New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BIT OF FISH FOOD PELLET
LUG APE
PLACE STEAD
Org. associated with interceptions NSA
Butts (in) NOSES
James Clavell best seller “___-Pan” TAI
Detective story? ALIBI
Wordle and others FADS
Basketball legend Thomas ISIAH
French word in vineyards CRU
What you might use to play music on a beach WIRELESSSPEAKER
Having down pat ADEPTAT
Remittance recipients PAYEES
Rapper Aubrey Graham, who’s known professionally by his middle name DRAKE
Tabbies, e.g. HOUSECATS
Post-op persona, perhaps NEWME
Sort who might be testing the waters MARINEBIOLOGIST
Christmas carol title starter OCOME
Rock band with the 2023 album “This Stupid World” YOLATENGO
MAKE ___ OF ANOTE
TOOK A HIT TOKED
Gives, but not for good LENDS
Like some drinks and injuries ICED
Bit of farm food OAT
Like water in a stream AFLOW
Good thing to have on the record WIN
A word before we forget? LEST
Esther of “Good Times” ROLLE
Fleece “wearer” EWE
Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems MAE
Umami enhancer MSG
Key to understanding ancient history? THEROSETTASTONE
Verbally lose it, with “out” LASH
Word on either side of “to” ASHES
Certain religious ruling FATWA
“This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not”: “Romeo and Juliet” SEEST
Things typically copied-and-pasted ? rather than typed manually ? in messages URLS
Relative of a filly COLT
In the Red, say ASEA
“___ alert” STAY
Title in D.C.: Abbr. REP
With 50-Down, many people making downloads APP
Where to make one’s voice heard, with “the” POLLS
The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. SLAVEREBELLIONS
Find ___ (Nintendo minigame) MII
Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents NEPOBABY
One who’s left holding the bag? CADDIE
Stand-up comedians, typically SOLOACTS
SHERPAS, E.G. ASIANS
HAMMER HOME? EAR
Republicans in the 1850s, typically ABOLITIONISTS
MAP OF HAWAII, OFTEN INSET
Great fall DIVE
Hot bed? RICE
Inits. before Queen Elizabeth HMS
SEE 57-DOWN USERS
Grams NANAS
___ SYSTEM CASTE
Be ripe SMELL
SUFFIX WITH PRESS URE
FAIL UNDER PRESSURE CHOKE
W.W. II combat inits. ETO
Kind of rescue search AIRSEA
Woman’s name with an accent on its fourth letter RENEE
Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population AFRICANAMERICAN
Dessert with layers SPUMONI
FEUDAL SUPERIORS LIEGES
HONEYDEW PRODUCER APHID
INVENTOR OF THE STEEL PLOW DEERE
Music score abbr. CRESC