April 24, 2023 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - April 24, 2023

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. Comedian Margaret: CHO
• 4. Do slightly better than: ONEUP
• 9. Beat by a lot, informally: THUMP
• 14. Drink like a cat ... or a place for a cat: LAP
• 15. "Way cool!": NEATO
• 16. Old Testament book between Daniel and Joel: HOSEA
• 17. Childhood nickname for Darth Vader: ANI
• 18. Edible parts of an ear: CORNKERNELS
• 20. John Philip ___, "The March King": SOUSA
• 22. Looked sleazily: LEERED
• 23. Benzoyl peroxide targets: PIMPLES
• 25. See 7-Down: READER
• 29. ___ or nothing: ALL
• 30. Speak hoarsely: RASP
• 32. Kitchen brand that could be a losing tic-tac-toe line: OXO
• 33. Once-sacred slitherers: ASPS
• 36. Author L. Frank ___: BAUM
• 38. Second-largest world religion: ISLAM
• 40. Item smashed before a ship's maiden voyage: CHAMPAGNEBOTTLE
• 43. High-I.Q. society: MENSA
• 44. Activist Parks: ROSA
• 45. Regarding: ASTO
• 46. Palindromic preposition in poems: ERE
• 47. Meg who played each of the three female leads in "Joe Versus the Volcano": RYAN
• 49. Pig's pad: STY
• 51. One-act Oscar Wilde tragedy: SALOME
• 53. Basic bicycle trick: WHEELIE
• 57. Former House speaker Nancy: PELOSI
• 60. Perfect places: EDENS
• 61. Slangy question of greeting ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across: WHATSPOPPIN
• 65. Foldable part of a Twister game: MAT
• 66. Major blood vessel: AORTA
• 67. Docking locales: PIERS
• 68. Be in debt: OWE
• 69. Speed ___ (fast driver): DEMON
• 70. Many a pet shelter pet, at one point: STRAY
• 71. Formerly known as: NEE

Down:

• 1. Jewelry fastener: CLASP
• 2. Capital of Vietnam: HANOI
• 3. Illicit poppy product: OPIUM
• 4. Ready to respond, as a doctor: ONCALL
• 5. Prefix with natal: NEO
• 6. Nobles above viscounts: EARLS
• 7. With 25-Across, digital magazine with the slogan "Cure ignorance": UTNE
• 8. "Don't ___ the bear": POKE
• 9. Humanoid robot who appears in all nine "Star Wars" episodes, informally: THREEPIO
• 10. Pilot and Civic manufacturer: HONDA
• 11. One of many for a Swiss Army knife: USE
• 12. Brooks who has won the four EGOT awards: MEL
• 13. Faux ___: PAS
• 19. Goofs up: ERRS
• 21. Involuntary muscle contractions: SPASMS
• 24. "The Wire" actor Idris: ELBA
• 26. Blockheads: DOLTS
• 27. Praise to the skies: EXALT
• 28. Leonardo DiCaprio role in a 1996 Shakespeare adaptation: ROMEO
• 30. Yammerer's sentence type: RUNON
• 31. Iowa college town: AMES
• 33. High points: ACMES
• 34. Comic book superheroine whose name is an anagram of SHARE: SHERA
• 35. Group of experts at a discussion: PANEL
• 37. Taj Mahal locale: AGRA
• 39. Didn't leave: STAYED
• 41. Freshly grated cheese at a trattoria: PARMESAN
• 42. Shindig: BASH
• 48. Alternative to Google Reviews: YELP
• 50. Itty-bitty: TEENSY
• 52. Decide one will: OPTTO
• 53. Windshield clearer: WIPER
• 54. Common iced tea garnish: LEMON
• 55. Amazed: INAWE
• 56. Lauder of cosmetics: ESTEE
• 58. Klutz's cry: OOPS
• 59. Crackle, as a fire: SPIT
• 61. Chunk of cash: WAD
• 62. Long-handled garden tool: HOE
• 63. Word before rest or wrestle: ARM
• 64. Certain nest egg, in brief: IRA