New York Times, Saturday, October 23, 2021 Crossword Solution
New York Times, Saturday, October 23, 2021 Crossword Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| [knock on wood] | IHOPE |
| ___ and ran | ATE |
| ___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian spiritual leader | SRI |
| ___-tip (beef cut) | TRI |
| A host of, in brief | MCING |
| Baby | WEE |
| Baby-to-be | ZYGOTE |
| BBQ specialty | PORKRIB |
| Bullish | TAURINE |
| Cause of a decrease in the cost of gasoline | OILGLUT |
| Certain native of the Mideast | EMIRATI |
| Challenge for a language learner | IDIOM |
| Charge for some truckers | CARTAGE |
| Contents of some wells | INK |
| Controvert | DENY |
| Cry of ineptitude | ISTINK |
| Dix minus un | NEUF |
| Drawing of the body without its skin, from the French | ECORCHE |
| Duds at an awards ceremony, maybe | TUX |
| Duraflame product | FIRELOG |
| Face of the internet? | EMOTICON |
| Fail badly | TANK |
| First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A. titles | UCLA |
| Flower in the nightshade family | PETUNIA |
| Get | GROK |
| Go from E to F | FUELUP |
| Headliner | LEADACT |
| Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert | PIECAKEN |
| Indian spice mixes | MASALAS |
| Is this such a good idea? | DOIDARE |
| Kind of pool | DATING |
| L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with “the” | ITCLUB |
| Law school subject | ETHICS |
| Like cranks | GROUCHY |
| Likely M.V.P. candidate | ALLSTAR |
| Literally, “one who is sent off” | APOSTLE |
| Low-quality paper | RAG |
| Manor house attendant | GATEMAN |
| Meat | GIST |
| Musical equivalent of two whole notes | BREVE |
| Oh, that’s good! | NICEONE |
| One of the Lesser Antilles | STKITTS |
| Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo | MAILCHIMP |
| Pass it on! | LORE |
| Pass through D.C.? | ENACT |
| Pippi Longstocking feature | PIGTAIL |
| Popular baitfish | SHAD |
| Por ___? | QUE |
| Potential topic to discuss in science class? | ENERGY |
| Questions of surprise? | POPQUIZ |
| Quickly and soon | INAWINK |
| Quiet period | LULL |
| Rabbit ears | TVANTENNA |
| Request from a host | RSVP |
| River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon | ORINOCO |
| Rounded, say | INEXACT |
| Some charges for animal lovers | PETFEES |
| Some vacation getaways | ISLES |
| Standard Disney fare | PGFILMS |
| Strenuous | TAXING |
| Stronger With ___ Tear, 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige | EACH |
| Sunblock blocks it | UVLIGHT |
| They’ve got to hand it to you | DEALERS |
| Things on the heads of some outlaws | PRICES |
| What halophobia is the fear of | SALT |
| What’s mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe | TIN |
| What’s the ___? | DIF |
| Where I-25 meets I-40: Abbr. | NMEX |
| Words of acceptance | SOBEIT |
| Wot’s dat over ___? | DERE |