New York Times 2023 11 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
N.L. East team for which Tom Seaver pitched	METS
“Down the ___!” (“Bottoms up!”)	HATCH
Pop band with a palindromic name	ABBA
When repeated, slogan of 1-Down	ZOOM
Actor whose name is appropriate to appear in this puzzle	MRT
“Her name is ___ and she dances on the sand” (Duran Duran lyric)	RIO
Common airport greeting	HUG
ASTRONAUT JEMISON	MAE
IMPOVERISHED	NEEDY
Attempt to cool, in a way	STIR
Aruba, Bonaire or Curaçao	ISLE
Nonspecialist	AMATEUR
Old man’s old man	GRAMPA
Mandated	DECREED
___ Apollo, Grammy-nominated singer	OMAR
Like items unveiled in a tech show, colloquially	NEXTGEN
Boxer who received a Liberty Medal for being a “champion of freedom”	ALI
List in an etiquette book	NONOS
Fitness program originally called “Rumbacize”	ZUMBA
First music artist to have a video with a billion YouTube views	PSY
Kindle item	EBOOK
One required by a 1629 law to wear two swords	SAMURAI
“To Know ___ Is to Love ___” (1958 #1 song)	HIM
*Skier’s support	TBARLIFT
“No joke!”	SERIOUS
*Miniature mitt	TBALLGLOVE
CAST OUT	EXPEL
Treads on Keds	SOLES
MAKE A TYPO, SAY	ERR
WEE ONE	TOT
PLOPPED DOWN	SAT
NOT JUST SOME	ALL
~	TILDE
TIRADE	RANT
WILD GUESS	STAB
Michelle ___, FIFA Female Player of the Century	AKERS
“I ___ what I said”	MEANT
*Launcher sometimes used during halftime at a sports event	TSHIRTCANNON
Canal written about by Twain and Melville	ERIE
Studio with an iconic lion	MGM
Home of Acadia National Park	MAINE
Site with “Place bid” buttons	EBAY
One of the B’s in B&B	BED
Bit of advice from a C.P.A.	TAXTIP
Slobbery tennis ball, e.g.	DOGTOY
With the giant letter formed by the black squares immediately above this answer, what the answers to the starred clues all literally have	TOPS
Name shared by two wives of Henry VIII	ANNE
Pouch of fluid in an E.R.	IVBAG
CONDITIONS	IFS
*Chophouse choice	TBONESTEAK
MIATA MAKER	MAZDA
Foreboding feeling	DREAD
“Little” Wonder	STEVIE
Mars ? or a marble	ORB
GOES THE DISTANCE	MAKESIT
OFFICE SUB	TEMP
SUREFIRE	CANTLOSE
CHESS PIECES	MEN
WOODWORKING TOOL	ADZE
MEMORY UNITS	BYTES
HAVE BILLS DUE	OWE
Mama’s mama	NANA
“I’m at your disposal”	USEME
Words preceding “with my little eye”	ISPY
MAIN POINT	CRUX
COME CLEAN	OWNUP
$5 BILL, SLANGILY	ABE
Torus-shaped treat	DONUT
SINGER BAREILLES	SARA
One of five in a Shakespeare play	ACT
*Article of summer footwear	TSTRAPSANDAL
“Storage Wars” network	AANDE
Market launch, for short	IPO
MASS RECITATION	AVEMARIA
Driver’s license fig.	HGT
NOISY	LOUD

N.L. East team for which Tom Seaver pitched

METS

“Down the ___!” (“Bottoms up!”)

HATCH

Pop band with a palindromic name

ABBA

When repeated, slogan of 1-Down

ZOOM

Actor whose name is appropriate to appear in this puzzle

MRT

“Her name is ___ and she dances on the sand” (Duran Duran lyric)

RIO