New York Times 2024 08 26 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Rocks that may contain precious metals	ORES
SITUATED ON	ATOP
AROUSE, AS INTEREST	PIQUE
Mötley Crüe hit of 1987	GIRLSGIRLSGIRLS
Start of Caesar’s boast	ICAME
IN FAVOR OF	FOR
ADORE, INFORMALLY	LUV
Olympic gold medalist Raisman	ALY
Things stuck on snowman “arms”	MITTENS
‘N Sync hit of 2000	BYEBYEBYE
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER	GAEL
SQUARE DANCE VENUE	BARN
Pennsylvania governor Josh	SHAPIRO
What a three-way intersection can form	TSHAPE
Its capital is Nairobi	KENYA
Something checked at an airport counter	BAG
Like some smartphone purchases	INAPP
Loudly praise	TOUT
Where “all my ex’s live,” in song	TEXAS
Beach Boys hit of 1964	FUNFUNFUN
Italy’s Isle of ___	CAPRI
Coveted Scrabble space ? or the sheet music for 16-, 21-, 34- or 51-Across?	TRIPLEWORDSCORE
Outlet for an internet commentator	BLOG
Beethoven’s “___ to Joy”	ODE
State that’s home to one end of the Appalachian Trail	MAINE
Present in a favorable light	SPIN
Coastal African desert	NAMIB
Backwoods denial	NAW
“Errr ? I mean ?”	UMM
Maxi pad alternative	TAMPON
Quickly fly past	ZIPBY
“Zero stars from me!”	IHATEIT
___ Gagarin, first man in space	YURI
Jail cell occupant	INMATE
Man’s name that’s a fruit spelled backward	EMIL
PULL	TUG
Brainpower measures, for short	IQS
Lead-in to law or launch	PRE
“___ two minds on this ?”	IMOF
The “I” of T.G.I.F.	ITS
Abba hit of 1979	GIMMEGIMMEGIMME
Popular dance fitness program	ZUMBA
Spring ___ (encounter plumbing problems)	ALEAK
Athleisure lead-in to “lemon”	LULU
San ___, capital of Puerto Rico	JUAN
RELIGIOUS CEREMONY	RITUAL
PESTERS	NAGS
Beehive or bob	HAIRDO
GERMAN SAUSAGE	WURST
OPPOSITE OF NNE	SSW
BIO. OR CHEM.	SCI
SPRING	LEAP
HEAD-BUTT	RAM
NEEDLE-NOSED FISH	GAR
Spot for a satellite dish	ROOF
ASSIST WITH A CRIME	ABET
USES A BROOM	SWEEPS
LISBON GREETING	OLA
AT ANY POINT	EVER
More hipsterish	ARTIER
SKITTISH	JUMPY
OSCAR WINNER MAHERSHALA	ALI
Bay Area enforcement org.	SFPD
LEE OF MARVEL COMICS	STAN
The Huskies of the N.C.A.A.	UCONN
Motion-sensing Nintendo console	WII
Some church donations	ALMS
Kitchen brand with a palindromic name	OXO
Suffix with Sudan or Japan	ESE
ENTRAP	SNARE
NOT AS MEAN	NICER
BOAT PROPELLERS	OARS
SLEEP STAGE, FOR SHORT	REM
City surrounding Vatican City	ROME
In a sense	SORTOF
MAKES A MISTAKE	SLIPSUP

Rocks that may contain precious metals

ORES

SITUATED ON

ATOP

AROUSE, AS INTEREST

PIQUE

Mötley Crüe hit of 1987

GIRLSGIRLSGIRLS

Start of Caesar’s boast

ICAME

IN FAVOR OF

FOR