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 |