New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Second-largest world religion ISLAM
Author L. Frank ___ BAUM
Once-sacred slitherers ASPS
GOOFS UP ERRS
Kitchen brand that could be a losing tic-tac-toe line OXO
SPEAK HOARSELY RASP
___ OR NOTHING ALL
SEE 7-DOWN READER
Benzoyl peroxide targets PIMPLES
Looked sleazily LEERED
John Philip ___, “The March King” SOUSA
Edible parts of an ear CORNKERNELS
Childhood nickname for Darth Vader ANI
High-I.Q. society MENSA
Palindromic preposition in poems ERE
Meg who played each of the three female leads in “Joe Versus the Volcano” RYAN
Pig’s pad STY
One-act Oscar Wilde tragedy SALOME
Basic bicycle trick WHEELIE
Slangy question of greeting … or a hint to 18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across WHATSPOPPIN
Foldable part of a Twister game MAT
Speed ___ (fast driver) DEMON
Many a pet shelter pet, at one point STRAY
Illicit poppy product OPIUM
With 25-Across, digital magazine with the slogan “Cure ignorance” UTNE
“Don’t ___ the bear” POKE
Humanoid robot who appears in all nine “Star Wars” episodes, informally THREEPIO
Pilot and Civic manufacturer HONDA
One of many for a Swiss Army knife USE
Brooks who has won the four EGOT awards MEL
“The Wire” actor Idris ELBA
Old Testament book between Daniel and Joel HOSEA
Drink like a cat … or a place for a cat LAP
Beat by a lot, informally THUMP
FAUX ___ PAS
CAPITAL OF VIETNAM HANOI
FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEE
REGARDING ASTO
ACTIVIST PARKS ROSA
PERFECT PLACES EDENS
PREFIX WITH NATAL NEO
Leonardo DiCaprio role in a 1996 Shakespeare adaptation ROMEO
Comic book superheroine whose name is an anagram of SHARE SHERA
Group of experts at a discussion PANEL
Didn’t leave STAYED
Freshly grated cheese at a trattoria PARMESAN
Alternative to Google Reviews YELP
Common iced tea garnish LEMON
Klutz’s cry OOPS
Crackle, as a fire SPIT
Word before rest or wrestle ARM
Certain nest egg, in brief IRA
BLOCKHEADS DOLTS
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS SPASMS
JEWELRY FASTENER CLASP
“Way cool!” NEATO
NOBLES ABOVE VISCOUNTS EARLS
PRAISE TO THE SKIES EXALT
TAJ MAHAL LOCALE AGRA
ITTY-BITTY TEENSY
LAUDER OF COSMETICS ESTEE
Do slightly better than ONEUP
SHINDIG BASH
WINDSHIELD CLEARER WIPER
IOWA COLLEGE TOWN AMES
HIGH POINTS ACMES
LONG-HANDLED GARDEN TOOL HOE
Chunk of cash WAD
Ready to respond, as a doctor ONCALL
Item smashed before a ship’s maiden voyage CHAMPAGNEBOTTLE
BE IN DEBT OWE
MAJOR BLOOD VESSEL AORTA
DECIDE ONE WILL OPTTO
Docking locales PIERS
COMEDIAN MARGARET CHO
Yammerer’s sentence type RUNON
AMAZED INAWE