New York Times – Apr 28 2018
Published in New York Times Crossword. Tags: ACER, AVOID, GANJA, LEG, NODAT, SEGNO, SIMONE, TV.
New York Times Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Apr 28 2018 Saturday
Clues | Answers |
___ law, principle stating that computer processing power doubles every 18 months | MOORES |
___ Valley, setting for “Of Mice and Men” | SALINAS |
2016 Emmy-winning lead actor for “Mr. Robot” | RAMIMALEK |
Alt. | ELEV |
Annual ESPN broadcast since 1995 | XGAMES |
Aviator Earhart | AMELIA |
Bony | OSTEAL |
Breaking Bad sidekick | JESSE |
Byrnes of “77 Sunset Strip” | EDD |
Candy in a straw | PIXYSTIX |
Capital of Nigeria | ABUJA |
Certain pilgrim | HAJI |
City that inspired a palace in “Aladdin” | AGRA |
City that’s home to the most Michelin three-star restaurants | TOKYO |
Come by | GAIN |
Comment that might follow “I used to be a banker until I lost interest” | NOPUNINTENDED |
Common fossil in Paleozoic rocks | TRILOBITE |
Crooked | UNEVEN |
Crude craft | OILER |
Didn’t fall in line | RESISTED |
Disband, to Brits | DEMOB |
Explore beyond limits sloganeer | ACER |
Fog, e.g. | VAPOR |
Fu-___ (legendary Chinese sage) | HSI |
Game whose direction of play can shift from clockwise to counterclockwise | UNO |
Good going! | NICEMOVE |
Having no way to escape | TREED |
Kind of chop | VEAL |
Kitchen implement | PESTLE |
Kool-Aid, e.g. | MIX |
Language in which plural adjectives end in -aj | ESPERANTO |
Leakage preventer | GASKET |
Like $10 gold eagle coins | RARE |
Like a world in which objective facts are less important than appeals to emotion and personal belief | POSTTRUTH |
Like Swiss vis-à-vis other cheeses | HOLIER |
Likes often feed it | EGO |
Lowest one in the pack | OMEGADOG |
More familiar name for Enrico Rizzo in an Oscar-winning film | RATSO |
Musical mark meaning “repeat” | SEGNO |
Object of the search by the Three Wise Men | BABE |
Ole Miss, with “the” | REBELS |
Paleolith, e.g. | STONETOOL |
Part of a fault line? | MEA |
Philosopher Weil who said “All sins are attempts to fill voids” | SIMONE |
Piano piece | LEG |
Pot | GANJA |
Ration | METE |
Refrain from | NOTDO |
Rushes | HIES |
Shot that determines who gets to break, in billiards | LAG |
Signal silently | NODAT |
Skirt | AVOID |
Sound, informally | ALLTHERE |
Stand-ins | PROXIES |
State whose name means “snow-covered”: Abbr. | NEV |
Stiffens | TENSES |
Studmuffin | SEXYBEAST |
Styles | MODES |
Subleases | RELETS |
That ’70s Show role | KELSO |
The Grand Prix used to have one | TTOP |
This looks like the end for me! | IMAGONER |
Till compartment | TENS |
Tony ___, early Macy’s Day Parade balloon designer | SARG |
Tony-winning choreographer for “Movin’ Out” | THARP |
Tosspot | SPONGE |
Trendy hairstyle for men | BUN |
Turn-___ | ONS |
Turns inside out | EVERTS |
TV opening? | TELE |
What was I thinking?! | DOH |
Without cracking a smile, say | DRILY |