New York Times Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers January 28, 2024
Author: Nathan Hasegawa
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
Toy on a racetrack | SLOTCAR |
Soccer star who has won a record eight Ballon d’Or awards | MESSI |
Like “t,” “k” and “p,” in phonetics | PLOSIVE |
What Hemingway claimed he did to the ending of “A Farewell to Arms” 39 times | REWROTE |
Dartmouth and Penn, e.g. | IVIES |
Fled | RANAWAY |
Mnemonic start | SILENTM |
Actor Leary | DENIS |
Flowerlike sea creature | ANEMONE |
Massive victory … or a high score in 113-Across? | SMASHINGSUCCESS |
Really enjoys oneself | HASABLAST |
Doofuses | MEATHEADS |
Wetland | FEN |
Objections | NOES |
Be part of an uprising | RIOT |
Lowercase letter that resembles an “n” | ETA |
Las Vegas resort with a music-inspired name | ARIA |
But | YET |
Resort amenity | SPA |
Medical procedure, for short | ECG |
Overabundance | GLUT |
Vodka drink, informally | COSMO |
Tremble | PALPITATE |
Contaminating trace | TAINT |
Chemical solution strength | TITER |
“Yeshiva boy” played by Barbra Streisand | YENTL |
Author who penned the line “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart” | MILNE |
Climate issue addressed in the Montreal Protocol | OZONEHOLE |
Approach something with gusto | GOWHOLEHOG |
What’s the matter? | MOLECULES |
Sunder | REND |
Shapes of many carrot slices | COINS |
Currency worth a little more than dollars | EUROS |
Spreadsheet command | SORT |
Spot for a loft | BARN |
Muesli bit | OAT |
Make a pile, perhaps | RAKE |
Rentable transportation options | ZIPCARS |
Fracas | FUROR |
Music’s Little ___ | RICHARD |
Used TurboTax, say | EFILED |
Journalist’s accessory | NOTEPAD |
Knuckle-headed act? | NOOGIE |
Biblical man who lost his birthright | ESAU |
musical retelling of the stories of Henry VIII’s wives | SIX |
Symbol for torque, in physics | TAU |
Many a viral post | MEME |
Point of no return? | BLACKHOLE |
Ace | HOLEINONE |
Coast | SEASHORE |
Ellipsis element | DOT |
Aviator’s maneuver in a crosswind landing | SIDESLIP |
Proportional | INSCALE |
“The Last Supper,” for one | MURAL |
Spot on an afternoon schedule? | TEATIME |
Doofuses | DOPES |
Game represented visually in this puzzle | WHACAMOLE |
Talks like Tom Waits | RASPS |
Justice Kagan | ELENA |
Try for a seat in the Capitol | SENATEBID |
Fifth-century pope dubbed “the Great” | STLEO |
Constant nuisance | BANE |
Like some postage and parking spaces | METERED |
Fish whose juveniles can climb walls | EELS |
Down
Many prom attendees: Abbr. | SRS |
Niihau neckwear | LEI |
Symbol of wisdom | OWL |
Lock | TRESS |
Mountebank | CONMAN |
“Nice work, little fella!” | ATTABOY |
Dreamy state | REMSLEEP |
Skirts that go below the knee | MIDIS |
Giant slalom at the Olympics, e.g. | EVENT |
Choir director’s command | SING |
Tremor | SEISM |
Put out | ISSUE |
Make perfect, maybe | PRACTICE |
Frustrating highway driver | LANEHOG |
Short tennis session | ONESET |
Gregor ___, Franz Kafka character | SAMSA |
___ Jima | IWO |
Small band transport | VAN |
Image at the top of the pyramid on the back of a dollar bill | EYE |
“___ la vista, baby!” | HASTA |
Insertion mark | CARET |
Put on a pedestal, say | HEROIZE |
Jennifer of “The Morning Show” | ANISTON |
“White Noise” author Don | DELILLO |
What a shock! | STUNNER |
,111, vis-à-vis 123,454,321 | FACTOR |
Swear (to) | ATTEST |
Tweak, say | AMEND |
Ejects forcefully | SPEWSOUT |
Primitive camera feature | PINHOLE |
Like a winner of a mountain marathon, in two senses | ATTHETOP |
First name of Julius Caesar | GAIUS |
Unrefined mined find | ORE |
Finish line for the first stage of the first Tour de France | LYON |
Giant name in Giants history | ALOU |
Cinemax competitor | TMC |
It’s facedown on a poker table | HOLECARD |
Negroni spirit | GIN |
[I’m SO mad!] | GRR |
Cotton fabric often used in bandages | MOLESKIN |
Hosp. areas | ORS |
Gondola propeller | OAR |
Honey | BAE |
Verb sometimes abbreviated to its central letter | ARE |
Prefix with tourist or hotel | ECO |
Series finale | ZEE |
Counterfactual starters, in logic | IFS |
Karachi-based carrier | PIA |
Certain urban nightlife | CLUBSCENE |
Military hiding spot | FOXHOLE |
Place that’s cramped and squalid | RATHOLE |
Something a presidential candidate often wins | HOMESTATE |
Gray, say | AGE |
Part of a hoop | RIM |
It may be repeated after “fiddle” | DEE |
Oregon-based athletic brand | NIKE |
Podium | DAIS |
Items in a hardware store bin | SCREWS |
Acting as one | UNITED |
Capital in the Himalayas | LHASA |
Company originally known as Control Video Corp. | AOL |
Shelley’s “___ to the West Wind” | ODE |
Converges on | NEARS |
Source of a sleeper hit, perhaps | SIDEB |
___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown | ENOLA |
Pitkin County ski town | ASPEN |
Old Venetian money | DUCAT |
Give a keynote, say | ORATE |
Performer with lions | TAMER |
Cotton fabric often used in hosiery | LISLE |
Urge | IMPEL |
Some dinero | PESOS |
Part of a lion | MANE |
Ear piece | LOBE |
Bottom line? | HEM |
Container component | LID |