New York Times 2024 09 04 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Operate, as a program	RUN
Throw one’s hands up, say	FLAIL
Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short	CAMI
Work on Broadway, say	ACT
Investigator’s interest	MOTIVE
U.K. MILITARY ARM	RAF
PREFIX WITH EFFICIENCY	ECO
MONTHLY EXPENSE	RENT
Boxes for crackers?	SAFES
Symbol seen on eight national flags (though, ironically, not the U.S. flag)	EAGLE
First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. ? or a hint to this puzzle’s theme	SEMICIRCLES
Point of no return on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”	FINALANSWER
Comic book figure	HERO
Major campaign expense	ADS
London’s Royal Academy of ___	ARTS
Labor leader Jimmy	HOFFA
SPIRAL-HORNED ANTELOPE	ELAND
Floral bubble tea flavoring	ROSEMILK
Duel cry	IMHIT
? rho, sigma, ___, upsilon ?	TAU
Honorific for a Catholic cardinal	HISEMINENCE
It will change the way you see yourself	FUNHOUSEMIRROR
Lamar ___, ex of Khloé Kardashian	ODOM
Like much cotton candy	PINK
Choices for party organizers	THEMES
Its parent company is Hyundai	KIA
Call that might precede “first service”	LET
FROSTY	ICY
PENNY PINCHERS	MISERS
“A Hard Day’s Night” songwriter	LENNON
MAKES MISTAKES	ERRS
ON THE ___	LAM
V FLIERS	GEESE
PAIN	AGONY
What Peter Pan refuses to become	ADULT
Bartender’s valve	ALETAP
RAPPER LIL ___ VERT	UZI
TOP PILOT	AIRACE
Asteroids made a big impact on it in the 1980s	ATARI
H.S. course in which one might be graded on a curve?	CALC
Mount Rushmore and the Taj Mahal, e.g.	MONUMENTS
Red-haired toon who is always seeing red	YOSEMITESAM
Painter Duchamp	MARCEL
Caregiver for a pregnant woman	NURSEMIDWIFE
General Motors subsidiary with emergency services	ONSTAR
Include in a footnote	CITE
___ Moskowitz, a.k.a. “Hawk” on Netflix’s “Cobra Kai”	ELI
Computer addresses: Abbr.	IPS
QUICK REFRESHER	NAP
VISITOR TO MECCA	HAJI
“Frozen” snowman	OLAF
Light racing vehicle	RALLYCAR
MICROWAVE NO-NO	METAL
Blue, in Spanish	AZUL
BALL	GALA
STARED AT	EYED
FLAT	EVEN
ON GUARD	ALERT
SECRETIVE ORG.	NSA
WRITER RAND	AYN
Covers in goo	SLIMES
CONCLUDE IN COURT	REST
TEEN FOLLOWER	AGER
LEWD LOOKER	OGLER
Tina of “30 Rock”	FEY
FORWARD-LOOKING SORT	SEER
AirPod holder	EAR
Cleaning product made in “Fight Club”	LYESOAP
ON THE LINE	ATSTAKE
FOREIGN POLICY GRP.	NSC
Pop rock’s ___ Brothers	JONAS
Comic actor ___ Baron Cohen	SACHA
Cancún coins	PESOS
HOT PEPPERS	SERRANOS
Warhead carriers	CRUISEMISSILES
SOME NAVELS	INNIES

Operate, as a program

RUN

Throw one’s hands up, say

FLAIL

Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short

CAMI

Work on Broadway, say

ACT

Investigator’s interest

MOTIVE

U.K. MILITARY ARM

RAF