New York Times Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers January 28, 2024

Author: Nathan Hasegawa
Editor: Will Shortz

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Clues and Answers

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

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