23 September 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 September 2021

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Proto-smartphones, in brief : PDAS
5
It may be flipped in anger, with "the" : BIRD
9
Companion, in Arabic : SAHIB
14
Performance traditionally accompanied by the ipu heke (double gourd drum) : HULADANCE
16
Protein-building acid type : AMINO
17
Marley of "Marley & Me," for one : YELLOWLAB
18
Unbending : RIGID
19
Insomniacs have them : SLEEPLESSNIGHTS
21
A pelican gulper is a type of one : EEL
22
Parts of essential oils : ESTERS
26
It's a wrap : OBI
27
Didn't win or lose : DREW
29
Eye ailments : STYES
31
Evian, par exemple : EAU
33
Food item that may be candied : YAM
36
Blue Angels, e.g. : AEROBATS
38
Failing spectacularly : GOINGUPINFLAMES
42
Colonies construct them : ANTNESTS
45
Anderson Cooper, to Gloria Vanderbilt : SON
46
Network operated by the U.S. Space Force : GPS
47
Part of a bar line : STOOL
49
Get red in the face? : CHAP
53
What starts with janeiro, in Rio : ANO
55
Like mortgagors : INDEBT
58
Actress Hagen with three Tonys : UTA
59
Members of a wartime skywatching corps : GROUNDOBSERVERS
63
Frothy order : LATTE
64
Symbols often accompanying the phrase "Legalize it" : POTLEAVES
66
Seriously fancy : ADORE
67
Redacts, as sensitive information (suggested by three of this puzzle's answers) : BLACKSOUT
68
Feinted on the ice : DEKED
69
Adam and Eve's third child : SETH
70
Standard Oil offshoot : ESSO
Down
1
Gym : PHYSED
2
Burr, famously : DUELER
3
Genetic variant : ALLELE
4
Something that's no good unless it's closed : SALE
5
Blubbers : BAWLS
6
Some safe harbors : INLETS
7
Electronics company that founded NBC : RCA
8
Type of socialite officially discontinued in the U.K. in 1958 : DEB
9
It's a wrap : SARI
10
Mexican ally : AMIGO
11
Flashy car feature? : HIGHBEAM
12
New member : INITIATE
13
Gym figures, for short : BODS
15
Lowdown : DOPE
23
Flight tracker info : ETA
24
Alternative to white : RYE
25
Peons : SERFS
28
Casino next to the Venetian in Vegas : WYNN
30
2018 sci-fi prequel : SOLO
32
___ Enterprise : USS
34
Range on a game box : AGES
35
"Are you giving me no choice?" : MUSTI
37
Like Supreme Court hearings, with "en" : BANC
38
Shut up : GAG
39
For all to see : ONPARADE
40
Response to rule-breaking : ITSNOTOK
43
Whole lot : TON
44
Cover some ground? : SOD
48
Titular vampire in Anne Rice novels : LESTAT
50
Parts of a Spanish omelet : HUEVOS
51
Father-in-law of Helen of Troy : ATREUS
52
Target with a toss : PASSTO
54
Off-the-wall : OUTRE
56
Something that might come up after a big meal? : BELCH
57
Enterprise voyage : TREK
59
Hefty rival : GLAD
60
Have to have : NEED
62
Container whose name is pronounced with either a long "a" or an "ah" : VASE
64
Network supported by "Viewers Like You" : PBS
65
___ Miss of the N.C.A.A. : OLE