New York Times Crossword Solutions October 08, 2024

Author: Justin Werfel
Editor: Joel Fagliano

Across
Tackle, as a crossword SOLVE
Hold responsible BLAME
___ culpa MEA
Pertaining to bees APIAN
Small bouquets POSIES
“Be on the lookout” message, for short APB
“Beware of this sausage!”? FEARTHEWURST
Insult DIS
Genderqueer identity, informally ENBY
Balaam couldn’t move his ASS
Must HAVETO
French seasoning SEL
Camera roll contents PHOTOS
Small drum TABOR
Unexpected delight TREAT
Like unshorn wool? ONTHELAMB
Give some lip SASS
Call from a goat MAA
Frosts, as a cupcake ICES
Breed beef cattle? RAISETHESTEAKS
___ good example SETA
A.A. Milne youngster ROO
Roughly cut HEWN
Charlotte’s first draft for “Some Pig”? WHATABOAR
Book in a cartographer’s collection ATLAS
Name of Athena’s shield AEGIS
Two up quarks and a down quark PROTON
Supped on ATE
Crude and tactless GAUCHE
Compete (for) VIE
Giant squids have ones the size of dinner plates EYES
College sr.’s test GRE
Summary of the phonetic puns at 17-, 31-, 38- and 45-Across? MAKEENDSMEAT
Tee preceder ESS
Building with many wings? AVIARY
Handbag PURSE
Thing, in legalese RES
Hub NEXUS
It’s a good thing ASSET
Down
Most secure SAFEST
First game of the season OPENER
On the hook LIABLE
Fluctuate VARY
Treebeard or Beechbone, in Middle-earth ENT
Greets with deference BOWSTO
Sch. whose mascot is Mike the Tiger LSU
Bouncy castle filler AIR
Netting MESH
Huge tract of land ESTATE
Recouped, as an investment MADEBACK
Paragons EPITOMES
Sops up ABSORBS
Money in Mexico PESO
“As if!” HAH
Lionhearted VALIANT
Organizers of book fairs, for short PTAS
“I’m buying!” ONME
Tuck away for later STASH
Like some lions and elephants ASIATIC
Despise HATE
Novak Djokovic or Nikola Jokic, by birth SERB
Bend over STOOP
Go over the line? REHEARSE
“If I had to estimate …” ATAGUESS
Winter frost HOAR
Actor McGregor EWAN
Cocky walk SWAGGER
“Little Shop of Horrors” lyricist Howard ASHMAN
Curiosity and Perseverance, e.g. ROVERS
Good things to dress in when it’s cold LAYERS
“Relax, soldier!” ATEASE
End of a sonnet, often SESTET
Wee TINY
Voluminous ref. OED
Spot for an icicle EAVE
Cassowary relatives EMUS
Cereal with the slogan “Kid-tested. Parent-approved” KIX
Mer contents EAU
Belgian town known for its mineral baths SPA