New York Times 2023 11 12 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
DOWNRIGHT	PLUMB
[If you’ll allow me to butt in ?]	AHEM
Anton ___, food critic in “Ratatouille”	EGO
___ years (old age)	RIPER
Word with purpose or personality	DUAL
“___ you ready?”	ARE
Major part of astronomy?	URSA
Tous ___ jours (French for “every day”)	LES
Something dot something, say	URL
Features of telephone directories	AREACODEMAPS
Emerged as a victor	WON
FIGHT (FOR)	FEND
TWILLED FABRIC	SERGE
60 MINUTI	ORA
REST ATOP	LIEON
CLASSIFIES	ASSORTS
SATYRS, SAY	LEERERS
SENATOR KLOBUCHAR	AMY
Euphemistic cry of frustration	DADGUMIT
2022 culinary black comedy, with “The”	MENU
Peabody-winning journalist Linda	ELLERBEE
It can be a lifesaver, in brief	CPR
One might read “Caution: Messy eater!”	BIB
Old nomad of central Asia	HUN
Playroom collection	TOYS
Where to see heads of gladiators, informally	AMEXCARDS
Degrees for most profs	PHDS
Poet Ezra	POUND
Dark green Indian dish	SAAG
“That was hilarious!,” in textspeak	LMFAO
Totally committed to	DEADSETON
Serves right?	ACES
Stuff refineries refine	OIL
Part of a furniture measurement	DEPTH
Figure of speech in which words are reversed for effect, like “Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you”	CHIASMUS
Vassal’s plot	FIEF
Stylish women’s shoes	PUMPS
Hasty signature, often	SCRIBBLE
Figures in Islamic mythology	GENII
GET BIGGER	BROADEN
BIG, BIG, BIG	EPIC
NOT FAKE	REAL
PADLOCK HOLDER	HASP
CLAIM	ALLEGE
BLOW	ERUPT
CRAVING	YEN
DRENCH	DOUSE
MOVERS AND SHAKERS	DOERS
___ VINCIT AMOR	OMNIA
50-50, E.G.	TIE
ENTER	INPUT
FALL FRUIT	PEAR
CAUGHT	SEEN
Twit, to a Brit	PRAT
Sweetly, in scores	DOLCE
WHOLE SHEBANG	GAMUT
Speaks loudly	THUNDERS
ACTRESS CLOSE	GLENN
JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT NOODLE	SOBA
GOLDMAN ___	SACHS
LITTLE FIGHTS	SPATS
MISS	LASS
PREFIX WITH SPHERE	HELIO
“Not a problem”	SURE
WRITER AYN	RAND
GROVEL	EATDIRT
ENJOYED ONESELF	HADAGOODTIME
COME-ON	TEASER
Peak in the “Odyssey”	OSSA
Formulates, as a plan	DEVISES
Movie hero introduced in 1981	INDIANAJONES
King Tut, during most of his reign	TEEN
Titular feature of fiction’s Lisbeth Salander	DRAGONTATTOO
Trawler’s need	NET
Blobby parts of blobfish	NOSES
Much of the planet Saturn	GAS
Product safety indicator	SEAL
Treats favorably / Has a very good effect	DOESWELLBY
What may come before Today	USA
Jacinda ___, New Zealand prime minister who, at 37, was the world’s youngest female head of government	ARDERN
Blindly punch	HITAT
Like a momentous occasion / Office communiqué	MEMORABLE
Someone’s je ne sais quoi	AURA
“Sorry to say ?”	ALAS
Firefighter famous for extinguishing burning wells	REDADAIR
Lollipop with a “mystery flavor”	DUMDUM
Film company behind “Amadeus” and “Platoon”	ORION
The “E” of E.S.L., for short	ENG
“Back in the good old days ?”	ONCE
First ___ (Shakespeare collection)	FOLIO
Robotic anime genre	MECHA
Switches allegiances, as a spy	TURNS
You’re gonna pay for this!	DEBT
Targets of some wipes	GERMS
Got less hairy	SHEDDED
Masters / Elaborated	EXPERTS
Application of polish, e.g.	COAT
Grp. that goes on tour	PGA
They’re no longer “fresh”	SOPHS
Enjoys doing nothing	LOAFS
“Gotcha!”	AHA
Landscaper’s purchase	SOD
OOMPH	ZING
IT MAY DELIVER A PUNCH	LADLE
FLYING FISH-EATERS	ERNS
TAUNT, IN A WAY	MIMIC
DISPLAYED	ONVIEW
RED ARMY MEMBER?	ANT
Gives kudos	LAUDS
GIG PART	MEG
BRACELET BIT	BEAD
PREFIX WITH THESIS	ANTI
NOVELIST PATCHETT	ANN
PRINCESS FIONA, E.G.	OGRE
Go down slightly	DIP
Pool locale	SPA
#34	IKE
Philadelphia athlete	FLYER
Worker at the Genius Bar	TECHIE
Large, as a lead	COMMANDING
Give lip service?	SASS
Captain of M.L.B.’s Swingin’ A’s of the 1970s	SALBANDO
What a Tyrannosaurus rex grapples with?	SMALLARMS
“Are you satisfied?” / Common fairy tale conclusion	HAPPYNOW
Part of a potter’s process / Parts of a building’s safety system	FIRING
MOTHERLESS CALF	DOGIE
PRIMATOLOGIST GOODALL	JANE
REFUSALS	NOES
BAD IMPRESSION?	DENT
ACTRESS JENNIFER	ANISTON
LEAD-IN TO GENDER	CIS
YEAR ABROAD?	ANO
Arthur of “The Golden Girls”	BEA
Chichén ___ (ancient Mayan city)	ITZA
Hamburg refusal	NEIN
Store whose name is an acronym	IKEA
They might be wall-mounted	TVS
“Socrate” composer	SATIE
Some motel prohibitions	PETS
Early evening hour	SEVEN
Christopher Columbus, e.g.	GENOAN
NOVELIST TAMI	HOAG

DOWNRIGHT

PLUMB

[If you’ll allow me to butt in ?]

AHEM

Anton ___, food critic in “Ratatouille”

EGO

___ years (old age)

RIPER

Word with purpose or personality

DUAL

“___ you ready?”

ARE