New York Times 2024 09 17 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Pre-___ (undergrad track)	MED
Still standing, so to speak	INIT
IN THE PAST	AGO
“Naughty” and “Nice,” e.g.	LISTS
Dessert drink made from frozen grapes	ICEWINE
Islanders and Sharks, for short	NHLERS
Surprising answer to the question “What is Ecuador’s most populous city?”	NOTQUITO
Odysseus vis-à-vis Ulysses?	SAMEHERO
Father/son surname in Chicago politics	DALEY
Verbally gave the thumbs-up	SAIDOK
Prom transport that keeps breaking down?	LEMONLIMO
Prominent part of a bowline knot	LOOP
“AB negatve” or “B poditive”?	BLOODTYPO
Typically nocturnal predatory fish	EEL
___ BLANCHE	CARTE
TUCKERED OUT	BEAT
Basketball great Drexler	CLYDE
STRUNG ALONG	LEDON
Made significant efforts	TOOKPAINS
“Why, I’ll be!”	WELLGEE
Italian for “good”	BUONO
What one might do to the rules or the truth	BEND
Eating it with meat isn’t kosher	DAIRY
Stuffs (oneself)	GORGES
Late-night host who coined the word “truthiness”	COLBERT
How the mendacious might be caught	INALIE
___ Holmes, teen detective played by Millie Bobby Brown	ENOLA
Brand owned by Purina	ALPO
SECOND CHANCE	REDO
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL	WORST
Edinburgher or Glaswegian	SCOT
Texter’s “Hang on a sec”	BRB
Certain pretzel shapes	RODS
Treats, as animal hide	TANS
“Rushmore” and “Clerks,” for two	CULTFILMS
Abandon one’s social plans	BAIL
People are often spotted pressing them	BARBELLS
Like some tigers, rhinoceroses and elephants	INDIAN
“Presto ___!” … or a hint to 17-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across	CHANGO
“Without further ___ ?”	ADO
Luxurious fabrics	SATINS
Research on a rival, in D.C.-speak	OPPO
Targets of pool chalk	CUETIPS
Florist’s container	VASE
Jost of “Saturday Night Live”	COLIN
Choose, with “for”	OPT
CAPITAL OF VIETNAM	HANOI
KICK OUT	EVICT
Brand popularity metric	QSCORE
Page of Hollywood	ELLIOT
“That’s just ? completely incorrect”	UMNO
Move from darkness into light, perhaps	EMERGE
DEMEANOR	MIEN
HOCKEY FAKE-OUTS	DEKES
Resident with monthly payments	RENTER
“Get ready for a deep pass!”	GOLONG
“Pretentious? ___?”	MOI
EGO	SELF
Particle in an electrolyte	ION
ILLEGALLY SEIZE	USURP
Celebrity appearance, say	CAMEO
Real grind	SLOG
___ Barak, former prime minister of Israel	EHUD
VAGUE EARLY AFTERNOON TIME	ONEISH
CLOYING	TOOSWEET
ARCTIC NATIVE	INUK
FOUL MOOD	SNIT
SOOTHES	CALMS
SINGER PATSY	CLINE
Wrinkle-faced dogs	PUGS
MOST OFFBEAT	ODDEST
ASTRONAUT ARMSTRONG	NEIL
ASSIGNED POSITION	SLOT
INSTANT REPLAY EFFECT	SLOMO

Pre-___ (undergrad track)

MED

Still standing, so to speak

INIT

IN THE PAST

AGO

“Naughty” and “Nice,” e.g.

LISTS

Dessert drink made from frozen grapes

ICEWINE

Islanders and Sharks, for short

NHLERS