New York Times – May 16 2018
Published in New York Times Crossword. Tags: ACHES, ALT, ATL, PEG, SUV, TREND, TV.
New York Times Crossword Puzzle Solutions – May 16 2018 Wednesday
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ grecque (served with olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings) | ALA |
| ___ Mahal | TAJ |
| ___ official … | ITS |
| ___ X | BRAND |
| [Don’t touch my bone!] | GRR |
| A cluttered one is a sign of a cluttered mind, it’s said | DESK |
| According to | ASPER |
| Actress McDonald | AUDRA |
| Address, with “to” | SPEAK |
| Aladdin monkey | ABU |
| Beth’s preceder | ALEPH |
| Bodily complaints | ACHES |
| Bronze, but not silver or gold | ALLOY |
| Chair designer Charles | EAMES |
| City where trap music originated: Abbr. | ATL |
| Classic hairstyle … or a hint to the puns in 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across | FRENCHTWIST |
| Compete | VIE |
| Country singer Tillis | MEL |
| Deep, deep pit | ABYSS |
| Dickens’s ___ Heep | URIAH |
| Eliciting an “ugh,” maybe | YUCKY |
| Emmy-winning Falco | EDIE |
| Fellow bringing roses, perhaps | BEAU |
| Few and far between | SPARSE |
| First word of “The Raven” | ONCE |
| Focus of a Facebook sidebar | TREND |
| Fodder for sports analytics | STATS |
| Freeway divisions | LANES |
| Gangster’s gun | GAT |
| Get Happy composer | ARLEN |
| Get under the skin of | RILE |
| Give and take | SWAP |
| Grand finale? | CRU |
| Hard throw, in baseball | PEG |
| Have as a customer | SELLTO |
| Hook up (to) | ATTACH |
| Hyundai Santa Fe or Tucson, briefly | SUV |
| Issue | TOPIC |
| It contains M.S.G. | NYC |
| It might begin “Did you hear …?” | RUMOR |
| Item above a kitchen stove | FAN |
| Jigsaw, e.g. | POWERTOOL |
| John who played an older Kunta Kinte on “Roots” | AMOS |
| Key below Z, on a Mac | ALT |
| Kind of bike or kayak | TANDEM |
| Miss identification? | SHE |
| More rational | SANER |
| Named, for short | IDED |
| Names in film credits | CAST |
| Nickname for a clumsy composer? | CLODDEBUSSY |
| Nickname for a fiery philosopher? | BLAZEPASCAL |
| Nickname for a glitzy author? | JEWELSVERNE |
| Nickname for a sloppy painter? | TOOLOOSELAUTREC |
| Old blues singer Johnny | OTIS |
| Parched | DRY |
| Persona non ___ | GRATA |
| Place, as a bet | LAY |
| Port at the west end of Lake Superior | DULUTH |
| Prefix with colonialism | NEO |
| Prime minister called “Pandit” | NEHRU |
| Put on TV | AIRED |
| Rush-hour | DRIVETIME |
| Schedules | SLATES |
| Secular | LAIC |
| See 45-Across | ACS |
| Setting for 46-Across on a very hot day | HIGH |
| Shape of a swan’s neck | ESS |
| Soda bottle unit | LITER |
| Sordid sort | SLEAZE |
| Stark of “Game of Thrones” | NED |
| Start of every ZIP code in Pennsylvania | ONE |
| Sunken track | RUT |
| The bay in the fifth, for one | TIP |
| The vasty deep, in Shakespeare | SEA |
| Toyota coupe sold from 1970 to 2006 | CELICA |
| TV host Philbin | REGIS |
| What a current flows through | ANODE |
| What a shame! | TSK |