New York Times, Saturday, May 25, 2019
Published in New York Times Crossword. Tags: HEED, LEAD, New York Times, TEXT.
| Clues | Answers |
| #, in chess notation | MATE |
| ‘I’m With ___’ | HER |
| ‘Phooey!’ | DASHIT |
| ‘Poor venomous fool,’ in Shakespeare | ASP |
| ‘The Little Mermaid’ lyricist Howard | ASHMAN |
| A’s, e.g. … or a word following ‘A’ | TEAM |
| Amateurish | INEXPERT |
| As prompted | ONCUE |
| Attacks, as in a joust | TILTSAT |
| Book of stars? | MICHELINGUIDE |
| Book that doesn’t take long to get through | EASYREAD |
| Brings in | REAPS |
| Busted out of jail | SPRANG |
| Bygone communication | CABLE |
| Claptrap | DRIVEL |
| Cold-weather coat | RIME |
| Congested, in a way | STOPGO |
| Creator of Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog | HENSON |
| Creperie equipment | PANS |
| Drop ___ | TROU |
| Emmy/Tony winner Arthur | BEA |
| Enter quickly | RUSHIN |
| Epic narratives | ILIADS |
| Establishments whose products might be described by this answer + H | DELIS |
| Event for computer whizzes | HACKATHON |
| Fever | MANIA |
| Film buff | CINEASTE |
| Follow | HEED |
| Handles, with ‘with’ | DEALS |
| Harrisburg-to-Allentown dir | ENE |
| Hebrew scripture commentary | MIDRASH |
| Insincere welcome | GLADHAND |
| It appears over a tilde | ESC |
| Jon of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ | HEDER |
| Long ___ | AGO |
| Musical with the song ‘You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile’ | ANNIE |
| Nosh | HAVEABITE |
| Not running loose, say | ONALEASH |
| Not the sharpest crayon in the box | DIM |
| Off in biblical lands? | SMITE |
| One of the Obamas | MALIA |
| One with drawing power in Hollywood? | ANIMATOR |
| Only person to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar-winning actress | CATEBLANCHETT |
| Out there | EDGY |
| Patriot who said ‘Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice’ | PAINE |
| Pirate’s exclamation | ARR |
| Play auditioner’s hope | LEAD |
| Prefix with binary | NON |
| Pro ___ | RATA |
| Push-ups, e.g | LINGERIE |
| Sardinia, e.g., to locals | ISOLA |
| Scripture | TEXT |
| See 19-Across | CAN |
| Speaker’s accessory | LAPELMIC |
| Support group reassurance | ICARE |
| Tarot card that bears the numeral XIII | DEATH |
| Tats | INK |
| The half-blood prince in ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ | SNAPE |
| Tiffany products | LAMPS |
| Top of a Pacific island chain | HAWAIIANSHIRT |
| Uneager | LOATH |
| Website relative of JDate | CHRISTIANMINGLE |
| Willy Wonka’s factory output | SWEETS |
| With 53-Across, jalopy | TIN |
| Wound (up) | ENDED |
| ___ City (sobriquet for New Haven) | ELM |
| ___ Collezioni (fashion brand) | ARMANI |
| ___ joke (total groaner) | DAD |