NYT Crossword Answers 10/12/23
NYT ACROSS CLUES
- 1 “She Bee Stingin’” athleteLAILAALI
- 9 Answer to the riddle ?I have one bow but no arrows. What am I??ASHIP
- 14 H.S. course for College-KreditAPGERMAN
- 15 New York county that’s home to BinghamtonBROOME
- 16 Scholar’s mug collection?YEARBOOK
- 17 Run (to)AMOUNT
- 18 Groans equivalent to eye rollsOYS
- 19 Sugar apple, by another nameSWEETS
- 21 Grade just above averageCPLUS
- 24 ___ SchwarzFAO
- 25 Angle symbol, in trigonometryTHETA
- 28 What a cryptid might beHOAX
- 29 Ones doing some heavy lifting before retirement?JACKS
- 31 “___ ready as I’ll ever be”IMAS
- 32 Spinning speed: Abbr.RPS
- 33 1974 John Wayne movieMCQ
- 34 Gentlemen of Verona, in EnglandSIGNORS
- 36 ChooseTFOR
- 38 ConvertibleRAGT
- 39 One favoring imitation over innovationMETOOER
- 42 VimPEP
- 43 “Succession” airerHBO
- 46 Lamar who played for the 59-AcrossODOM
- 47 FlooredWOWED
- 49 “Is it just ___ is it hot in here?”MEOR
- 50 Good field for a smooth talkerSALES
- 52 Brief British P.M. ___ TrussLIZ
- 53 Donna ___, “The Goldfinch” authorTARTT
- 54 Unrestricted auditionENCALL
- 56 [It’s cold in here!]BRR
- 57 MX-5 roadsters, e.g.MIATAS
- 59 N.B.A. team with a 1980s “Showtime” eraLALAKERS
- 64 Baby eelsELVERS
- 65 Covert missions … or what’s covert in eight of this puzzle’s answersBLACKOPS
- 66 Navigates a slippery slope, in a waySLEDS
- 67 China and environsEASTASIA
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
- 1 Put (down)LAY
- 2 MimicAPE
- 3 Tennis champion SwiatekIGA
- 4 Gaston who wrote “The Phantom of the Opera”LEROUX
- 5 Restaurant chain named after its founders, the Raffel brothersARBYS
- 6 “Famous” cookie guyAMOS
- 7 Mekong Valley languageLAO
- 8 Key part of a cephalopod’s defense mechanismINKSAC
- 9 15th-century headgear for a knightARMET
- 10 Common aloe descriptorSOOTHING
- 11 Sorority chaperoneHOUSEMOTHER
- 12 Captcha test affirmationIMN
- 13 Document that may contain a microchip number and a veterinarian’s signaturePET
- 15 Modern loveBAE
- 20 Pans that sound like strollsWOKS
- 21 X and YCHR
- 22 Dosed oneselfPOP
- 23 Like the cleanup crew at closing time, typicallyLASTTOLEAVE
- 24 Doc to consult when confusedFAQ
- 26 –TAR
- 27 –ASS
- 29 Retail apparel giantJCREW
- 30 BegatSIRED
- 33 Low in the pastureMOO
- 35 IntersticeGAP
- 37 SpurredFOMENTED
- 39 –MOS
- 40 –EDA
- 41 “Just ___ with it”ROLL
- 42 Candy dispensed with a “nod” of the headPEZ
- 44 –BOT
- 45 –ORT
- 48 Words repeated in the title of a Doris Day hitWILLBE
- 49 Pre-euro currency of FinlandMARKKA
- 51 Leaves damagedSCARS
- 53 It might be a lotTRACT
- 55 NinnyASS
- 56 Panama’s Gulf of San ___BLAS
- 57 –MES
- 58 –ILL
- 60 Mobile home: Abbr.ALA
- 61 Morning glory goddessEOS
- 62 Campus in Troy, N.Y.RPI
- 63 27- or 55-Down backwardSSA