New York Times – Apr 20 2018
Published in New York Times Crossword. Tags: ACT, BBC, DEEPSTATE, HOLT, Ireland, John Elroy Sanford, LTYR, TV.
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ end up | THIS |
| 100+ million-selling band that once held a Guinness record for loudest concert | THEWHO |
| A.C.A. part | ACT |
| Animal with the longest gestation, at nearly two years | ELEPHANT |
| Anti-slippage substances | ROSINS |
| Back now after going out? | RELIT |
| Birds on New Zealand dollar coins | KIWIS |
| Capacity | ROLE |
| Charming | WINSOME |
| Class struggle? | TEST |
| Confirmed being locked, as a car | BEEPED |
| Corresponded with | WROTE |
| Couple’s matching pair, informally | HISNHERS |
| Cousin of a crow | DAW |
| Cruise seat | DECKCHAIR |
| Desperately in need of approval, in modern slang | THIRSTY |
| Diagram of possibilities | TREE |
| Diner fixture | GRIDDLE |
| Distance in astronomy: Abbr. | LTYR |
| Entrenched network inside a government | DEEPSTATE |
| Fair-hiring inits. | EOE |
| Fastener with a crosspiece | TBOLT |
| Foretell the future | SCRY |
| Fossey who studied gorillas | DIAN |
| German city on the Elbe | HAMBURG |
| His number 33 is retired by the Lakers | KAREEM |
| Historical transition point | ENDOFANERA |
| Household item usually stored upside down | WINEGLASS |
| How clever! | AHA |
| It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia woman | DEE |
| Kepler’s contemporary and assistant | BRAHE |
| Lady bird | HEN |
| Like HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” | SATIRIC |
| Like unfinished laundry | DAMP |
| Lit class reading | ODE |
| Muck | OOZE |
| Net sales | ECOMMERCE |
| Not neat | OVERICE |
| Oh, for heaven’s sake! | YEESH |
| One out of 10 | TOE |
| Org. in “Inglourious Basterds” | OSS |
| Otter’s den | HOLT |
| Paintings such as “Cat and Bird” and “The Goldfish” | KLEES |
| Part-time newspaper employee | STRINGER |
| Pledge drive plea | DONATE |
| Pocket of the Mideast | PITABREAD |
| Prefix with -genetic | EPI |
| Put in play? | CAST |
| Rapper who was part of N.W.A | EAZYE |
| S.F. winter setting | PST |
| See 10-Down | THOUSANDTH |
| Shipping or handling | FEE |
| Shots are taken off of them | TEES |
| Simple skate park tricks | OLLIES |
| Sol’s counterpart | HELIOS |
| Some early computers | IBMS |
| Space for a lace | EYELET |
| Stand too close to | CROWD |
| Stick (onto) | GLOM |
| Sup | DINE |
| Supply for sauteing | OLIVEOIL |
| Teeth | COGS |
| To the power of symbol | CARET |
| Topic of the mnemonic “Eat An Apple As A Nighttime Snack” | CONTINENTS |
| Under the specified word, in a reference book | SUBVOCE |
| Warm place to chill | HOTTUB |
| Winner of eight Winter Olympics medals in the 2000s | APOLOOHNO |
| With 26-Down, the place of today’s puzzle among all New York Times crosswords | TWENTYFIVE |
| Words of summation | INSHORT |
| Wouldn’t that be nice! | IFONLY |