New York Times 2024 02 12 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
“That hurts!”	OUCH
AS WELL AS	AND
STRIP OF MOWED GRASS	SWATH
Something you might clear to improve memory	CACHE
What a good joke never gets	OLD
Undergarment for a dress	SLIP
MESSAGE ON A CANDY HEART	HUGME
COVER COMPLETELY	ENSHROUD
Takes in what someone wrote	READS
FAIRY TALE BADDIE	OGRE
Front’s opposite	BACK
“Relax, soldier”	ATEASE
GOT AN A+ ON	ACED
Dozes (off)	NODS
Younger Obama daughter	SASHA
Big public argument	SCENE
Long, cylindrical instrument	OBOE
Menial workers, dismissively	PEONS
MEMBERSHIP FEES	DUES
ACORN PRODUCERS	OAKS
PAINTER DEGAS	EDGAR
Currency that replaced the mark and peseta	EURO
Keep cool in a pool, perhaps	BEATTHEHEAT
ACTRESS JESSICA	BIEL
TAKE-HOME AMOUNT	NET
Response to the Little Red Hen	NOTI
MIDEAST LEADERS	EMIRS
Hawaiian banquet	LUAU
Big name in fleecy boots	UGG
“Later, dudes”	PEACE
Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition	ITO
Professors’ degs.	PHDS
FROSTS, AS A CAKE	ICES
KIND OF BOND IN CHEMISTRY	IONIC
Baked things that might get people baked	POTBROWNIES
Moderate gait for a horse	TROT
BEER BARREL	KEG
EGOT-winning actress Davis	VIOLA
ENGRAVE	ETCH
EXPLODING STARS	NOVAS
Contributed to a kitty	ANTED
CATCHALL CATEGORY	OTHER
“Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering”: Yoda	HATE
Furniture store known for its cafeterias’ meatballs	IKEA
MESS UP, AS HAIR	TOUSLE
“Doesn’t matter who”	ANYBODY
“___ U Been Gone” (Kelly Clarkson hit)	SINCE
Winter hours in N.Y.C.	EST
Classic pie crust ingredient	LARD
BEECH OR BIRCH	TREE
RIDDLE	ENIGMA
COMMERCIAL LEAD-IN TO PEN	EPI
CLOSE BY	NEAR
WHEN A PLANE IS DUE, FOR SHORT	ETA
“That’s all ___ wrote”	SHE
Something a digital crossword solver doesn’t need	PAPER
Chicken leftover	BONE
SHOW HOSTS, IN BRIEF	MCS
CHOP (OFF)	LOP
[Get my innuendo?]	COUGHCOUGH
___/them pronouns	THEY
BEYOND BIG	GIGANTIC
[Get my innuendo?]	HINTHINT
[Get my innuendo?]	WINKWINK
[Get my innuendo?]	NUDGENUDGE
Loses traction on the road	SKIDS
SOME MALE DEER	STAGS
TUG HARD	YANK
“Hey you!”	PSST
Musician’s conclusion	CODA
TRAILS	PATHS
What gives Scotch an earthy flavor	PEAT
“That’s what people tell me, anyway”	SOIHEAR
Bridal veil fabric	LACE
Surgeon, for short	ORDOC
OPEN-AIR LOBBIES	ATRIA
BE ADJACENT TO	ABUT
WORKED	TOILED

“That hurts!”

OUCH

AS WELL AS

AND

STRIP OF MOWED GRASS

SWATH

Something you might clear to improve memory

CACHE

What a good joke never gets

OLD

Undergarment for a dress

SLIP