New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers February 29, 2024
Author: Esha Datta
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Line just above “total,” maybe | TIP |
| Place for three men of verse | INATUB |
| Mideast site of conflict | GAZA |
| That: Sp. | ESO |
| “Nothing doing” | NODICE |
| Series of courses | MEAL |
| Response to a baby animal picture | AWW |
| Like many tournaments | SEEDED |
| Swiss river | AARE |
| ___ discount | ATA |
| Game island represented by hexagonal tiles | CATAN |
| Like a planet’s path | ORBITAL |
| Reason to take a back road, maybe | SCENERY |
| ___ mater (brain cover) | PIA |
| Testify | DEPOSE |
| Boldly stylish, in slang | FIERCE |
| Comics sound | BAM |
| Pastries usually accompanied by chutney | SAMOSAS |
| Like a final, desperate attempt | DOORDIE |
| Romantic infatuation | CRUSH |
| Store posting: Abbr. | HRS |
| Pulitzer-winning author who was also a film critic for Time magazine | AGEE |
| Salt, at times | DEICER |
| Mistakes in baseball … or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce? | WILDPITCHES |
| Rumpus | ADO |
| Running shoe brand | AVIA |
| Jhumpa ___, Pulitzer-winning author of “Interpreter of Maladies” | LAHIRI |
| “___ better to have loved and lost …” | TIS |
| Telegraph, say | SEND |
| Safari pest | TSETSE |
| Time for Paris’s 2024 Jeux Olympiques | ETE |
Down
| Where many bags of leaves can be found | TEASHOP |
| “Cross my heart!” | ISWEARIT |
| Energizing snack | POWERBAR |
| Overrun | INFEST |
| “Beats me” | NOIDEA |
| What the 1660s Pascaline machine, named for Blaise Pascal, could do | ADD |
| ___ wave | TIDAL |
| Sch. that once used a live bear as a mascot during football games | UCLA |
| Ingredient in some batter | BEER |
| Big name in trucks | GMC |
| Make bubbly | AERATE |
| Mideast spice blend | ZAATAR |
| State capital once home to Herman Melville | ALBANY |
| Pause to play? | RECESS |
| Measure of print quality: Abbr. | DPI |
| Trees in the birch family | ALDERS |
| Once again | ANEW |
| Certain racing wear | SPEEDO |
| ___ anglais (English horn) | COR |
| More quickly? | ETC |
| Sightings of them can be reported on the Enigma app | UFOS |
| Unlucky accident | MISHAP |
| Sweet ___ | PEA |
| Renounce | ABDICATE |
| Stuck the landing | NAILEDIT |
| Place for soap? | MELROSE |
| Most common vowel sounds in English | SCHWAS |
| Achieve widespread recognition | ARRIVE |
| Cotton material | MUSLIN |
| Calls for delivery | ORDERS |
| Attire for a toddler | ONESIE |
| Baseball stat | RBI |
| Actress Anne of “Wag the Dog” | HECHE |
| Coated with gold | GILT |
| List on display at the airport | ETAS |
| ___ jokes | DAD |
| Popular song | HIT |