Clues |
Answers |
‘Me!’ |
IAM |
‘Oof, what a day!’ |
IMBEAT |
‘That is my intention’ |
IPLANTO |
‘Them’s fightin’ words!’ |
ITSWAR |
‘You’re gonna love this, I promise!’ |
ITLLBEFUN |
‘___ but a scratch’: oft-quoted Monty Python line |
TIS |
‘___ Life’ (1981 Rick James single) |
GHETTO |
100% |
PURE |
Addis ___ |
ABABA |
Allow for more high-density housing and mixed-use development, in urban planning lingo |
UPZONE |
Amtrak booking |
TRAINTRIP |
An ocean |
LOTS |
Ante alternative |
BLIND |
Auto loan figs |
APRS |
Automotive successor of the Bel Air |
IMPALA |
Bad makeup artist |
SMEARER |
Biden and Harris, notably, in brief |
VPS |
Big name in outdoor gear |
REI |
Bit of chicanery |
JAPE |
Bit of roofing in Spanish-style architecture |
CLAYTILE |
Brother of Logan Roy on ‘Succession’ |
EWAN |
Certain juicing need |
LEMONSQUARE |
Chap |
GENT |
Chattering plastic teeth, for one |
WINDUPTOY |
Coffin carrier |
HEARSE |
Company shake-up, for short |
REORG |
Compliment to a French chef |
CESTSIBON |
Con artist |
GRIFTER |
Contents of a household box |
FUSES |
Cousin of turquoise |
AQUA |
Crackerjack |
WHIZBANG |
Deep inhalation to get high |
BONGHIT |
Deep shot, in hoops |
TREY |
Device dusted off to watch old home movies, maybe |
VCR |
DiFranco of folk |
ANI |
Discovery astronaut Ochoa |
ELLEN |
Drops down? |
MOLTS |
Duel personalities? |
FOES |
Early stop at a casino, maybe |
ATM |
Exercise in a swimming pool |
DOLAPS |
Figs. first issued in 1936 |
SSNS |
First family from Illinois |
OBAMAS |
Fish sticks? |
RODS |
Flat-topped French hat |
KEPI |
Free of flaws, as a reputation |
STAINLESS |
Funding |
AID |
Gambling spot? |
PIP |
Goes from one thing to another |
MORPHS |
Goobers |
DOPES |
Good Texas hold ’em hand |
ACEKING |
Grabs |
SNAGS |
Grand mounts |
STEEDS |
Group with lodges |
ELKS |
Hamlet’s cousin |
TOWN |
Has a meal |
SUPS |
Hate, hate, hate |
LOATHE |
High ways |
AIRLANES |
Highway network that famously has sections without a speed limit |
AUTOBAHN |
Hive mind of ‘Star Trek: TNG,’ with ‘the’ |
BORG |
Holiday helper |
ELF |
Ideal engine sound |
PURR |
In no way hidden |
OVERT |
Inhabitant of Ireland or Scotland |
GAEL |
It has only one-sixth of the mass of Earth’s moon |
PLUTO |
Jones of CNN |
VAN |
LeBron James became one in 2018 |
LAKER |
Length for a pregnancy |
TERM |
Like dumbbells |
DENSE |
Like Roma tomatoes |
OVATE |
Like some memes |
DANK |
Longtime co-host of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade |
ROKER |
Luxuriate (in) |
BASK |
Major concern for a meteorologist |
SUPERSTAR |
Many a bad Yelp review |
RANT |
Momma’s boy |
SON |
Moneymaking venture |
GIG |
Muffin makeup, maybe |
OATBRAN |
Music genre prefix |
ALT |
Musician Brian |
ENO |
National Dog Show org |
AKC |
Ordered delivery, perhaps |
ATEIN |
Over-emoter |
HAM |
Pallid |
ASHEN |
Part of E.T.A.: Abbr |
ARR |
Part of the eye that focuses light onto the retina |
LENS |
Pasta whose name means ‘barley’ in Italian |
ORZO |
Pentagon inits |
DOD |
Philosophical pillar |
TENET |
Pro response |
YEA |
Pro who gets many return customers? |
CPA |
Problem for a pitcher |
SOREARM |
Product sold on a rack, informally |
MAG |
Proudly embody, informally |
REP |
Public court proceeding |
OPENHEART |
Purchase option for a dedicated fan |
PREORDER |
Rapper ___ Def |
MOS |
Residential construction project |
PAVEDROAD |
Rock’s Jethro ___ |
TULL |
Rocky road topping? |
GRAVEL |
Run-D.M.C.’s ‘You Be ___’ |
ILLIN |
Scandalized |
AGHAST |
See 85-Down |
OFSHAPE |
Service recipient |
CLIENT |
Set one’s sights |
AIMED |
Sewer in American history |
ROSS |
Shake a little |
JIGGLE |
Sign that you can’t go back now? |
NOUTURN |
Slack-jawed |
AGAPE |
Something that may be sold by the yard |
ALE |
Spot for a band |
WRIST |
Star N.F.L. wide receiver Allen |
KEENAN |
Startled scream |
EEK |
Strength of character |
GRIT |
Subscription platform for online content creators |
PATREON |
Summer on the Riviera |
ETE |
Symbol of sturdiness |
OAK |
Tennis champ ___ Osaka |
NAOMI |
That’s the spirit! |
GENIE |
The Bruins, on scoreboards |
BOS |
The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund, e.g., in brief |
NGOS |
They go around at museums |
FRAMES |
They have their ups and downs |
SEESAWS |
They’re not sciences |
ARTS |
Tool for cutting wood along the grain |
RIPSAW |
Totally uncool |
NOTOK |
Trade, informally |
BIZ |
Underwire undergarments |
BRAS |
Univ. senior’s hurdle |
GRE |
Urban area typically with the tallest buildings |
INNERCIRCLE |
Urban grid: Abbr |
STS |
Weight |
HEFT |
Weird |
OUTRE |
Welcome center handouts |
AREAMAPS |
What you’re on when you’re making progress |
RIGHTTRIANGLE |
Where the ilium and ischium are |
PELVIS |
With 86-Down, very upset … like the answers to five of this puzzle’s clues? |
BENTOUT |
With it |
ALERT |
Worker with wax |
BEE |
___ Arbor, Mich |
ANN |
___ Cannon, creator of the ‘Pitch Perfect’ film series |
KAY |
___ someone’s yum (criticized a person’s tastes, slangily) |
YUCKED |
___ water (healthful drink) |
ALOE |