New York Times 2023 01 31 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Counterpart of sow	REAP
Curd-based drink	LASSI
Shellfish that may be served cooked or raw	OYSTER
One-named “Queen of All Media”	OPRAH
Item that might be left on a hotel pillow	MINT
W.N.B.A. All-Star Alyssa	THOMAS
Country that borders Yemen	OMAN
“The Color Purple” character ___ Avery	SHUG
Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative name	HALOHALO
“___ been wondering …”	IVE
Suffix for a long fund-raiser	THON
Pre-cable TV appurtenance	AERIAL
CURVED PATH	ARC
“___ está usted?”	COMO
Black-and-white breakfast cereal	OREOOS
Language in which “hello” is “kia ora”	MAORI
“No idea” gesture	SHRUG
Study of insects, for short	ENTO
Hartford’s state: Abbr.	CONN
Campus setting in the story collection “My Monticello,” in brief	UVA
Spanish for “gold”	ORO
Cause of some cling	STATIC
“Yeah, that didn’t escape my notice”	ISAW
Giant narrative that may be about giants (and elves as well)	FANTASYSAGA
“Ow!”	THATHURT
Luke Cage’s title in his first comics appearance	HEROFORHIRE
Establishment that serves “purr”-over coffee?	CATCAFE
Tried really hard	STROVE
Salutes with flutes?	TOASTS
“Living Single” creator ___ Lee Bowser	YVETTE
Agree to something	SAYYES
Eyebrows and beards	HAIR
Delta Sigma Theta, for one	SORORITY
Winter clock setting in Calif.	PST
Not being manually operated	ONAUTO
Addis Ababa’s land	ETHIOPIA
“A closed mouth doesn’t get fed” and others	PROVERBS
Cricket and squash, for two	SPORTS
Tree whose pods contain a sweet-tasting pulp	HONEYLOCUST
All ___ and no cattle	HAT
Mysterious sky sighting	UFO
“Leading us off …”	FIRSTUP
___ WEDNESDAY	ASH
CHOOSE	OPT
BLACK-AND-WHITE WHALE	ORCA
Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down	MARIAHCAREY
Exit or Yield	SIGN
Its capital is Tripoli	LIBYA
Scores 100 on	ACES
Rival of Sam’s Club	COSTCO
La Brea substance	TAR
Resident of Nebraska’s largest city	OMAHAN
Hakuna ___ (Swahili phrase meaning “no problems”)	MATATA
Fort Worth sch. whose mascot is SuperFrog	TCU
AVIATE	FLY
“Deliver Us From ___” (2003 rom-com)	EVA
WENT UNUSED	SAT
NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW	SOMEDAYSOON
DAWN GODDESS	EOS
UP TO, INFORMALLY	TIL
METHODS	WAYS
Plural article in French	LES
NUISANCE	PEST
TURNPIKE PAYMENT	TOLL
SHORTEN	TRUNCATE
THREE-___ SLOTH	TOED
ENLIVENS	PEPSUP
NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY	TULANE
ROSTERS	LISTS
STATELY TREES	ELMS

Counterpart of sow

REAP

Curd-based drink

LASSI

Shellfish that may be served cooked or raw

OYSTER

One-named “Queen of All Media”

OPRAH

Item that might be left on a hotel pillow

MINT

W.N.B.A. All-Star Alyssa

THOMAS