New York Times Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Apr 3 2018 Tuesday
| Clues | Answers |
| *”Balderdash!” | MYEYE |
| *”For what reason, though?” | BUTWHY |
| *Avon competitor | MARYKAY |
| *List for some binge watchers | NETFLIXQUEUE |
| *Lowest point on the earth’s surface | DEADSEA |
| *Response to “Who, me?” | YESYOU |
| *Superman’s alien name | KALEL |
| ___ Ben Adhem (Leigh Hunt poem) | ABOU |
| ___ Dunham, mother of Barack Obama | ANN |
| 10 percent donation | TITHE |
| Air ticket abbr. | ARR |
| Almost a meter | YARD |
| Alternative to Travelocity or Orbitz | KAYAK |
| Animal that has strayed from the herd | ROGUE |
| Bearded beast | GNU |
| Because | INTHAT |
| Big Apple inits. | NYC |
| Bit of a comic | GAG |
| Boat trailers? | WAKES |
| Body blow reaction | OOF |
| Cara who sang “Flashdance … What a Feeling” | IRENE |
| Chocolat director Hallstrom | LASSE |
| Comedian Bruce | LENNY |
| Crucial | KEY |
| Disney mermaid | ARIEL |
| Drunken dazes | STUPORS |
| Egads! | OHNO |
| Emperor who finished the Colosseum | TITUS |
| Ending “ | UNQUOTE |
| Equinox mo. | SEP |
| Excited, as a crowd | ROUSED |
| First few minutes of many podcasts | ADS |
| First-stringers | ATEAM |
| Fish tank buildup | ALGAE |
| Flexible conjunction | ANDOR |
| Freeze over | ICEUP |
| French waters | EAUX |
| Geese formation | VEE |
| Gil Blas writer | LESAGE |
| Having a zesty taste | TANGY |
| Having bags all packed, say | READY |
| Hosp. areas | ICUS |
| I rule! | YAYME |
| Interment | BURIAL |
| Lead-in to “ops” | SYS |
| Like a curmudgeon | CRUSTY |
| Like whitecaps | FOAMY |
| Line around the globe | TROPIC |
| Longtime U.K. record label | EMI |
| Lou Gehrig’s disease, for short | ALS |
| Mag mogul with a mansion | HEF |
| Makes a to-do about this and that | FUSSES |
| Mama Cass | ELLIOT |
| Marked down | ONSALE |
| More passionate | STEAMIER |
| Move low toward the horizon | SET |
| Much-used Twitter symbols | ATS |
| Muscle below a delt | LAT |
| Org. concerned with eagles and birdies | PGA |
| Papa Bear of Chicago Bears history | HALAS |
| Prix ___ | FIXE |
| Quaker ___ | OATS |
| Rap sheet letters | AKA |
| Rodin, for one | SCULPTOR |
| Seinfeld uncle | LEO |
| Setting of Kubla Khan’s palace | XANADU |
| Ship’s pronoun | SHE |
| Six-pack | ABS |
| Spanish weeks | SEMANAS |
| State firmly | AVER |
| Sticky-leaved plant that feeds on insects | SUNDEW |
| Suffix with north or south | ERN |
| Summa cum ___ | LAUDE |
| Sup | EAT |
| The Cyclones of the Big 12 Conf. | ISU |
| Thither | YON |
| To understand this puzzle’s theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and … | THINKQUICKLY |
| Tossed out of the game, informally | DQED |
| Tow job provider, in brief | AAA |
| War-torn Syrian city | ALEPPO |
| When repeated, what little stars do | TWINKLE |
| Windy City rail inits. | CTA |
| Without assistance | ALONE |
| World Series-winning manager Ned | YOST |
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