New York Times Crossword Answers June 30, 2024
Author: Ginny Too
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
| Say “Another great thing about me …,” say | BRAG |
| Baltimore squad, casually | THEOS |
| Turkic tongue | TATAR |
| “I’ll return shortly,” in shorthand | BRB |
| Experience | FEEL |
| Shapeshift | MORPH |
| Emirati’s neighbor | OMANI |
| Feast often concluded with haupia (coconut pudding) | LUAU |
| Getaway driver’s plan, obviously? | FLOORITDUH |
| Desires | WANTS |
| Octopus’s octet | ARMS |
| Staple of ’80s pop | SYNTH |
| Graphing calculator button | COS |
| “She sure runs fast!”? | MISSISZIPPY |
| “Human beef” and “Chicken pox pie” on a menu, one hopes | TYPOS |
| Preps for framing, as a photo | MATS |
| Where fairy tale creatures often live | WOOD |
| Captain and nine crew members? | TENASEA |
| Bust | DUD |
| Ones living a lavish lifestyle, in slang | BALLERS |
| Film unit | REEL |
| Like braids and some breads | PLAITED |
| Jaded miner’s remark? | OREAGAIN |
| Preferring platonic relationships, informally | ARO |
| Words after “Mamma mia!” in “Bohemian Rhapsody” | LETMEGO |
| Bhagavad ___ (Hindu scripture) | GITA |
| Coke-ette? | MINISODA |
| Sandy springs | OASES |
| “What a pity” | ITSSAD |
| Real ___ | ESTATE |
| Actress Kendrick, when appearing in smaller films? | INDIEANNA |
| Time of one’s life | ERA |
| Perform better than | OUTACT |
| Like yesterday’s bread, compared with today’s | STALER |
| Core components | ABS |
| PC-sensitive, in a way? | DELLAWARE |
| Day before domingo | SABADO |
| One of several named in a will | COHEIR |
| The same | ALIKE |
| “You realize this is a silent meditation, right?” | WHYOMING |
| Cornucopia, essentially | HORN |
| Floral brew | ROSETEA |
| Ring call, for short | TKO |
| Considered buying that garden tool? | EYEDAHOE |
| Subject of a common phobia | HEIGHTS |
| Taiwanese tech company | ACER |
| Unswayable | ADAMANT |
| Obvious name for a pet lion | LEO |
| “Wait … can we not play this in F sharp instead?” | HUHWHYE |
| River in a classic dad joke | NILE |
| Landlocked African country | CHAD |
| Quick-cooking noodles | RAMEN |
| “Mm-hmm, get a little nearer”? | VERGEINYEAH |
| When doubled, a rebuke | TUT |
| Spanish wine region | RIOJA |
| “Got it” | ISEE |
| What a glass of cold water forms on a hot day | BEADS |
| Parent’s encouragement to a budding chef? | WHISKONSON |
| Box | SPAR |
| Inspiration for the jokes in this puzzle’s theme | USMAP |
| Ancient region bordering the Aegean Sea | IONIA |
| Excess | GLUT |
| Sassy retort | AND |
| Rulers used to make many crosswords? | TSARS |
| Like a good day for kite-flying | GUSTY |
| Miffed | SORE |
Down
| Two halves of a platonic whole | BFFS |
| Depend | RELY |
| Immeasurably long time | AEON |
| Like the “h” in “hat,” to a linguist | GLOTTAL |
| Response to hearing all the gory details | TMI |
| Campfire remnant | HOTCOAL |
| Paul ___, Hungarian mathematician with over 1,500 published papers | ERDOS |
| Composer’s numbered piece | OPUS |
| “This is a library!” | SHH |
| Specifically | TOWIT |
| Hoard | AMASS |
| Black and ___ (beer cocktails) | TANS |
| Like Gandhi | ANTIWAR |
| Meat-filled puff | RISSOLE |
| Frowned-upon sound | BURP |
| Way up | RAMP |
| Word with body or work | BUSY |
| Successfully nested, say | LAIDEGGS |
| Actor Matthew of “The Americans” | RHYS |
| Ticked off | MADEMAD |
| Author Émile | ZOLA |
| Zip | PEP |
| Sheep product | MUTTON |
| Public transportation option around Hong Kong | TRAM |
| Haunting | EERIE |
| Eye-catching shades | NEONS |
| German article | DIE |
| Heckles, in a way | BOOSAT |
| Poker action | RAISE |
| Long-necked instrument | SITAR |
| In the style of | ALA |
| South Asian | DESI |
| Zip | NADA |
| V-six or V-twelve? | GEESE |
| Figure skater Midori | ITO |
| Like Mecca and Medina | SAUDI |
| Pride | Lion :: Raft |
| Poker action | DEAL |
| Cloisonné technique | INLAY |
| s fitness craze | TAEBO |
| “Invisible Cities” author Calvino | ITALO |
| Poet who wrote “Behold the duck / It does not cluck” | NASH |
| Bordeaux red | CLARET |
| Zodiac animal that spells another if you change its last letter to “t” | RAM |
| Long | ACHE |
| Gloating winner’s exclamation | BOOYA |
| What surfers and guitarists can do, in slang | SHRED |
| Genie’s gift | WISH |
| “___ and the Bee” (2006 film) | AKEELAH |
| Double-knotted, say | RETIED |
| Leave behind | DITCH |
| Harmonious, in a way | ONKEY |
| Put in harm’s way | ENDANGER |
| Sad trombone sound | WAH |
| Reason for an R rating | GORE |
| Source of confidence | EGO |
| Certain camarade | AMIE |
| Fish whose left eye migrates to its right side as it ages (!?) | HALIBUT |
| Unity | ONENESS |
| “Eureka!” | THATSIT |
| Total | SUM |
| They may be striped at ice cream shops | AWNINGS |
| Sub | HERO |
| Chest material | CEDAR |
| Padlock parts | HASPS |
| What’s left of the Colosseum | RUINS |
| A tourist may have one | VISA |
| “Sunday NFL Countdown” airer | ESPN |
| Assessment of a situation | READ |
| Hindu god of death | YAMA |
| hundos | THOU |
| Where the Nobel Peace Prize is presented | OSLO |
| “Belle de ___,” 1967 Catherine Deneuve film | JOUR |
| Poker action | ANTE |
| Freak (out) | WIG |
| Elided agreement | KAY |
