New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 10 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stew RAGU
LAST WORD FINIS
It can bust one’s bracket UPSET
Island west of Komodo National Park BALI
CALL TO MIND EVOKE
Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for … “Godzilla”? BIGGIANTMONSTER
___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New Jersey ELLIS
Fantasy football fodder STATS
Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhaps AWARD
Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr. OBES
Bandmate of Keith for 60+ years MICK
Hasten, old-style HIE
Rival of Forbes INC
Futuristic microscopic machine NANOBOT
… “E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial”? WITNESSALIENARRIVAL
LITURGICAL VESTMENT STOLE
DETERGENT BRAND ERA
Essen exclamations ACHS
Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B ABBA
Grave words? EULOGY
“While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping” poet POE
Sam who directed “Spider-Man” RAIMI
With 112-Down, a small laugh TEE
… “Independence Day”? HANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER
Having had a few bites, say ITCHY
Mediterranean condiment AIOLI
Suitor of Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera” RAOUL
Kind of shell that’s easily broken TACO
Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity KAFKA
… “Rush Hour”? TANGLEDFROZENTRAFFIC
“Devilish” cartoon character TAZ
Publishing V.I.P.s EDS
Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United States RARER
Modern H.R. initiative DEI
Bryn Mawr grad, e.g. ALUMNA
One in a line at a grocery store CART
… “Insomnia”? WIREDSLEEPERSMISERY
Person with attachment issues, perhaps EMAILER
“The Strife is ___, the Battle Done” (hymn) OER
Baja resort town, familiarly CABO
___ Sidle, longtime role on “C.S.I.” SARA
FROM WHAT PLACE WHENCE
SMALL BROOK RILL
WOODWORKING TOOL RASP
LARGER-THAN-LIFE EPIC
WARD (OFF) FEND
TEXAS A&M ATHLETE AGGIE
“Mon ___!” DIEU
MOUNT STEED
What this is CLUE
UNSAFE? OUT
ASSIGNMENT TASK
JAZZ SINGER CLEO LAINE
BILE IRE
AT SEA LOST
___ ALAI JAI
D-DAY CRAFT: ABBR. LST
CONNECTIONS INS
CENTER MIDST
NAG PEST
10TH OF 24 KAPPA
PRIVY TO INON
“Yikes!” EGAD
NARROW INLET RIA
SEASONED RICE DISH PILAF
SHOOTING MARBLE TAW
ANKLE BONES TALI
VARIETY TYPE
SUBSIDES EBBS
VOTING DAY: ABBR. TUES
HARSH BRUTAL
MARINE MENACE ORCA
PIONEERING COMPUTER ENIAC
ENDING WITH TEEN AGER
UNSPOKEN TACIT
RACCOON RELATIVE COATI
NOBILITY PEERAGE
ISLAND STRINGS UKE
Moving day leftovers BOXES
Overseas refusals NYETS
Holding nothing back ALLIN
… “Sex and the City”? MANHATTANHOOKUP
“Welcome” introduction? YOURE
Girl’s name that sounds like two adjacent letters EDIE
Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagels SEEDS
Novelist Johnson who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction ADAM
Antonio López de Santa ___, three-time president of Mexico ANNA
Finally saw through a deception GOTWISE
Star in Venus’s orbit? SERENA
Ingredient in some lipsticks, pizza dough and biodiesel PALMOIL
Actor-turned-policeman Estrada ERIK
“That’s a ___!” (chemist’s punny observation) LYE
Partner of pride JOY
Illness with chills AGUE
“Happy Birthday” writer, sometimes ICER
Athlete’s out-of-character performance, say OFFDAY
Lift ticket purchaser SKIER
Word after hidden or political AGENDA
Apt name for a veterinarian KAT
Claim on an egg carton FREERANGE
Tennille of Captain & Tennille TONI
Creator of colorful crafts CRAYOLA
SPORTED HADON
AQUARIUM GROWTH ALGA
WALK WAY? GAIT
SECRETED HID
FEATURE OF SOME ENGLISH GARDENS MAZE
ISLAND RINGS LEIS
SINGER HORNE LENA
Woolly pack animals LLAMAS
Hexad SEXTET
Rubik of puzzle cube fame ERNO
Poke bowl ingredient TUNA
Overcommunicate, say SPAM
___ Low, famed English pirate NED
Emasculates UNMANS
JAPANESE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IKEBANA
ROIL CHURN
GARDEN INVADER APHID
SOME OLD PCS IBMS
“Really?” ISIT
E.R. lines IVS
CHARLOTTE ___ (DESSERT) RUSSE
Give a lecture, say SCOLD
BARBERSHOP SOUND SNIP
QUITE OFTEN ALOT
Calorie-rich cake TORTE
ORIGIN ROOT
SEE 53-ACROSS HEE
CORAL ISLETS CAYS
“Let’s do this thing!” IMREADY
Barely made, with “out” EKED
Sensitive subject SORESPOT
Sweeties, informally BAES
Aide-___ (mnemonic device) MEMOIRE
Listing agent’s condition SOLDASIS
Cause of a hung jury SPLITVOTE
“Check it out, man!” DIGTHIS
SKY SHADE AZUREBLUE
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