New York Times 2023 09 27 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Was known as	WENTBY
“I haven’t the foggiest”	NOCLUE
Secrecy-enforcing contract, for short	NDA
LET IT ALL OUT, IN A WAY	SOB
QUICK CUT	SNIP
DID IN	ICED
SYMBOLS OF EGYPTIAN ROYALTY	ASPS
Instrument that Hermes made from a tortoise shell and reeds, in myth	LYRE
SUNBURN SOOTHER	ALOE
Indication of correctness in Wordle	GREEN
Throw a ball for a strike, say	BOWL
Get into it	SPAR
FAKE	PHONY
Sealed with a knot	TIEDOFF
“Cancel” on a keyboard	ESC
Following 17-, 37-, 40- and 43-Across, end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics	FURIOUSLY
OBJECT OF WISHFUL THINKING?	GENIE
Parents, to kids	OLDS
Eponym of a popular vodka brand	TITO
Like helium and carbon dioxide	COLORLESS
Parental authority	SAYSO
“Steamed ___,” classic “Simpsons” sketch	HAMS
You might entertain them	IDEAS
Second social media account for posting private jokes and such, informally	FINSTA
Intl. price-setting group	OPEC
Number two of six for Henry VIII	BOLEYN
A well-known Stone	EMMA
Airer of many David Attenborough documentaries	BBC
Classic “Simpsons” sound	DOH
KID	RIB
On vacation, in work calendar shorthand	OOO
IMITATED	APED
They’re up to no good	PLOTTERS
Chimney vents	FLUES
D&D or WoW, e.g.	RPG
This is how rumors get started	IHEAR
What “:” might represent in a text	EYES
Step after lather	RINSE
So-named “father of modern linguistics”	NOAMCHOMSKY
Nash who called the rhinoceros “prepoceros”	OGDEN
HINDU MR.	BABU
“OK, so that’s not exactly true”	ILIED
Playfully tap on the nose	BOOP
“You’ve got my attention”	DOTELL
PLAINS PEOPLE	CREES
“___ From the Crypt,” HBO horror anthology	TALES
EDIBLE SEAWEED	KELP
Butte, but bigger	MESA
SPANISH SMOOCH	BESO
“___ Drives Me Crazy” (1989 #1 hit)	SHE
HOOTER	OWL
PLAINS PEOPLE	OTOE
ONE GUILTY OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT?	SLOB
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON	MALE
Westernmost city in Texas	ELPASO
VAULTED	LEAPT
TEENY-WEENY	LIL
NUDGE	PROD
ACHE	YEN
MEANINGLESS	NONSENSICAL
BESEECHED	ASKED
SMOOTHIE SEED	CHIA
Golf ball features	DIMPLES
Alternating current pioneer	TESLA
RECHARGE, SO TO SPEAK	SLEEP
TALK, TALK, TALK	YAP
CHEW ON	MULL
DWELLINGS	ABODES
BIG BOSS, INFORMALLY	CEO
Past one’s prime, with “up”	WASHED
Doomscrolling, e.g.	TIMESUCK
West Coast hub for United	SFO
Unrehearsed lines	ADLIBS
Midflight stats	ETAS
On the off chance that happens	IFSO
RUCKUS	ADO
Big batteries	DCELLS
Bay Area sch.	UCSF