New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 09 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
What “muffin top” and “spare tire” are euphemisms for FLAB
ACTOR PITT BRAD
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST PARKS ROSA
POETIC FOOT IAMB
PURPOSE USE
UNACCOMPANIED ALONE
COMMENTS FURTHER ADDS
Fruit that’s a citrus, not a hybrid of a pomegranate and melon POMELO
Blue, in Spanish AZUL
Anxiety-related condition, for short OCD
Summon with a shout YELLTO
TIDY UP NEATEN
6/6/1944, familiarly DDAY
NOT DOING MUCH OF ANYTHING IDLE
“That may be the case; however …” OKBUT
Like athletes that are fresh off the bench RESTED
Baby’s first word, perhaps DADA
PHOTOGRAPHER ADAMS ANSEL
Maker of the Civic and the CR-V HONDA
“Straight Outta Compton” group NWA
French birthplace of Charles de Gaulle LILLE
LIES IN THE HOT, HOT SUN BAKES
One assigned female at birth and identifying as such CISWOMAN
OB/___ (med. specialty) GYN
Loose-lipped BLABBY
“Be with you momentarily!” ONESEC
Letter-shaped plumbing piece PTRAP
Beyond uptight ANAL
& AND
Sweet Starbucks order VANILLALATTE
RUN AWAY FLEE
Fog or mist VAPOR
Negative campaign attacks SMEARS
SIMILAR (TO) AKIN
NO LONGER A KID GROWN
POTUS #43 GWBUSH
N.B.A. team with LeBron and Bronny James, for short LALAKERS
Athlete’s tote GYMBAG
Patron of sailors STELMO
SPECK OF LAND IN THE OCEAN ISLE
SAN ___ OBISPO, CALIF. LUIS
___ Mode of “The Incredibles” EDNA
Place for luxurious pampering SPA
2016 film starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling ? or a hint to 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across LALALAND
Meter or milliliter UNIT
BENEFIT AVAIL
Coat with a fur-lined hood PARKA
___ date (pregnancy estimate) DUE
Generous sort GIVER
Very: Prefix ULTRA
“Sorry, I’m bad with ___” (party excuse) NAMES
Setting for “My Cousin Vinny” RURALALABAMA
Things cast by wizards SPELLS
HIGHEST-QUALITY FINEST
Sorento and Sportage, for two KIAS
GET EXACTLY RIGHT NAIL
Org. with the motto “Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself” ACLU
Entered with a halting gait LIMPEDIN
What hot showers create STEAM
Decided to skip SATOUT
“See ya!” BYE
Soprano family patriarch on “The Sopranos” TONY
TINY WEE
Soothe, as into a false sense of security LULL
Youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner MALALAYOUSAFZAI
Something mined in the 21st century DATA
RICKMAN OF THE HARRY POTTER FILMS ALAN
INSULT, INFORMALLY DISS
WAS WINNING LED
“Xanadu” band, for short ELO
Not satisfied, as a requirement UNMET
___ V. WADE ROE
DUMMIES IDIOTS
Harper who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird” LEE
Tolstoy’s “___ Karenina” ANNA
Coolest temperatures of the day LOWS