New York Times 2024 03 09 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Reluctant to join?	INERT
Berkeley, familiarly	CAL
Concupiscent one	EROS
Branch of causality that comes from the Greek for “study of the end”	TELEOLOGY
FAMILY NICKNAME	GRAN
They’re sometimes replaced by applesauce in vegan recipes	EGGS
Asparagus, essentially	STEMS
KEY	ISLE
Possible response to “Did you find it?”	NOLUCKSOFAR
RABBIT ___	EARS
FLATTENS, IN A WAY	IRONS
Actress Kirke of “Mozart in the Jungle”	LOLA
Widespread rumors, in a portmanteau	INFODEMIC
It’s handled at a bar	STEIN
Actor Fitch of “This Is Us”	NILES
Slight faults, to a rater	DINGS
“Thanks a lot!,” in intentionally butchered French	MERCYBUCKETS
They often come in shoeboxes	DIORAMAS
UNDERLYING REASON	ROOTCAUSE
PUFFED UP	SMUG
AS YET	TODATE
MacGyvering	JURYRIGGING
Some records, informally	EPS
___ Coleman, eight-time Mr. Olympia	RONNIE
___ TAPE	VHS
___ BELT	AMMO
Mathematical subgroup	COSET
Words after god or man	OFWAR
Appliance giant founded in England in 1991	DYSON
Lunchbox option, informally	PBJ
DIED DOWN	EBBED
Beyoncé’s “Dangerously in Love” or John Lennon’s “Imagine”	SOLOALBUM
SHOOT DOWN	NIX
IN WORKING ORDER	USABLE
Not sit still	FIDGET
MEET	FIT
Word with escape or escalator	CLAUSE
“See ya!”	CIAO
“Oh, come on, can’t you take a joke?!”	LIGHTENUP
EJECT	BOOT
STREAKED	STRIPY
Like the second movement of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony	LARGO
Gets less green, say	AGES
___-Saint-Michel, abbey site in France	MONT
Stepping away from screens	DIGITALDETOX
“The origin of wisdom,” per René Descartes	DOUBT
“See ya!”	IGOTTARUN
REMINGTON OF 1980S TV	STEELE
FOLLOW	ENSUE
Saul Bellow’s “The Adventures of ___ March”	AUGIE
Biblical figure said to have died at the age of 905	ENOS
They are felt every April	TAXBITES
___ Peninsula (Horn of Africa)	SOMALI
Sign in front of some bars	CLEF
Ananda Mahidol became its king at the age of 9, while living in Switzerland	SIAM
ONE IN LINE AT AN AIRPORT	CAB
Strikes out, slangily	FANS
SPANISH DIMINUTIVE	ITA
Parts of LEDs	DIODES
MORTGAGE DEAL, FOR SHORT	REFI
Post-crisis baseline	NEWNORMAL
KERFUFFLE	ADO
“The ultimate form of free speech,” to Denis Leary	COMEDY
Tony Stark or Jack Sparrow feature	GOATEE
Pay for a crime, say	SERVETIME
Gem used in intaglio	ONYX
Like many defendants in court	SUED
TRICKSTER	SLYDOG
Camp-y retailer?	REI
SILENCES	GAGS

Reluctant to join?

INERT

Berkeley, familiarly

CAL

Concupiscent one

EROS

Branch of causality that comes from the Greek for “study of the end”

TELEOLOGY

FAMILY NICKNAME

GRAN

They’re sometimes replaced by applesauce in vegan recipes

EGGS