New York Times 2024 03 25 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
“What’s the ___?” (“Who cares?”)	DIF
PALEOZOIC, E.G.	ERA
Side dish that might come topped with sour cream and chives	BAKEDPOTATO
Where Mandarin and Malay are spoken	ASIA
POUR THING?	WATERPITCHER
The first “B” of 1-Down	BED
Sample collected by Ancestry.com	DNA
GARDENING TOOL	HOE
Controversial opinion, informally	HOTTAKE
2, 4, 6, 8, how do these numbers relate?	EVENS
Gut bacterium	ECOLI
Emma Stone’s co-star on Showtime’s “The Curse”	NATHANFIELDER
[I’m about to speak]	AHEM
GRAND TALE	EPIC
RUM-SOAKED CAKE	BABA
Designated representative	PROXY
Fittingly, a homophone of one letter in “sight”	EYE
Garland seen in 48-Down	LEI
Sent a digital message	EMAILED
Taking a sabbatical	ONLEAVE
Words on either side of “___ what ___”	ITIS
CHARGED PARTICLE	ION
Soda, to a Midwesterner	POP
Shapewear brand	SPANX
Woven creation of the Ojibwe people	DREAMCATCHER
GAVE IT A GO	TRIED
Uncle on an iconic W.W. I poster	SAM
TUNA VARIETY	AHI
ACTOR MORALES	ESAI
___ LANKA	SRI
MYTHICAL HIMALAYAN BEAST	YETI
The “A” of I.P.A.	ALE
OPERATIC SONG	ARIA
“For what reason?”	WHY
Buddhist’s goal	NIRVANA
Massachusetts peninsula, with “the”	CAPE
M.I.T.’s ___ School of Management	SLOAN
Person keeping a daily journal	DIARIST
NO LONGER VALID	VOID
STOCKPILE	AMASS
PROHIBIT	BAN
FINNISH TECH GIANT	NOKIA
CLOTHING LABELS	TAGS
REEF COMPOSITION	CORAL
Thick liquid poured on a hot griddle	PANCAKEBATTER
Bugs Bunny is often holding one	CARROT
“Don’t go!”	STAY
OPPOSITE OF WSW	ENE
GRAMMY-WINNING GRANDE	ARIANA
Start a tennis point	SERVE
DAMP	MOIST
HOLLYWOOD WORKPLACES	SETS
CAME TO A CLOSE	ENDED
Pueblo people of the Southwest	HOPI
Like dark green avocados	RIPE
LOVE, IN ITALIAN	AMORE
Get along well	MESH
Its state fish is the humuhumunukunukuapua’a	HAWAII
CHOOSE (TO)	OPT
Quaint lodging, informally	BANDB
16 in a gallon	CUPS
THAT, IN MEXICO	ESO
N.F.L. six-pointers, for short	TDS
Clichéd dismissal of Arizona’s summer climate	ITSADRYHEAT
What some states require to cast a ballot	VOTERID
The “E” of HOMES	ERIE
Those living outside their native country	EXPATS
“Hold up, horses!”	WHOA
U.S. public health org.	CDC
BECAUSE OF	DUETO
MAIN POINT	GIST
Woodcutter’s tool	AXE
TALK INCESSANTLY	YAP
Matey’s greeting	AHOY
One of two needed for double Dutch	ROPE
Insurance company acquired by CVS Health	AETNA

“What’s the ___?” (“Who cares?”)

DIF

PALEOZOIC, E.G.

ERA

Side dish that might come topped with sour cream and chives

BAKEDPOTATO

Where Mandarin and Malay are spoken

ASIA

POUR THING?

WATERPITCHER

The first “B” of 1-Down

BED