New York Times 2024 02 16 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
___ Carter, most-recorded jazz bassist in history	RON
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?	IGLOO
CARTOONIST GROENING	MATT
European airline that was nationalized from 1944 to 2001	IBERIA
Comme ci, comme ça	SOSO
Eldest daughter of Oceanus and mother of Nike	STYX
Boston Harbor detritus, once	TEAS
Symbol found in Pac-Man and on slot machines	CHERRY
Trancelike state during a monotonous drive	HIGHWAYHYPNOSIS
Its tributaries have colorful names	NILE
HANDS AND FEET	UNITS
SITARIST SHANKAR	RAVI
World’s rarest goose	NENE
Bit of gear for gliding	ICESKATE
Suboptimal ending	SOURNOTE
“Getting ___ is no problem. You just have to live long enough”: Groucho Marx	OLDER
Critics’ picks, informally	RECS
Post-Thanksgiving meal drowsiness, familiarly	FOODCOMA
Compete in a freestyle, e.g.	SWIM
Source of milk for Manchego cheese	EWE
Casually chic updo	MESSYBUN
Original tablet holder	ARK
Prefix with -genarian	OCTO
“You did great!”	NICEWORK
Noble gas used in propelling ion thrusters	XENON
Check box in a survey	OTHER
Louisiana ___, religion with West African roots	VOODOO
Antivenoms, e.g.	SERA
God on a mission?	APOLLO
Personal struggles personified	INNERDEMONS
Deciding contest	RUNOFF
CAREFULLY CONSIDER	WEIGH
GOING ___	RATE
CRY FROM HOMER	DOH
STANDS	RISES
First, and so far only, chimpanzee to orbit Earth	ENOS
MOVING COMPANY?	TROUPE
CODE OF CONDUCT	ETHIC
Ones in a waiting room	PATIENTS
“I want to, but really I shouldn’t …”	DONTTEMPTME
Act bullish?	SNORT
[Violin emoji]	OHBOOHOO
Howard or Spelman: Abbr.	HBCU
Stand-up person?	NOSHOW
HIT, IN A WAY	TOKE
CRUEL RULER	TYRANT
Cry after a windfall	WERERICH
Jardín contents	FLORES
Cowboy Bill	PECOS
Storyteller’s transition	THEN
Boston College athlete	EAGLE
Name on an envelope	SENDER
Novelist Leonard	ELMORE
Musical whose preshow warning about cellphone use says that knights ?may drag you onstage and impale you?	SPAMALOT
RODE THE BENCH	SAT
Makeup artist?	LIAR
SPENT	WORNDOWN
1986 ROCK AUTOBIOGRAPHY	ITINA
SELLING POINT	ASSET
SLIPS INTO	DONS
FALL SOUND	THUD
Coy response to a compliment	ARENTI
PRINTER BRAND	EPSON
INFORMED OF	UPON
BACON BITS	ESSAYS
TIME TO DRAW?	NOON
Drink brand that sounds like a shout	YOOHOO
Where Life Savers and pop-top cans were both invented	OHIO
It’s got a big mouth	EWER
BROOD	MOPE
Prop (up)	SHORE
“Jingle Bells” contraction	OER

___ Carter, most-recorded jazz bassist in history

RON

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?

IGLOO

CARTOONIST GROENING

MATT

European airline that was nationalized from 1944 to 2001

IBERIA

Comme ci, comme ça

SOSO

Eldest daughter of Oceanus and mother of Nike

STYX