NY Times Crossword 8 Sep 24, Sunday Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Smacks : WHAPS
6 “Obey your thirst” or “Got milk?” : AD SLOGAN
14 Tiki bar fruit : PAPAYA
20 Painter Rousseau : HENRI
21 Admit guilt, perhaps : COP A PLEA
22 Porcelain coating : ENAMEL
23 Extra : ADD-ON
24 Age 1 : AMATEUR STANDING
26 Tugboat greetings : TOOTS
27 Drive in Beverly Hills : RODEO
28 Modern-day alternative to a cash till : IPAD
29 Memo heading : IN RE
30 Awful, in slang : SUCKY
33 Quarry : STONE PIT
37 Age 5 : FIRST IN CLASS
41 ___ al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) : EID
42 Actor Paul : DANO
43 One of 13 in a standard game of “Jeopardy!” : CATEGORY
44 Animal whose name is pronounced with a “y” sound by many Spanish speakers : LLAMA
46 ___ Rabbit : BRER
47 Many an airport shuttle : VAN
48 Age 16 : DRIVING CRAZY
51 Rare bill : TWO
53 Unvarnished : PURE
56 Govt. lawyers : DAS
57 Battery options : AAAS
58 Chris of “Jurassic World” : PRATT
60 Succulent source of syrup : AGAVE
62 Subj. of some training : CPR
63 Alternative to the pill, in brief : IUD
66 Age 18 : GIVE IT THE OL’ COLLEGE TRY
72 Political analyst Walter : AMY
73 “It’s whatever” : MEH
74 Award-winning Janelle : MONAE
75 Laughing gas or quicklime : OXIDE
76 “The Kite Runner” protagonist : AMIR
78 Goal : AIM
81 Feature of the Pizza Hut logo : ROOF
82 Prefix from the Latin for “needle” : ACU-
83 Age 21 : BAR ADMISSION
87 Built-___ (some shelving) : INS
89 Dwelling with a circular frame : YURT
90 Vacation isle in the Ionian Sea : CORFU
91 Parts of vintage movie collections : VHS TAPES
96 “However …,” in texts : OTOH …
97 Hide-out spot : DEN
98 Age 65 : FINISH THE JOB
101 Any of the six in football’s “New Year’s Six” : BOWL GAME
103 Bug : ANNOY
104 Possible threat to one in debt : REPO
105 Director Kazan : ELIA
106 Pirate’s haul : BOOTY
109 ___ Picchu : MACHU
110 Age 100 : CENTENNIAL STATE
116 Place to store seasonal décor : ATTIC
117 Give the lay of the land : ORIENT
118 Warmly acknowledges : SMILES AT
119 “Good grief!” : YEESH!
120 Like black-tie affairs : DRESSY
121 Broad view : PANORAMA
122 Social media request : ADD ME?

Down

1 Worrywart’s words : WHAT IF …
2 Pertaining to the pursuit of pleasure : HEDONIC
3 Country that counts the French president as a co-prince : ANDORRA
4 Write-in, often : PROTEST VOTE
5 Church recitation, at times : SINS
6 Letters aptly found in “Obamacare” : ACA
7 ___ Pérignon : DOM
8 Glittering : SPARKLY
9 Singer Jackson who wasn’t a part of the Jackson 5 : LATOYA
10 Pundit’s writing : OP-ED
11 Stick : GLUE
12 Travel lead-in to “méxico” : AERO-
13 “Hip Hop Is Dead” rapper : NAS
14 Edible shell : PEA POD
15 Diplomat Kofi : ANNAN
16 Way to bulk up one’s chest : PADDED BRA
17 Opposite of un adversaire : AMI
18 Desire : YEN
19 Neighbor of Niger: Abbr. : ALG
25 “Assumption of the Virgin” painter : TITIAN
30 Join a petition : SIGN
31 Game whose name must be said to win : UNO
32 “Proud Mary” band, for short : CCR
33 They follow quarters : SEMIS
34 Leechlike : PARASITIC
35 Name rhymed with “says” in Taylor Swift’s “Betty” : INEZ
36 Major or May, politically : TORY
38 It may come loose : TEA
39 Nice Nikon, for short : SLR
40 Went downhill : SLID
45 Janine’s boss on “Abbott Elementary” : AVA
48 “Whip It” band : DEVO
49 Gawk : GAPE
50 Word with ship or shorts : CARGO…
51 Decorate, in a way : TRIM
52 Symbol for a winding road : WAVY ARROW
53 Way to go : PATH
54 “Good grief!” : UGH!
55 John who explored the Northwest Passage : RAE
58 Tour grp. : PGA
59 Mouselike : TIMID
61 Tree along Central Park’s Literary Walk : ELM
62 Head of staff? : CLEF
64 Close relative of Hindi : URDU
65 Give some shade? : DYE
67 Years of service : TERM
68 Something on an ear … or, in a different sense, a foot : CORN
69 About whom Lennon wrote “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” : ONO
70 Thai’s neighbor : LAO
71 Out of patience : EXASPERATED
77 Competitors who know their limits? : MATHLETES
78 Together : AS ONE
79 Neighbor of Lebanon: Abbr. : ISR
80 Tick off : MIFF
83 Picnic invitation abbr. : BYOB
84 Thermostat setting : AUTO
85 Val Kilmer’s “Top Gun” role : ICEMAN
86 Homophone of “wee” : OUI
87 Wee : ITTY
88 Casual refusal : NAH
91 Flowing movement between yoga poses : VINYASA
92 QVC alternative : HSN
93 Channel owned by Paramount, for short : SHO
94 Like red card recipients : EJECTED
95 Deceptive argument : SOPHISM
97 Delicately pretty : DAINTY
99 Gab : NATTER
100 French kisser? : BOUCHE
102 Secluded valleys : GLENS
106 School with the mascot Big Al, for short : BAMA
107 Oscar-nominated Lena : OLIN
108 World capital with the most appearances in the New York Times crossword : OSLO
109 Non-Egyptian people who used hieroglyphics : MAYA
110 “___: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World” (1997 nonfiction best seller) : COD
111 Mess up : ERR
112 German for “never” : NIE
113 AOL was an early one, in brief : ISP
114 Doctoral graduation cap : TAM
115 Driver’s target, in brief : ETA