New York Times – Sep 24 2019 Crossword Solution
New York Times – Sep 24 2019 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘I started a boat-building business in my attic … Now sails are going through the roof,’ e.g | GROANER |
| ‘Not on your life!’ | NEVER |
| ‘That makes sense now’ | OHOK |
| ‘Wouldn’t that be nice!’ | IFONLY |
| 90° on a compass | EAST |
| About half of a regular-season schedule | HOMEGAMES |
| Accepting bribes | ONTHETAKE |
| Addie’s husband in ‘As I Lay Dying’ | ANSE |
| Annual parade locale since 1890 | PASADENA |
| April 1 activities | PRANKS |
| Aromatic shrubs yielding an essential oil | MYRTLES |
| Balls of yarn | SKEINS |
| Be worry-free | RESTEASY |
| Burger topper | ONION |
| Cabinet position: Abbr | SECY |
| Capital of Qatar | DOHA |
| College application figs | GPAS |
| Competitor of Petro-Canada | ESSO |
| Currency on the Arabian Peninsula | RIAL |
| End of a concerto | CODA |
| Fowl with a showy mate | PEAHEN |
| Fussy to excess | ANAL |
| Galleria display | ARTE |
| Gold-coated | GILT |
| Grated food flavorer used in baking | LEMONZEST |
| Heart chart, briefly | EKG |
| Hefty lexical ref | OED |
| Holder of a collateral loan | LIENEE |
| Hollows between hills | VALES |
| India ___ | INK |
| It’s ‘read’ during a reprimand | RIOTACT |
| It’s fixed when it’s flat | TIRE |
| It’s fixed when it’s flat | FEE |
| Jiffy | SEC |
| Kirk ___, first actor to play Superman on the big screen | ALYN |
| Kismet | FATE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Leatherneck | MARINE |
| Lena of ‘Havana’ | OLIN |
| Let the host know | RSVP |
| Letters on a speedometer | MPH |
| Mitigate | LESSEN |
| Modern-day Persia | IRAN |
| Mournful poem | ELEGY |
| Naval petty officer: Abbr | YEO |
| Not stereo | MONO |
| One at risk of excommunication | HERETIC |
| Openly mourned | WEPT |
| Playground game with teams | FREEZETAG |
| Pollutant concentration meas | PPM |
| Price of freedom | RANSOM |
| Project’s windup | FINALPHASE |
| Protective garments worn for dental X-rays | LEADAPRONS |
| Rabbit’s foot | PAW |
| Religious symbol resembling a plus sign … or a hint to the three groups of circled squares in this puzzle | GREEKCROSS |
| Rugged four-wheelers, for short | ATVS |
| See 12-Across | OHIO |
| See 31-Down | CAVA |
| Set in direct opposition to | PITAGAINST |
| Shelter grp | SPCA |
| Snorters’ quarters | STY |
| Spanish liqueur | ANIS |
| Taj Mahal city | AGRA |
| Temporary tattoo dye | HENNA |
| They might be connected by children … or detectives | DOTS |
| Thor, to Odin | SON |
| Title role for Michael Caine or Jude Law | ALFIE |
| Trials and tribulations | TESTS |
| Vietnamese holiday | TET |
| What a shofar is typically made from | RAMSHORN |
| What jars with fireflies need | AIRHOLES |
| With 50-Down, home of Goodyear | AKRON |
| With 52-Down, passage to the heart | VENA |