The New Yorker – Mar 16 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” showrunner Whedon |
JOSS |
| “Cuteness ___!” |
OVERLOAD |
| “Goodness gracious!” |
MYSTARS |
| “The Addams Family” cousin |
ITT |
| “___ tova!” (Jewish New Year greeting) |
SHANA |
| 1995 cult classic written by Harmony Korine |
KIDS |
| 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
YEAH |
| 2011 Tina Fey autobiography |
BOSSYPANTS |
| Analogous (to) |
AKIN |
| Angela Davis and Jesse Jackson had iconic ones |
AFROS |
| Anouk of “La Dolce Vita” |
AIMEE |
| App said to be partially responsible for the mega-success of “Old Town Road” and “Truth Hurts” |
TIKTOK |
| Ballpark fig |
RBI |
| Ballpark figs |
GMS |
| Benefit |
GAIN |
| Besties |
FAM |
| Birthplace of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chinua Achebe |
NIGERIA |
| Captcha confirmation |
IMNOTAROBOT |
| Chemical-warfare agent |
SARIN |
| Coinage of the 1973 oil crisis |
PETRODOLLAR |
| Comme des Garçons founder ___ Kawakubo |
REI |
| Company that introduced 16-mm. film in 1923 |
KODAK |
| Contents of a vein |
ORE |
| Disney princess voiced by Idina Menzel |
ELSA |
| Drinks often garnished with orange peel |
NEGRONIS |
| Drum kit, to an old-timer |
TRAPSET |
| Eats with gusto |
DIGSIN |
| Expunged |
ERASED |
| Extracts, digitally |
RIPS |
| Hot 97 radio personality who shares a name with an Iberian river |
EBRO |
| Hyperbolic ending |
EST |
| In a power pose |
AKIMBO |
| It’s sometimes cited by climate-change deniers |
JUNKSCIENCE |
| Johnson & Johnson subsidiary |
NEUTROGENA |
| Kiln, e.g |
OVEN |
| Letters of interest? |
APR |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Like one playing hard to get |
COY |
| Monarch who served as regent to his clinically insane father before assuming the throne |
GEORGEIV |
| Mr. Chips portrayer |
OTOOLE |
| N.H.L. athlete with a statue next to TD Garden |
ORR |
| New Balance competitor |
KSWISS |
| Newborn horses |
FOALS |
| Not to be spoken to until fed |
HANGRY |
| Occupational suffix |
IER |
| Old fort in Utah |
PROVO |
| Onetime “divorce capital of the world” |
RENO |
| Orch. section |
STRS |
| Red and White-tailed, e.g |
DEERS |
| Rita of pop music |
ORA |
| Shark parts |
FINS |
| Singular occurrence |
ONESHOTDEAL |
| Some gametes |
OVA |
| Sounds of disapproval |
HISSINGS |
| Spectre, to Homer and Euripedes |
EIDOLON |
| Sports-drink suffix |
ADE |
| Star close to Venus? |
SERENA |
| Talese of publishing |
NAN |
| Thither |
YON |
| Tokyo’s former name |
EDO |
| Torah holder |
ARK |
| Tragic |
SOSAD |
| Twenty-first-century sightseeing options |
SEGWAYTOURS |
| Two cubed |
EIGHT |
| Vieux ___ (drink often garnished with lemon peel) |
CARRE |
| Welcomed to one’s home |
HADIN |
| What was once yours? |
THINE |
| Whopper toppers |
SESAMESEEDS |
| Winsome |
LOVEABLE |
| With anxiety |
UNEASILY |
| Wolfe or Cruise |
TOM |
| Wong of standup |
ALI |
| ___ tots |
TATER |