New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
“___ ready as I’ll ever be” IMAS
Gentlemen of Verona, in England SIGNORS
CHOOSE TFOR
ANGLE SYMBOL, IN TRIGONOMETRY THETA
What a cryptid might be HOAX
Ones doing some heavy lifting before retirement? JACKS
Brief British P.M. ___ Truss LIZ
One favoring imitation over innovation METOOER
[It’s cold in here!] BRR
Spinning speed: Abbr. RPS
1974 John Wayne movie MCQ
“Succession” airer HBO
FLOORED WOWED
Lamar who played for the 59-Across ODOM
MIMIC APE
“Is it just ___ is it hot in here?” MEOR
Key part of a cephalopod’s defense mechanism INKSAC
Good field for a smooth talker SALES
Common aloe descriptor SOOTHING
Donna ___, “The Goldfinch” author TARTT
Captcha test affirmation IMN
Document that may contain a microchip number and a veterinarian’s signature PET
Modern love BAE
Pans that sound like strolls WOKS
Dosed oneself POP
MX-5 roadsters, e.g. MIATAS
N.B.A. team with a 1980s “Showtime” era LALAKERS
Grade just above average CPLUS
Sugar apple, by another name SWEETS
Baby eels ELVERS
Run (to) AMOUNT
Scholar’s mug collection? YEARBOOK
Covert missions … or what’s covert in eight of this puzzle’s answers BLACKOPS
Navigates a slippery slope, in a way SLEDS
Gaston who wrote “The Phantom of the Opera” LEROUX
Restaurant chain named after its founders, the Raffel brothers ARBYS
Convertible RAGT
VIM PEP
15th-century headgear for a knight ARMET
CHINA AND ENVIRONS EASTASIA
Doc to consult when confused FAQ
Sorority chaperone HOUSEMOTHER
Low in the pasture MOO
“Just ___ with it” ROLL
Candy dispensed with a “nod” of the head PEZ
Like the cleanup crew at closing time, typically LASTTOLEAVE
___ SCHWARZ FAO
Leaves damaged SCARS
Panama’s Gulf of San ___ BLAS
Morning glory goddess EOS
Campus in Troy, N.Y. RPI
Groans equivalent to eye rolls OYS
PUT (DOWN) LAY
Unrestricted audition ENCALL
“Famous” cookie guy AMOS
– ASS
– MES
– ILL
Mekong Valley language LAO
Tennis champion Swiatek IGA
NINNY ASS
BEGAT SIRED
SPURRED FOMENTED
IT MIGHT BE A LOT TRACT
MOBILE HOME: ABBR. ALA
INTERSTICE GAP
– BOT
– ORT
– MOS
– EDA
– TAR
New York county that’s home to Binghamton BROOME
H.S. course for College-Kredit APGERMAN
Answer to the riddle ?I have one bow but no arrows. What am I?? ASHIP
“She Bee Stingin'” athlete LAILAALI
X and Y CHR
Retail apparel giant JCREW
Words repeated in the title of a Doris Day hit WILLBE
Pre-euro currency of Finland MARKKA
27- or 55-Down backward SSA