NY Times Crossword 2 Oct 21, Saturday
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Across
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like the Rock vis-à-vis any of the Stones | BEEFIER |
| Small doodles, perhaps | LAP DOGS |
| ___ pants | HAREM |
| Surpass | ECLIPSE |
| Candy bar with an exclamation point in its name | OH HENRY! |
| To love, in Italian | AMARE |
| Meticulous magical beings? | THOROUGH FAIRIES (from “thoroughfares”) |
| The land down under | HADES |
| Sharpen | HONE |
| Screams | RIOTS |
| Calendar column: Abbr. | MON |
| Frenzied states | PANICS |
| High-ranking figures, collectively | BRASS |
| Like some cross-Caribbean flights? | PANAMA-HAITI (from “panama hat”) |
| Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the New York Jets Ring of Honor | AL TOON |
| Biblical father of Eliphaz | ESAU |
| CNN political correspondent Bash | DANA |
| Bushy-tailed rodents | DORMICE |
| Postseason tournament pick | WILD CARD |
| ___ Reader (quarterly magazine) | UTNE |
| Journals of a certain stunt performer? | DOUBLE DIARIES (from “double dare”) |
| Commuting arrangement | CARPOOL |
| Body shop fig. | EST |
| Owing | SHY |
| Buddy of Buddy, maybe | FIDO |
| What might whet an appetite | AROMA |
| Taken down and put up elsewhere | REHUNG |
| Relative of cerulean | AZURE |
| Scale for some judges | ONE TO TEN |
| Possible reason for refusing to wear a tank top? | SHOULDER HAIRINESS (from “shoulder harness”) |
| Worries about something | SWEATS IT |
| 2018 crime biopic | GOTTI |
| “Potatoes done perfect” sloganeer | ORE-IDA |
| Shape of a doughnut | TORUS |
| Shape of a canine ID tag, often | BONE |
| Fossil suffix | -ITE |
| “Most miserable hour that ___ time saw”: Lady Capulet | E’ER |
| “Checkmate” | YOU LOSE |
| Means of learning about Chiang Kai-shek? | BOOKS ON TAIPEI (from “books on tape”) |
| Massachusetts’ College of Our Lady of the ___ | ELMS |
| Some post-pollution efforts | CLEANUPS |
| Become ticked off | GET SORE |
| Ready | PREP |
| Wielder of the hammer Mjölnir | THOR |
| Tools used by horologists | LOUPES |
| Inept dancers at Oktoberfest? | POLKA IDIOTS (from “polka dots”) |
| Express line count | ITEMS |
| Mentor of 50 Cent | EMINEM |
| Valedictorian’s pride, in brief | GPA |
| Mag space seller | AD REP |
| Smurf with a white beard | PAPA |
| Dish at a traditional Bedouin wedding | CAMEL |
| New look provider … or a homophonic hint to this puzzle’s theme | FRESH PAIR OF EYES or FRESH PAIR OF IS |
| Small hill | KNOLL |
| Poorly lit | DARKISH |
| Series of steps | PROCESS |
| Early R&B group for Missy Elliott | SISTA |
| Stockpiles | AMASSES |
| Felt on the head? | STETSON |
Down
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “2 Broke Girls” co-star Behrs | BETH |
| Bounce off the wall | ECHO |
| Musk of SpaceX | ELON |
| Incendiary explosive | FIREBOMB |
| Big news to share in the biz world? | IPO |
| Company acquired by Allstate in 2011 | ESURANCE |
| Longtime first name in TV talk | REGIS |
| Unpartitioned apartment | LOFT |
| Clicking sounds? | AHAS |
| Letter two after tau | PHI |
| ___ E (skin care brand) | DERMA |
| Guacamole ingredient | ONION |
| Major exporter of nutmeg | GRENADA |
| ___ admin | SYS |
| “LOLOL” | HA HA HA |
| Big name in microwaves | AMANA |
| Straight sides of sectors | RADII |
| Put up | ERECT |
| Soccer superstar nicknamed “La Pulga” (“The Flea”) | MESSI |
| Water (down) | HOSE |
| The National Zoo’s Xiao Qi Ji, e.g. | PANDA |
| Agitate | ROIL |
| Hungarian herding breed | PULI |
| Figure on Italy’s 2,000-lira note before euros were introduced | MARCONI |
| Common viper | ADDER |
| Free | LOOSE |
| People can’t lie under it | TRUTH SERUM |
| Actor who delivered the line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” | SWAYZE |
| Word with power or brakes | AIR … |
| GQ V.I.P.s | EDS |
| Best | DEFEAT |
| “___: Vegas” (TV reboot of 2021) | CSI |
| Revolted | UPROSE |
| Treat for Mr. Owl | TOOTSIE POP |
| Seward Peninsula city | NOME |
| Verve | ELAN |
| “There was no choice” | I HAD TO |
| Person with star power? | RATER |
| Triangular piece in a party bowlful | DORITO |
| Rentals that might come with dolly carts | U-HAULS |
| “Wrong!” | NOT SO! |
| Nickname for someone whose full name is a calendar month | GUS |
| Spur | URGE ON |
| Letter two before tau | RHO |
| Obie-winning playwright Will | ENO |
| Defamed, in a way | LIBELED |
| “Indeed” | IT IS SO |
| Reason to see an ophthalmologist | STYE |
| Pea jacket material | WOOL |
| Caterpillar competitor | DEERE |
| Thomas Jefferson or John Tyler, by birth | ARIES |
| Org. that bestows the Community Assist Award | NBA |
| Liberal arts sch. major | ENG |
| Certain curtain | SCRIM |
| On the ___ (no longer friendly) | OUTS |
| Overseas speed meas. | KPH |
| Go from here to there … like *that* | TELEPORT |
| Quark’s place | ATOM |
| “It’s my hunch …” | I SUSPECT … |
| Pithy saying | EPIGRAM |
| Dish whose yellow color comes from saffron | PAELLA |
| “Rude Boy” singer, to fans | RIRI |
| Divisions of bushels | PECKS |
| Like the Mideast exclave of Madha | OMANI |
| Long rides? | LIMOS |
| Used a prayer rug, say | KNELT |
| Literally, “works” | OPERA |
| Pieces of work | TASKS |
| Traditional rivals of the N.C.A.A.’s ‘Hoos | TERPS |
| Church part | APSE |
| There are three of them in a Morse “O” | DAHS |
| Passing through D.C.? | AYES |
| USD | dollar :: MXN : ___ : PESO |
| Part of 79-Down: Abbr. | ASSN |
| Frequent C.D.C. collaborator | FDA |
| “___ Way” (Kitty Kelley biography of Sinatra) | HIS |
| Opponent | FOE |