New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers March 02, 2024
Author: Natan Last
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Performance featuring masklike kumadori makeup | KABUKI |
| Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970 | ELLIS |
| Place for some nonstarters | BULLPEN |
| Currency that replaced the British West African pound | LEONE |
| Common party store purchase | BALLOONS |
| “Grazie ___!” (“Thank you so much!”) | MILLE |
| Bring up | MENTION |
| First word of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” | TWO |
| Not forward | COY |
| Put forward | ARGUED |
| “___ mair will the bonnie callants / Mairch tae war”: Hamish Henderson | NAE |
| “___ Nagila” (song of celebration) | HAVA |
| Talk trashed? | SLUR |
| Conversation piece? | SOUNDBITE |
| With it | HEP |
| Action toys, perhaps? | STUNTDOGS |
| At once | FORTHWITH |
| Unusual change | RARECOINS |
| Sound often heard doubled | TSK |
| “Nothing to see here, folks …” | MOVEALONG |
| “Later” | TATA |
| Fight club? | MACE |
| “We’re all ___ here. I’m ___. You’re ___”: Cheshire Cat | MAD |
| Event of 1/31/2020 | BREXIT |
| Refuge | ARK |
| Schmuck | ASS |
| Like one with a spare tire | PAUNCHY |
| Many meetings, these days | ZOOMS |
| Rapper/singer with the 2005 hit “Temperature” | SEANPAUL |
| Scratch | DOUGH |
| Clear | EVIDENT |
| Having an itch | ANTSY |
| ___ Horn (British sheep breed) | DORSET |
Down
| Civilization, to Freud | KULTUR |
| ___ B. Latimer, civil rights activist in the National Women’s Hall of Fame | ALLIE |
| They’re in circulation | BLOODSTREAMS |
| Over | UPON |
| Scope | KEN |
| Yield of some scratch-off tickets | INSTANTWIN |
| Furry monster of children’s TV | ELMO |
| Accessory with a scent | LEI |
| Cute images with captions like “If it fits, I sits” | LOLCATS |
| Gaga, say | INLOVE |
| “Later” | SEEYA |
| First-rate | BANGUP |
| Comedian who played Louie the Lilac on “Batman” | BERLE |
| Pulpify | MASH |
| Altar exchange | WEDDINGBANDS |
| Sister state? | NUNHOOD |
| Weather datum | HIGH |
| Put to shame, say | OUTCLASSED |
| Fake online followers | BOTS |
| Cross | SORE |
| Pet, informally | FAVE |
| Play music loudly and energetically | ROCKOUT |
| Stereotypical campaign promise | TAXCUT |
| Big name in power tools | STIHL |
| “What ___ Did” (classic children’s book with insects on the cover) | KATY |
| Strand | MAROON |
| Lease signatory | TENANT |
| Protegé maker | MAZDA |
| Currency in The Legend of Zelda | RUPEE |
| Like spent briquettes | ASHY |
| Connect, as a Bluetooth device | PAIR |
| Some vintage roadsters | MGS |
| Discontinued Mitsubishi sports sedan, informally | EVO |