NYT Crossword Answers 10/20/24
NYT Across Clues
1 “Yikes!”EGAD
5 Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stewRAGU
9 Last wordFINIS
14 It can bust one’s bracketUPSET
19 Island west of Komodo National ParkBALI
20 Privy toINON
21 Call to mindEVOKE
22 10th of 24KAPPA
23 Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for … “Godzilla”?BIGGIANTMONSTER
26 ___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New JerseyELLIS
27 Fantasy football fodderSTATS
28 Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhapsAWARD
29 Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr.OBES
31 Bandmate of Keith for 60+ yearsMICK
32 Hasten, old-styleHIE
34 Rival of ForbesINC
35 Futuristic microscopic machineNANOBOT
37 … “E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial”?WITNESSALIENARRIVAL
43 Essen exclamationsACHS
45 BileIRE
46 Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward BABBA
47 Grave words?EULOGY
48 “While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping” poetPOE
49 ___ alaiJAI
50 Sam who directed “Spider-Man”RAIMI
52 D-Day craft: Abbr.LST
53 With 112-Down, a small laughTEE
54 … “Independence Day”?HANCOCKSIGNSTHEPAPER
59 Having had a few bites, sayITCHY
60 What this isCLUE
61 Mediterranean condimentAIOLI
62 “Mon ___!”DIEU
63 Liturgical vestmentSTOLE
65 CenterMIDST
67 At seaLOST
71 Suitor of Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera”RAOUL
73 Kind of shell that’s easily brokenTACO
74 Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdityKAFKA
75 … “Rush Hour”?TANGLEDFROZENTRAFFIC
81 “Devilish” cartoon characterTAZ
82 Publishing V.I.P.sEDS
83 Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United StatesRARER
84 Unsafe?OUT
85 Modern H.R. initiativeDEI
86 Bryn Mawr grad, e.g.ALUMNA
88 NagPEST
89 ConnectionsINS
90 One in a line at a grocery storeCART
91 … “Insomnia”?WIREDSLEEPERSMISERY
96 Person with attachment issues, perhapsEMAILER
97 “The Strife is ___, the Battle Done” (hymn)OER
98 Detergent brandERA
99 Baja resort town, familiarlyCABO
101 ___ Sidle, longtime role on “C.S.I.”SARA
102 Moving day leftoversBOXES
104 Overseas refusalsNYETS
108 Holding nothing backALLIN
110 … “Sex and the City”?MANHATTANHOOKUP
113 “Welcome” introduction?YOURE
114 Texas A&M athleteAGGIE
115 Girl’s name that sounds like two adjacent lettersEDIE
116 Singer HorneLENA
117 MountSTEED
118 Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagelsSEEDS
119 VarietyTYPE
120 Novelist Johnson who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fictionADAM
NYT Vertical Clues
1 SubsidesEBBS
2 Walk way?GAIT
3 Aquarium growthALGA
4 “Check it out, man!”DIGTHIS
5 Narrow inletRIA
6 Antonio López de Santa ___, three-time president of MexicoANNA
7 Finally saw through a deceptionGOTWISE
8 EmasculatesUNMANS
9 Ward (off)FEND
10 E.R. linesIVS
11 0%NOTONEBIT
12 Japanese art of flower arrangementIKEBANA
13 Star in Venus’s orbit?SERENA
14 Island stringsUKE
15 Ingredient in some lipsticks, pizza dough and biodieselPALMOIL
16 Cause of a hung jurySPLITVOTE
17 Larger-than-lifeEPIC
18 AssignmentTASK
24 “Really?”ISIT
25 Marine menaceORCA
30 Sensitive subjectSORESPOT
33 Pioneering computerENIAC
36 HarshBRUTAL
37 From what placeWHENCE
38 Actor-turned-policeman EstradaERIK
39 Jazz singer CleoLAINE
40 Some old PCsIBMS
41 Ending with teenAGER
42 “That’s a ___!” (chemist’s punny observation)LYE
43 Garden invaderAPHID
44 Raccoon relativeCOATI
49 Partner of prideJOY
50 Small brookRILL
51 Illness with chillsAGUE
52 Island ringsLEIS
55 RoilCHURN
56 Give a lecture, saySCOLD
57 SportedHADON
58 Seasoned rice dishPILAF
63 Listing agent’s conditionSOLDASIS
64 Voting day: Abbr.TUES
65 Feature of some English gardensMAZE
66 “Happy Birthday” writer, sometimesICER
68 Athlete’s out-of-character performance, sayOFFDAY
69 Lift ticket purchaserSKIER
70 UnspokenTACIT
72 Word after hidden or politicalAGENDA
73 Calorie-rich cakeTORTE
74 Apt name for a veterinarianKAT
75 Ankle bonesTALI
76 Sky shadeAZUREBLUE
77 Claim on an egg cartonFREERANGE
78 Woodworking toolRASP
79 Tennille of Captain & TennilleTONI
80 Charlotte ___ (dessert)RUSSE
81 Shooting marbleTAW
87 Aide-___ (mnemonic device)MEMOIRE
88 NobilityPEERAGE
89 “Let’s do this thing!”IMREADY
90 Creator of colorful craftsCRAYOLA
92 Woolly pack animalsLLAMAS
93 OriginROOT
94 HexadSEXTET
95 Rubik of puzzle cube fameERNO
99 Coral isletsCAYS
100 Quite oftenALOT
102 Sweeties, informallyBAES
103 Barbershop soundSNIP
105 Barely made, with “out”EKED
106 Poke bowl ingredientTUNA
107 Overcommunicate, saySPAM
109 ___ Low, famed English pirateNED
111 SecretedHID
112 See 53-AcrossHEE