New York Times Crossword Answers October 16, 2023
Author: Michael Lieberman and Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Rounded roofs | DOMES |
| Closes, as a jacket or travel bag | ZIPS |
| Like the odds of getting dealt a royal flush | SLIM |
| Stratosphere layer with a “hole” | OZONE |
| Orchestra woodwind | OBOE |
| Partner for a mama | PAPA |
| Hunky star of “Aquaman” | JASONMOMOA |
| “Immediately!,” on an order | ASAP |
| “Chopsticks ___ fork?” | ORA |
| Opposite of bright | DIM |
| Distress signal device | FLARE |
| Satirical sketch | SKIT |
| Actress Tyler | LIV |
| Dinner’s main course | ENTREE |
| Hunky star of “Magic Mike” | CHANNINGTATUM |
| Soccer stadium shout | OLE |
| Derrière | TUSH |
| The “A” in MoMA | ART |
| “Sure as shootin’ …” | BYGUM |
| Hunky co-star of “Rocky III” | MRT |
| Popular toaster waffles | EGGOS |
| Rowing blade | OAR |
| Berry said to be a “superfood” | ACAI |
| “Here’s what I think,” to emailers | IMO |
| Hunky co-star of the “Fast & Furious” franchise | DWAYNEJOHNSON |
| Make beloved | ENDEAR |
| Boy | LAD |
| Campus digs | DORM |
| Flip one’s lid? | UNCAP |
| Skin blemish, slangily | ZIT |
| Actress Vardalos or Long | NIA |
| Lacking fizz, as soda | FLAT |
| Avid fans of cinema … or a punny description of 17-, 31-, 40- and 47-Across | MOVIEBUFFS |
| Info for a computer | DATA |
| “Gotcha” | ISEE |
| Bit of celery or broccoli | STALK |
| Lumberjacks swing them | AXES |
| “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer | CHER |
| “For ___ sake!” | PETES |
Down
| Judo schools | DOJOS |
| Arkansas’s ___ Mountains | OZARK |
| Inlaid tile design | MOSAIC |
| Bowie collaborator Brian | ENO |
| Drop in the mail | SEND |
| Get a closer view, as with a camera | ZOOMIN |
| Tech giant dubbed “Big Blue” | IBM |
| [It just disappeared!] | POOF |
| What a landlubber likely lacks | SEALEGS |
| Ancient rival of Athens | SPARTA |
| Game like paintball, but without the paint or the balls | LASERTAG |
| Pub offering, for short | IPA |
| Rand McNally product | MAP |
| Pooh and Piglet creator | MILNE |
| “O Canada” and others | ANTHEMS |
| Quaker pronoun | THOU |
| Bitter criticism | VITRIOL |
| € currency | EURO |
| responders, in brief | EMTS |
| The Old Farmer’s ___ | ALMANAC |
| Filbert or pecan | NUT |
| Be an omen of | BODE |
| [Bor-r-ring!] | YAWN |
| Finish school | GRADUATE |
| Lt. col.’s inferior | MAJ |
| B, gradewise | GOOD |
| Like pots made by a potter | CERAMIC |
| Nonmainstream, as music | INDIE |
| Buttinskies | YENTAS |
| More foggy | HAZIER |
| Like skim milk | NONFAT |
| Long-barreled gun | RIFLE |
| Halloween disguises | MASKS |
| Swanky, like a certain Spice Girl? | POSH |
| Recipe amt. | TBSP |
| Pharmaceutical watchdog org. | FDA |
| Not strict | LAX |
| Letter represented by a peace sign | VEE |
| Great Basin people | UTE |