New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 04 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
HIGH-PITCHED FLUTE PICCOLO
New, waxing, waning, full, etc. PHASES
DISCARD TOSS
STICKY STUFF GOO
Frequently phished figs. SSNS
A spare one might be kept in the boot TYRE
POKES FUN AT RIBS
FUEL FROM A BOG PEAT
Bit of Tex-Mex bar food TACO
Starting point for a record-setting swim in 2023’s “Nyad” CUBA
Japan’s national fish KOI
Risky choice of surfing apparel BIKINI
One under a birdie EAGLE
Pigment used in the Lascaux cave paintings OCHER
Worn-down part of a shoe SOLE
Makes (oneself) beloved ENDEARS
*Inventor who patented the first revolver [stallion] SAMUELCOLT
Where a teen may wear a tux PROM
Journalists’ credits BYLINES
Exact godly vengeance on SMITE
Drink aptly found in “medieval era” ALE
Word before date or dance RAIN
Stadium whistle-blower REF
*Actor who played Oscar Wilde in “Wilde” [fish] STEPHENFRY
Certain immature adult ? with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue MANBABY
Auction bundle LOT
Watery, as tea WEAK
HISTORICAL OBJECT RELIC
___ czar, N.Y.C. government position whose job listing called for “a virulent vehemence for vermin” RAT
Immobilizers for bone fractures SPLINTS
MAKE EXTREMELY HAPPY ELATE
GROUP OF ANTS ARMY
___ RICA COSTA
RENT OUT LET
Mammal with a miniature trunk TAPIR
“Gesundheit” prompter ACHOO
San Fran athlete NINER
Pepper and O’Leary of classic rock: Abbr. SGTS
Bounce off the walls, say ECHO
Beef option at Chipotle BARBACOA
*Mouseketeer peer of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake [gander] RYANGOSLING
___ vs. para (Spanish 101 topic) POR
SIGN BEFORE VIRGO LEO
N.F.L. coach Campbell DAN
Noodles on a guitar STRUMS
Free ones might precede subscriptions TRIALS
Word in the title of Broadway’s longest-running show OPERA
Planets, poetically ORBS
Network with “gavel-to-gavel” coverage CSPAN
*English essayist who wrote “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once” [ram] CHARLESLAMB
HOSP. AREAS ERS
SNATCH NAB
Resident of 123½ Sesame Street BIGBIRD
Kind of salad that sounds like it should include corn COBB
WINDOW-CLOSING KEY ESC
PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE TENSE
Many a flat-screen HDTV
COMPETE (FOR) VIE
Quartet + quintet NONET
Wild couples cruise? NOAHSARK
“The Little Mermaid” mermaid ARIEL
Treads lightly TIPTOES
Yang’s partner YIN
BEING ENTITY
BIG NAME IN BASEBALL CARDS TOPPS
What might catch X’s at an O’s game? KISSCAM
FERMENTED RICE WINE SAKE
Deserving of a fire emoji, as a party LIT
COMES CLEAN OWNSUP
VODKA BRAND IN A BLUE BOTTLE SKYY
Starts to wake STIRS
HITS THE SLOPES SKIS
SLEEP STAGE REM
III, IN ROME TRE
Baker’s amts. TSPS
Crispy sammies BLTS
MISS PIGGY, TO MISS PIGGY MOI
Essie competitor OPI