New York Times Crossword Solutions October 02, 2024
Author: Rena Cohen
Editor: Joel Fagliano
Across
Strikes, perhaps | SLAPS |
Animal cry that sounds like a Greek letter | MEW |
Girls, ___ (nonprofit since 1864) | INC |
Find on the radio | TUNETO |
Move, in real estate lingo | RELO |
Woman on un árbol genealógico | TIA |
Value | ESTEEM |
More slippery | EELIER |
TV channel showing lots of pitches | HSN |
Disclaimer on a sale poster | WHILESUPPLIESLAST |
Contradict | BELIE |
Save money on one’s commute home, perhaps | SPLITACAB |
Actor who played a character with the same first name on “Two and a Half Men” | CHARLIESHEEN |
You can see right through it | PANE |
Up to ___ | PAR |
Like nearly everybody on a Reply All thread | CCED |
Genre influenced by Jamaica’s independence | SKA |
Puts on a Christmas list, say | ASKSFOR |
Some young studs | BOYTOYS |
Lisbon’s land: Abbr. | POR |
First name in student loans | SALLIE |
Louvre Pyramid architect | PEI |
___ facto | IPSO |
Skeptics | NONBELIEVERS |
Half of a sprinter’s pair | TRACKSHOE |
One of the four classical elements, along with ignis, aqua and terra | AER |
-Across feature, as seen three times in this puzzle | SPIKE |
Test required for all C.I.A. applicants … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme | POLYGRAPH |
Major British tabloid, with “The” | SUN |
When sudden death can occur, for short | INOT |
“Understood” | IGOTIT |
Caribbean clock setting: Abbr. | AST |
New Mexico county or its seat | TAOS |
Early bird’s bedtime, maybe | NINEPM |
Baseball players who only bat, for short | DHS |
Snide chuckle | HEH |
Boardroom support | EASEL |
Down
Cocido or callaloo | STEW |
Luxuriant | LUSH |
Like some dog collars | ANTIBARK |
Tool used in making applesauce and mashed potatoes | PEELER |
Metal marble | STEELIE |
Human-shaped board game piece | MEEPLE |
Singer/songwriter Goulding | ELLIE |
Truly awful, with “the” | WORST |
City that’s absolutely “gorges” | ITHACA |
Leaf maker | NISSAN |
“There’s no way!” | CANTBE |
Mantra chants | OMS |
Went door to door for | REPPED |
Performer at 2024’s Super Bowl halftime show | USHER |
Wash against, as waves on the shore | LAPAT |
It fits under a tongue | INSOLE |
Busy Apr. professional | CPA |
Contracts | HAS |
Derides | SCORNS |
Budget planner, for short | CFO |
Half sister of Kim, Khloé and Kourtney | KYLIE |
TV character who said “Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them” | SPOCK |
City name in Genesis | BABEL |
Runs | OPERATES |
“___ outta here!” | YER |
Female friend, casually | SIS |
Elitists | SNOOTS |
“What a shame!” | ITSSAD |
Major media campaign, say | PRPUSH |
N.F.L. franchise that went its first 20 seasons without a single winning record | SAINTS |
“Darn it!” | OHPOOH |
Home to “star-cross’d lovers” | VERONA |
Urban artist? | KEITH |
Longhorn’s college rival | AGGIE |
Philosophical darkness | YIN |
Decorate, as a baker might | PIPE |
Web code | HTML |
When doubled, dance move accompanying the Whip | NAE |