New York Times – Apr 20 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Madama Butterfly’ dress |
KIMONO |
| ‘Sounds right to me’ |
IDSAYSO |
| ‘Well, what have we here?!’ |
OHO |
| ‘Wow!’ … and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
BOYOHBOY |
| *Drama department production |
SCHOOLPLAY |
| *Means of locating one from the herd |
COWBELL |
| *Something to ‘take me out to,’ in an old song |
BALLGAME |
| *The presidency, e.g |
HIGHOFFICE |
| *Unpleasant tidings |
BADNEWS |
| 1950s Communist-bashing grp. in Congress |
HUAC |
| Account of one’s earlier days |
MEMOIR |
| Airport for a Bull or a Bear |
OHARE |
| Astronomer Sagan |
CARL |
| Big Board inits |
NYSE |
| Boat propeller |
OAR |
| Bowl or plate |
DISH |
| Brian who coined the term ‘ambient music’ |
ENO |
| Bump against in a crowd |
JOSTLE |
| Circle |
LOOP |
| Close buddy, in a modern coinage |
BFF |
| Comprehended |
GOT |
| Cough syrup amt |
TSP |
| Crushing defeat |
ROUT |
| Desert refuges |
OASES |
| Document showing ownership |
DEED |
| Dog strap |
LEASH |
| Estate in ‘Gone With the Wind’ |
TARA |
| Falco with Emmys for two different series |
EDIE |
| Fills tightly |
STUFFS |
| Flicks that sometimes end in weddings |
ROMCOMS |
| Fox talent show winner |
IDOL |
| G.I. who’s way off base |
AWOL |
| George Gershwin’s brother/partner |
IRA |
| Get ready for production, as a factory |
TOOLUP |
| Giant-sized TV, as in a stadium |
JUMBOTRON |
| Great ___ of China |
WALL |
| Guarantee |
ASSURE |
| Gulped down |
SWALLOWED |
| Hershey’s coconut candy bar |
MOUNDS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Homes made of sun-dried bricks |
ADOBES |
| Hospital dept. for the neediest cases |
ICU |
| Its symbol is Sn |
TIN |
| Keats’s tribute to an urn, e.g |
ODE |
| Kind of birth with a rear-first delivery |
BREECH |
| Knighted actor Guinness |
ALEC |
| Latin list lopper, in brief |
ETAL |
| Like a two-position electrical switch |
ONOFF |
| Loose, as shoelaces |
UNTIED |
| Maine’s national park |
ACADIA |
| Nastase of 1970s tennis |
ILIE |
| Neither’s partner |
NOR |
| Not watertight |
LEAKY |
| Once around the track |
LAP |
| Orange-nosed Muppet |
ELMO |
| Performed some hip-hop |
RAPPED |
| Prohibit |
OUTLAW |
| Prohibits |
BANS |
| Recycling container |
BIN |
| Response to ‘Who, me?’ |
YESYOU |
| Rhythmic heartbeats |
PULSES |
| Satirical work, like ‘Bored of the Rings’ |
PARODY |
| Sexual appetite |
LIBIDO |
| Some mag. workers |
EDS |
| Spy on the inside |
MOLE |
| Strip in a window blind |
SLAT |
| Swill for swine |
SLOP |
| Texter’s guffaw |
LOL |
| Thrilla in Manila victor |
ALI |
| Toys on strings |
YOYOS |
| Trains like Chicago’s |
ELS |
| Triangular sail |
LATEEN |
| Trifling amount |
SOU |
| Uptight |
EDGY |
| Was the front-runner |
LED |
| Weight watcher’s plan |
DIET |
| Where a nuthatch hatches |
NEST |
| Whole lot |
SLEW |
| ___ Today |
USA |