New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
HEADACHE HELPER ADVIL
Tot’s scratches BOOBOOS
Palate cleanser in a multicourse French meal SORBET
Source of a foul odor when wool is washed LANOLIN
Going after the big bucks, say INHEAT
Creature catcher in gaming POKEBALL
Position with security STEADYGIG
N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.’s Stars, familiarly MAVS
PREDICAMENT JAM
Major Manhattan thoroughfare, informally LEX
Made a lap, say SAT
PLAYGROUND COMEBACK DIDSO
Creepy quality EERINESS
IMPORTANT CONTACTS INS
CHEWED (OUT) BAWLED
LEAD-IN TO PLANE AQUA
CUT AXE
“Tsk, tsk,” in textspeak SMH
MOVE LATERALLY SIDLE
GRUMPY COMPANION SNEEZY
CURRENTLY ASIS
HEADLINER LEAD
HALF AND HALF ONE
Barrel material OAK
“Golly!” GEEWHIZ
Port letters USB
Speed skater Johann ___ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds OLAV
Bug that sounds like it was in the air? FLU
Traditional wedding dish in southern Italy, hence its literal translation (“brides”) ZITI
Most Broadway theaters have two of these AISLES
Fish often served tartare AHI
Nickname for Time’s 2023 Person of the Year TSWIZZLE
Pole used for extending a sail SPRIT
Some home installations, in brief ACS
Cool, in old lingo HEP
Rapper ___ Cat DOJA
Handling things ONTOPOFIT
Very rough, as an experience BRUISING
Finished, colloquially DONEZO
Drinks are on me! BARMENU
Defensive football plays, informally QBSACKS
“___ seguro?” (“Are you sure?”: Sp.) ESTAS
“You’re tempting fate!” DONTJINXIT
Goggles that aren’t meant to go underwater VRHEADSETS
Construction materials named after a capital? IBEAMS
Poster’s place BLOG
Like some shows and bands ONEMAN
Order that comes with a wide straw BOBATEA
Makes quiet, in a way OILS
Show with a Joke Swap segment, in brief SNL
“Cya” TTYL
Small part of a window PIXEL
Junot ___, author of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” DIAZ
Maternity ward staffers, informally OBS
WEIGHT ONUS
FLOOR AMAZE
DULL DRAB
SOUTHERN SIDE DISH PONE
PUBLICITY, SO TO SPEAK INK
Not that much ABIT
Apartment units SQUAREFEET
Site of a famous flag-raising IWOJIMA
Look within oneself REFLECT
Japanese/Italian fusion dish SUSHIPIZZA
Letters on a bow USS
Head for the toilet, say? SLANG
“Sure, lemme deal with this first, though” INASEC
Test-taking no-nos PHONES
Lays down some ground rolls? SODS
Like communal property OURS
Barbie and Ken, e.g. TOYS
Chips flavor BBQ