New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500 RACES
A tough ___ to swallow PILL
___ cheese (cheese that isn’t yours, in a classic joke) NACHO
Going ___ (squabbling) ATIT
*What might be kneaded in the kitchen BREADDOUGH
In a spooky manner EERILY
LACKING ORIGINALITY TRITE
WELL-VENTILATED AIRY
CRAZE RAGE
Taken care of, on an invoice stamp PAID
Focus of many an engagement photo RING
Savings plan option, for short IRA
POKE FUN AT TEASE
Many a Scott Joplin tune RAG
Performing a play, say ONSTAGE
*Person to keep an eye on for future success UPANDCOMER
___ tag (game with target vests) LASER
Apt rhyme for “grabs” NABS
GRUMPY MOOD SNIT
Pioneer in digital recording TIVO
“It’s likely that ?” ODDSARE
Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in “condiments aisle” TSAI
Ethnic group of Sri Lanka TAMIL
“OTOH ?” THO
Certain knee tissue, for short ACL
Olympic figure skater Nathan CHEN
SURROUNDED BY AMONG
OBTAINS GAINS
Adjustable part of a car seat HEADREST
TEENSY ITTY
Check (out), like competition SCOPE
TEENSY BITSY
SMOOCH KISS
One-named “Queen of Tejano Music” SELENA
Bone-in cut of lamb, e.g. SHANK
LAYER OF PAINT COAT
Mattress coils SPRINGS
Los Estados ___ (the U.S., in Spanish) UNIDOS
*One being propelled by hot air BALLOONIST
Word after tall or tell TALE
Classic Maya Angelou poem ? or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways STILLIRISE
A truly unpleasant situation THEPITS
Part of a crossword that gets filled in GRID
Word before tape or after tear DUCT
What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying HONEY
FOXY SLY
Proper fellow GENT
“Cogito, ___ sum” ERGO
PHYSICIST EINSTEIN ALBERT
CAMERA TYPE, IN BRIEF SLR
BLACK BIRD RAVEN
Satirizes SENDSUP
ANCIENT GREEK MARKETPLACE AGORA
HIT THE SLOPES SKI
SLENDER THIN
CUP OR PINT UNIT
ABSTRACT ARTIST JOAN MIRO
Chance to hit, in baseball ATBAT
WAS SORE ACHED
BLOODSUCKING PARASITE LEECH
Singer Rawls or Reed LOU
Death notice, in brief OBIT
“I’m listening” TALKTOME
BE A PASSENGER RIDE
PANTS HOLDER-UPPER BELT
Protective cover for a camera LENSCAP
Everyone or everything ALL
GREEN PASTA SAUCE PESTO
Prepares to shoot a target AIMS
Places for peels or scrubs SPAS
Do nothing during the course of, as a storm WAITOUT
“Who am ___ judge?” ITO
PARCEL OF LAND ACRE
BEACH GRIT SAND
SINGER TORI AMOS
Flights of fancy WHIMS