NYT Crossword Clues and Answers 01/21/24

NYT ACROSS CLUES

• 1 Begin to flowerBUD
• 4 In conflictATWAR
• 9 Basketball stats categoryASSISTS
• 16 Neckwear provided at some restaurantsBIB
• 19 Pikes Peak peopleUTE
• 20 One-dish mealCHILI
• 21 “You’re playing with fire!”WATCHIT
• 22 Game night cryUNO
• 23 “First, I founded an aerospace start-up, but I never ?”GOTITOFFTHEGROUND
• 26 Messy roomSTY
• 27 Make the first betOPEN
• 28 Go back overREREAD
• 29 Proverbial hard workersANTS
• 30 Bourne’s employer in “The Bourne Identity,” in briefCIA
• 31 Popular indoor treeFICUS
• 33 Total revolution?YEAR
• 34 Ardennes assentOUI
• 35 Singer’s assetRANGE
• 37 Daughter of MuhammadFATIMA
• 39 “When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we ?”DIDNTSCALEWELL
• 43 SensitivityTACT
• 45 Common resolutionsDIETS
• 46 Squat, so to speakSIT
• 47 Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!)SIA
• 48 Go back downEBB
• 51 J. M. Barrie, for oneSCOT
• 53 What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of “Lord of the Flies”EGO
• 54 BetraysFLIPSON
• 56 “Next, I pivoted into breakfast restaurants, but competitors ?”POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES
• 61 PassagesCORRIDORS
• 62 Medal-earning mettleVALOR
• 63 Purchase printout: Abbr.RCPT
• 66 New Year’s DayONEONE
• 67 Place of prayerPEW
• 69 Sat ___ (GPS system)NAV
• 70 BehindTUSHIE
• 72 Library sectionTEEN
• 73 BroskiHOMIE
• 75 There are 768 of these in a gallonTEASPOONS
• 77 “When I tried candlemaking, all my workers ?”SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT
• 81 Section of the nosebleed seatsLASTROW
• 83 Poetic prepositionERE
• 84 Lead-in to zoneEURO
• 85 Some music collectibles, for shortLPS
• 86 WhizACE
• 87 Counterpart of science, they sayART
• 88 Freight, e.g.GOODS
• 90 Uncles, in UruguayTIOS
• 92 “I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we ?”RANOUTOFRUNWAY
• 96 Goes firstSTARTS
• 100 Wrote, as a bad checkKITED
• 101 Moose’s mating seasonRUT
• 102 Universal donor’s designation, informallyONEG
• 104 Betray one’s standardsSTOOP
• 105 Bridge componentBID
• 106 “We’ll see”IMAY
• 108 BackdropLOCALE
• 110 Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybeYOLO
• 111 Creature that swallows its prey wholeBOA
• 112 “Finally, I decided to buy a grocery store on an intersection, but a rival had …”CORNEREDTHEMARKET
• 115 “Wise” oneOWL
• 116 “Enjoyed” some humble pieATECROW
• 117 Bolting BoltUSAIN
• 118 Union contract?IDO
• 119 Counterpart of “thx”PLS
• 120 Corrupting influenceBADSEED
• 121 Full ___MONTY
• 122 Over time period?EON

NYT VERTICAL CLUES

• 1 “Leave me alone!”BUGOFF
• 2 Heaven on earthUTOPIA
• 3 Pick up onDETECT
• 4 State lines?ACT
• 5 Hammer wielder of mythTHOR
• 6 The missusWIFEY
• 7 ___ Butts, inventor of ScrabbleALFRED
• 8 CVS competitorRITEAID
• 9 ThunderstruckAWED
• 10 SlumpSAG
• 11 Big name in jeansSTRAUSS
• 12 QuintessentialICONIC
• 13 Turn (off)SHUT
• 14 Spam holdersTINS
• 15 Health class subj.STD
• 16 Sloan or WhartonBUSINESSSCHOOL
• 17 Opposite of relief, in printmakingINTAGLIO
• 18 ___ wonderBOY
• 24 Traditional makers of anoraksINUIT
• 25 Like kale vis-à-vis lettuceHARDIER
• 30 Call of a ravenCAW
• 32 Break, as a windowSMASHIN
• 34 Aid in getting a leg up?OTTOMAN
• 35 Knot again!RETIE
• 36 PizazzELAN
• 38 Bow (to)ACCEDE
• 40 Desert bordering SinaiNEGEV
• 41 RegardingASFOR
• 42 Harry Potter’s motherLILY
• 44 HubbubTODO
• 48 Disney theme parkEPCOT
• 49 Yankees manager AaronBOONE
• 50 Absolute minimum requiredBAREESSENTIALS
• 52 ListlessnessTORPOR
• 55 SoulPERSON
• 57 Portmanteau pastryCRONUT
• 58 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a commandUSEME
• 59 “Allegory of the cave” philosopherPLATO
• 60 1956 Elvis hit whose title sounds like a commandLOVEME
• 64 Centerfold, sayPINUP
• 65 Bits of troubleshootingTESTS
• 68 Football receiverWIDEOUT
• 70 Yiddish word meaning “woe”TSURIS
• 71 Eradicates starting from the bottomUPROOTS
• 73 Follow closelyHEWTO
• 74 Zac of “Baywatch”EFRON
• 76 Share a sideABUT
• 78 Identity theft, for oneFRAUD
• 79 Snow day projectFORT
• 80 The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for oneREDWOOD
• 81 Bit of carefree funLARK
• 82 Trendy treat of Brazilian originACAIBOWL
• 88 Swiss cheeseGRUYERE
• 89 Man cave, maybeSANCTUM
• 91 Bacchanalian beastSATYR
• 93 Ref. work that began as a Philological Society projectOED
• 94 Swiss “cheese”FRANCS
• 95 “Whatcha gonna do about it?”YEAHSO
• 97 Cub or coltROOKIE
• 98 “Holy ___!”TOLEDO
• 99 Perfect in every waySPOTON
• 103 ExtractGLEAN
• 106 Tiniest bitIOTA
• 107 Talking horse of ’60s TVMRED
• 108 Apt rhyme of “nude” and “crude”LEWD
• 109 Send offEMIT
• 111 Catchy song, in slangBOP
• 112 Thing to catch in a cityCAB
• 113 Tobiko or masagoROE
• 114 ___ secondANY