New York Times 2024 04 23 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Protein categorized on a scale from “silken” to “super-firm”	TOFU
FAMILY NICKNAME	SIS
ENTOURAGE	POSSE
CRY OUT	EXCLAIM
SIGN AT A RADIO STATION	ONAIR
“If ___” (rueful words)	ONLY
Employer of manicurists and massage therapists	SPA
Beginning to form?	UNI
$5 BILL, SLANGILY	ABE
$5 BILL, SLANGILY	FIN
The “D” of F.D.A.	DRUG
Standing at 6-5, say?	UPONE
*”Yuck! I’ve dated him before. Swipe left!”	OHNOEWHEISMYEX
*”Can this be a gift from all of us?”	OKIFWEGOINONIT
CAKE LAYER	TIER
“Have a cow” or “hold your horses”	IDIOM
“Ha! No surprise there!”	IKNEWIT
*”Morning, mother!”	HIMAIMUP
One might begin “Roses are red …”	POEM
Lake northeast of Sacramento	TAHOE
FLEECES	CONS
Announces the big reveal in a magic act	SAYSPRESTO
REBEL	UPRISE
Be ___ in the neck	APAIN
Followers of the star of Bethlehem, in the Bible	MAGI
CERTAIN SCOTSMAN	GAEL
PROVIDE FREE OF CHARGE	COMP
LEAK SLOWLY	SEEP
Purchase for a college party	KEG
Egyptian goddess often depicted with a throne on her head	ISIS
Heirs to the boomer era	GENX
Dangerous kind of current	RIP
West known for her double entendres	MAE
Tech giant headquartered in New Taipei City	ACER
Salvation ___	ARMY
SEE 23-ACROSS	UPTOME
Fruit that resembles a small peach	APRICOT
“Mmm, that’s good!”	TASTY
___-LA-LA	TRA
TikTok posting, for short	VID
HOT, HOT, HOT	SEXY
ABOUT THE SAME	AKIN
NEOPHYTE	TYRO
Reviewers of a beta app	TESTERS
HOME TO IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY	AMES
Words of skepticism	IBET
Major role in the 2023 biopic “Priscilla”	ELVIS
REACTION TO A GUT PUNCH	OOF
Word with bad or blood	SPORT
Cake frosters	ICERS
PLETHORA	SLEW
Prefix suggesting conservation	ECO
Hotel hallway convenience	ICEMACHINE
*With 42-Across, “Well, do I decide or not?”	SOISIT
Small coastal nation bordering Iraq	KUWAIT
CLASSIC CAMARO	IROC
DULL PAIN	ACHE
French “a”	UNE
NO LONGER WORKING	KAPUT
Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues	TWO
*”Follow our lead!”	DOASWEDO
His portrait adorns Tiananmen Gate	MAO
Voices below sopranos	ALTOS
ROSEBUSH PEST	APHID
Sterilize, as a cat	SPAY
Crumble under pressure	WILT
Multilayered cake	TORTE
Sense that many cave-dwelling animals lack	SIGHT
Ending with screen in a modern portmanteau	AGER
Expense to be paid	COST
Kind of training required for most city P.D.s	CPR
MACHU PICCHU BUILDERS	INCAS
Spanish for “room”	SALA

Protein categorized on a scale from “silken” to “super-firm”

TOFU

FAMILY NICKNAME

SIS

ENTOURAGE

POSSE

CRY OUT

EXCLAIM

SIGN AT A RADIO STATION

ONAIR

“If ___” (rueful words)

ONLY