31 August 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 August 2023

1
O
2
S
3
C
4
A
5
R
6
N
7
E
8
M
9
O
10
J
11
A
12
M
13
K
A
R
M
A
14
O
L
I
N
15
A
X
O
16
N
17
A
G
A
I
N
18
H
E
L
P
19
R
I
C
E
20
Y
A
M
21
D
22
R
O
V
E
A
23
T
24
O
H
O
25
D
R
A
P
E
26
R
O
27
D
M
A
N
28
W
29
E
30
R
E
31
T
E
N
32
F
O
U
R
33
A
T
O
N
34
A
L
T
E
35
R
36
E
37
D
38
I
N
C
I
39
S
40
E
41
D
42
M
E
S
S
A
G
E
43
F
A
K
E
T
A
N
44
S
N
O
W
45
R
E
T
A
46
I
47
N
48
S
49
E
T
S
Y
50
C
51
R
52
I
S
P
S
53
N
O
P
54
E
S
55
E
O
N
56
S
A
57
N
D
C
A
T
58
J
59
A
60
W
61
N
U
D
62
E
63
W
O
O
L
64
H
65
O
O
H
A
66
T
G
I
F
67
A
L
O
U
68
O
W
N
E
R
69
H
A
T
70
Y
O
R
E
71
S
L
I
M
Y

Hints & Clues

Across
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Follower of November : OSCAR
6
Main character in a Verne novel : NEMO
10
Preserves, maybe : JAM
13
Instant ___ : KARMA
14
Actress Lena of "Chocolat" : OLIN
15
Neural conductor : AXON
17
2009 fantasy rom-com starring Zac Efron : AGAIN
18
"Need a hand here!" : HELP
19
What the dish congee is made from : RICE
20
Food item that may be candied : YAM
21
Strongly implied : DROVEAT
24
"Caught ya!" : OHO
25
Hang loose? : DRAPE
26
Former N.B.A. star who has unofficially served as a peace ambassador with North Korea : RODMAN
28
"___ all mad here": Cheshire cat : WERE
31
"Understood" : TENFOUR
33
Oodles : ATON
34
Made cuts to, maybe : ALTERED
38
Made cuts to : INCISED
42
Base of an encipherment : MESSAGE
43
Shade that might be made in the shade? : FAKETAN
44
Fall in the winter : SNOW
45
Holds on to : RETAINS
49
Site for artisans : ETSY
50
Chips in England : CRISPS
53
Casual negatives : NOPES
55
Seeming eternity : EON
56
Desert feline : SANDCAT
58
Where to find canines : JAW
61
Undergarment shade : NUDE
63
Ewe got this! : WOOL
64
Kerfuffle : HOOHA
66
Worker's cry of relief : TGIF
67
Any of three major-league brothers : ALOU
68
The first "O" of O/O : OWNER
69
Word with rack or trick : HAT
70
Antiquity : YORE
71
Scumlike : SLIMY
Down
1
Authorize : OKAY
2
Long, long yarn : SAGA
3
Kind of session for a procrastinator : CRAM
4
"What ___ missing?" : AMI
5
Vacation time, informally : RANDR
6
Zero chance of a good result : NOHOPE
7
Popular store chain with a green, red and orange logo : ELEVEN
8
2002 film that earned Eminem two MTV Movie Awards : MILE
9
Out of jail early, perhaps : ONPAROLE
10
Preserves preserver : JAR
11
Fundamental math assumption : AXIOM
12
Dark brown shade : MOCHA
16
Like many colors in 1980s fashion : NEON
22
Templeton of "Charlotte's Web," for one : RAT
23
Hypes : TOUTS
25
Members of the Flat Earth Society, e.g. : DENIERS
27
2008 rom-com starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden : DRESSES
28
Ragamuffin : WAIF
29
The monster Typhon was said to be trapped under it, in Greek myth : ETNA
30
NBC comedy series starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin : ROCK
32
Peeps : FAM
35
Something mad people do : RANT
36
"I" problems? : EGOS
37
Covered with condensate : DEWY
39
1935 Hitchcock thriller, with "The" : STEPS
40
Corrodes : EATSAWAY
41
Inherent nature, figuratively : DNA
46
Like some cats and plumbing : INDOOR
47
"Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle : NOCLUE
48
Balneotherapy locale : SPA
50
Rapper Curtis Jackson, more familiarly : CENT
51
Unrefined : ROUGH
52
Land where the concept of zero was developed : INDIA
54
Cultural values : ETHOS
57
___ contendere (court plea) : NOLO
58
Singer Mitchell : JONI
59
[Cough cough] : AHEM
60
Guarded : WARY
62
Juvenile stage of a newt : EFT
65
Noted head turner : OWL