New York Times 2023 08 19 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
“Excuse me while I light my ___” (Bob Marley lyric)	SPLIFF
Theater backers?	SCRIMS
Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters	EMCEE
Very much in	HOT
Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for two	RIAS
BROADCAST ALTERNATIVE	CABLE
Labor demand?	PUSH
Numbers after a no.	EXT
“The Swedish Sphinx”	GARBO
Coupons, e.g.	MONEYSAVERS
Embellish something unnecessarily	GILDTHELILY
GIANT SYLLABLE	FIE
KEY CHAIN	ISLES
BOIL	SEETHE
Locale of van Gogh’s “The Bedroom” paintings	ARLES
Ending with cyclo-	TRON
Component of a Zoom call	VIDEO
Dig, say	FANCY
“Tough cookies”	TOOBAD
Takes a little hair off, perhaps	SINGES
Basketball, e.g.	SPHERE
Get ready, as concrete	PREMIX
She played Bonnie in 1967’s “Bonnie and Clyde”	FAYE
Common golf mistake	SLICE
It might receive scoops	CONE
The anchorman in “Anchorman”	RON
Permit required of old jazz musicians	CABARETCARD
Preoccupations	HOBBYHORSES
They come full circle	CLOSEDLOOPS
Risk for people with braces	CANDY
Weariness, vice and want, in Voltaire’s “Candide”	EVILS
Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are stored	MILAN
___ Ehrenreich, Han Solo’s portrayer in “Solo: A Star Wars Story”	ALDEN
1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radio	MARCONI
One getting schooled	MENTEE
Goes radioactive?	DECAYS
Supposed subject of Taylor Swift’s “Dear John”	MAYER
Potter’s product	VASE
Fall behind in the end	FADE
Swish miss?	RIM
ASIAN APPETIZER	SATAY
ACQUIESCENT	MEEK
MINIMAL	MEREST
ROUTINE	ACT
CELL DIVISION	MITOSIS
FOOLISH	UNWISE
RUSHED	INAHURRY
BABY	MOLLYCODDLE
UNCANNY	EERIE
BALL GAME	BOCCE
NOT LEARNED	INNATE
Word after good or by	GOLLY
HO-HUM	PROSAIC
SECONDS	AIDES
POPULAR	BIG
LEVEL	STATUS
“Knock yourself out!”	GOTOTOWN
Key’s partner	PEELE
Meme creature	LOLCAT
Skeptical look	SIDEEYE
Bronze finish, maybe	SPRAYTAN
Harsh lighting?	ARSON
Ones calling the shots, in brief?	MDS
11-sided coin, informally	LOONIE
“Damn right!”	HELLYEAH
N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the “Terminator” movies	SKYNET

“Excuse me while I light my ___” (Bob Marley lyric)