SOBER
Grp. that opposes foie gras and wearing fur	PETA
REGIONS	AREAS
FINAL GREEK LETTER	OMEGA
SLICE OF HISTORY	ERA
Found a place for on the schedule	SLOTTED
La Brea ___ Pits (Los Angeles attraction)	TAR
Rhode Island, the ___ State	OCEAN
Proudly brainy sorts	NERDS
“I before E except after C,” e.g.	RULE
Children’s book author ___ Carle	ERIC
“Too bad, so sad!”	ALAS
*Indoor bouldering locale	CLIMBINGGYM
WEAR AWAY, AS SOIL	ERODE
*Male equivalent of a she-shed	MANCAVE
Like pizzas and piazzas	ITALIAN
___-A-Whirl (carnival ride)	TILT
MUSHROOM TOP	CAP
COAL CARRIER	TRAM
Made over from square one	REDID
ERRAND RUNNER	AIDE
KINDERGARTEN BASICS	ABCS
PHILOSOPHER DESCARTES	RENE
___ AND OUTS	INS
DEN	LAIR
“___ Well That Ends Well”	ALLS
Cookie, to the Brits	BISCUIT
Good person to ask to show you around town	LOCAL
Kind of sleeve that extends to the collar	RAGLAN
Multiroom hotel offering	SUITE
A big one might be standing in a concert hall	OVATION
Running portion of an Ironman race	MARATHON
Claims rated “four Pinocchios,” say	LIES
Ambitiously pursue, as an opportunity	LEAPAT
Gather, as support	GARNER
Breath mint containers	TINS
Compulsive feeling	URGE
Not-quite-round fruit	PEAR
Aimlessly wander (about)	GAD
UNIT OF WORK	ERG
CRAFTY	SLY
PASSOVER MEAL	SEDER
GIVE SUPPORT TO	BOLSTER
THINGY	ITEM
WHAT TO CALL A KNIGHT	SIR
DO SOMETHING	ACT
LUMBER (ALONG)	PLOD
PASTORAL POEM	IDYLL
OFF IN THE DISTANCE	AFAR
CARS	AUTOS
What a dove symbolizes	PEACE
FACES A PITCHER	BATS
BIRTHSTONE FOR MOST LIBRAS	OPAL
GORILLA, E.G.	APE
Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the ___”	USA
STUBBORN ANIMAL	ASS
___ ARBOR, MICH.	ANN
FOLLOW, AS ADVICE	HEED
Janis ___, “Mean Girls” sidekick	IAN
Cosmetic reapplication	TOUCHUP
Place where elbows bump on a plane	ARMREST
Watched a neighbor’s pup, say	DOGSAT
Cassette submitted to a record label	DEMOTAPE
*Room by the foyer, often	COATCLOSET
*Place to buy a painting	ARTGALLERY
“I must be dreaming!”	PINCHME
“Stick with it!” ? or a hint to the answers to the starred clues	HANGINTHERE

Purple avenue in Monopoly

BALTIC

French for “milk”

LAIT

Produce, as by a gland

SECRETE

“Much ___ About Nothing”

ADO

Kids may make one out of pillows or snow

FORT

Aioli ingredient ? or three of the letters in “aioli”

OIL