New York Times – Jul 11 2018
Published in New York Times Crossword. Tags: AFAR, OFNOTE, OPAL, RIO, Star Trek, TENOR, UNSEAT, WET.
New York Times Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Jul 11 2018 Wednesday
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ in arms | BABE |
| ___ Majesty | HER |
| ___ pickle | DILL |
| ___ Stark, patriarch on “Game of Thrones” | NED |
| 2016 Olympics host, informally | RIO |
| Author Emile | ZOLA |
| Barely made, with out | EKED |
| Be behind | OWE |
| Bench press muscle, for short | PEC |
| Big purveyor of vitamin supplements | GNC |
| Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti | EMU |
| Bit of a lark | ANTIC |
| Bob with the Silver Bullet Band | SEGER |
| Byes | TATAS |
| Capital of Tasmania | HOBART |
| Chicken of the sea | TUNA |
| City nicknamed “The Gateway to the West” | STLOUIS |
| Conceives | CREATES |
| Contacted without a trip to the post office, say | EMAILED |
| Could no longer fit into, as one’s childhood clothing | OUTGREW |
| Daft | MAD |
| Dampen | WET |
| Debbie Downer | BUZZKILL |
| Don’t ___ it! | SWEAT |
| Egyptian tourist spot | GIZA |
| Emmy-winning Kudrow | LISA |
| Entrenched | ROOTED |
| Express one’s opinion in no uncertain terms | SOUNDOFF |
| For whom “it is not possible either to trick or escape the mind,” per Hesiod | ZEUS |
| Former | ONETIME |
| Frenzied place | ZOO |
| Fresh spin on a familiar idea | NEWTAKE |
| General tone | TENOR |
| Gone With the Wind locale | GEORGIA |
| Great deal | GOB |
| Hammer or sickle | TOOL |
| Hey! from Jesus | OYE |
| How’s it ___? | GOIN |
| Incommunicado period | RADIOSILENCE |
| Iowa college | COE |
| Leave, slangily | BOUNCE |
| Like the Canadian flag’s maple leaf | RED |
| Lucy’s guy | DESI |
| Many miles away | AFAR |
| Meditative exercises in a steamy room | HOTYOGA |
| Memorable 1995 hurricane | OPAL |
| Observatory activity | STARGAZING |
| O’Hare and LAX | HUBS |
| One of the Nixons | TRICIA |
| Paul who painted “Fish Magic” | KLEE |
| Pianist/comic Victor of old TV | BORGE |
| Pittsburgh pro | STEELER |
| Pledge drive giveaways | TOTES |
| Procrastinator’s promise | SOON |
| Put on a truck, say | LOAD |
| Ride on a merry-go-round, maybe | UNICORN |
| Roman sun god | SOL |
| Running shoe brand | AVIA |
| Set off a polygraph | LIED |
| Significant | OFNOTE |
| Six for dinner? | WORDLENGTH |
| Spook grp. | CIA |
| Star Trek role for George Takei | SULU |
| Suddenly stopped communicating with, in modern lingo | GHOSTED |
| Supposing that | IFSO |
| Tousled | MUSSED |
| Tube traveler | OVUM |
| Up there in years | OLD |
| Utility bill meas. | BTU |
| Verb with “thou” | ART |
| Verbally attack, with “at” | LASHOUT |
| Vote out | UNSEAT |
| W.’s father | BUSHSR |
| Wade in the Baseball Hall of Fame | BOGGS |
| What a late sleeper may use … resulting in 19-, 31- and 40-Across? | SNOOZEBUTTON |
| What a weather balloon might be mistaken for | UFO |