New York Times – Sep 3 2019 Crossword Solution
New York Times – Sep 3 2019 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Able was I ___ I saw Elba’ | ERE |
| ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover,’ for instance | ADAGE |
| ‘One-man army’ of the silver screen | RAMBO |
| ‘Skyfall’ singer | ADELE |
| .docx alternatives | PDFS |
| Alternative to .net and .gov | ORG |
| An ‘R’ in R&R | REST |
| Beverage in a 10-Down | IPA |
| Bro or sis | SIB |
| Captivate | ENAMOR |
| Card game with a high level of chance | UNO |
| Cathedral part | APSE |
| Cheat royally | HOSE |
| Cheese whose name comes from the Italian for ‘sheep’ | PECORINO |
| Cowboy | BUCKAROO |
| Craft beer spot | BREWPUB |
| Declaration just before a kiss | IDO |
| Did something hugely risky | COURTEDDISASTER |
| Dire appraisal of a situation | ITSBAD |
| Excessively ornate writing | PURPLEPROSE |
| Exit | EGRESS |
| Experiencing the first stage of grief, say | INDENIAL |
| Feel sorry about | RUE |
| Feel sorry about | REGRET |
| Film character who says ‘Named must be your fear before banish it you can’ | YODA |
| First word of ‘A Visit From St. Nicholas’ | TWAS |
| Funny Wong | ALI |
| Great | BIG |
| Great | SUPERB |
| Have | EAT |
| Indication of drunkenness | SLUR |
| Intended to, informally | WOULDA |
| Just kept talking and talking and talking and .. | DRONEDON |
| Lacking principles | AMORAL |
| Like bills that are overdue | UNPAID |
| Lines that Groucho Marx is famous for | QUIPS |
| Little dipper? | TOE |
| Long-stemmed mushroom | ENOKI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Make a boo-boo | ERR |
| One who catches up eventually … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across | LATEBLOOMER |
| One who’s easily fooled | SAP |
| One who’s mastered the ropes | PRO |
| Ooze | SEEP |
| Parks who is a civil rights hero | ROSA |
| Perfectly timed | ONCUE |
| Popular Belgian beers, for short | STELLAS |
| Preferred option for proceeding | PLANA |
| Refuse to acknowledge | SNUB |
| Respond to an alarm | AWAKEN |
| Rocky’s love in ‘Rocky’ | ADRIAN |
| Sculling implement | OAR |
| Share, as an old story | RETELL |
| Sign near a highway entrance | MERGE |
| Slow, medium and fast | SPEEDS |
| Some lenders’ holdings | LIENS |
| Some sweet c*cktails | BANANADAIQUIRIS |
| Sort | ILK |
| Source of added calories in many processed foods | FRUCTOSE |
| Standard based largely on hole length | PAR |
| Statue that might offend a bluenose | NUDE |
| Summer setting in K.C | CDT |
| The ___ (gang for a ladies’ night out) | GALS |
| Tiffany treasure | LAMP |
| Tommy ___, Dodgers manager with 1,599 career wins | LASORDA |
| Took the gloves off | GOTNASTY |
| Universal recipient’s category | TYPEAB |
| Unusual sexual preference | KINK |
| Wedded | ONE |
| Whitney in the National Inventors Hall of Fame | ELI |
| Woes | ILLS |
| Word that can precede water or war | HOLY |
| You can take a trip with this without traveling | LSD |
| ZIP codes, essentially: Abbr | NOS |
| ___ bran | OAT |
| ___ l’oeil | TROMPE |
| ___ rap | EMO |