New York Times - Sep 2 2018 Crossword Answer

New York Times - Sep 2 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Obie-winning playwright Will	ENO
One of four in a grand slam	RBI
One of the o's in 'o/o'	OWNER
Organ in the leg of a katydid, bizarrely	EAR
Ostentation	GLITZ
Overjoy	ELATE
Part of the eye	CORNEA
Pipe cleaner	DRANO
Popular dip	SALSA
Potential queens	PAWNS
Prattle	YAK
Prefix with allergenic	HYPO
Prefix with stratus	ALTO
Protein shell of a virus	CAPSID
Quickened paces	TROTS
Ragged	TATTY
Rank above maj	LTCOL
Rapidly spreading vine	KUDZU
Realm	SPHERE
Relatives of emus	RHEAS
Short strokes	PUTTS
Showdown in American history	NOTLIMAHBURR
Showdown in cinema	EKULDARTHVADER
Showdown in classic video games	OIRAMBOWSER
Showdown in comic books	NAMTABJOKER
Showdown in Greek mythology	SUESEHTMINOTAUR
Showdown in literature	ETOXIUQWINDMILL
Showdown in the Bible	DIVADGOLIATH
Showdown in the funnies	YPOONSREDBARON
Simple plant	ALGA
Sister	NUN
Skilled laborer	SMITH
Some petting zoo animals	LAMBS
Some saber wielders	JEDI
Speaker of Welsh or Breton	CELT
Stefanik who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress	ELISE
Stereotypical therapist's response	ISEE
Strong suit?	ARMOR
Sudden impulse	WHIM
Suitable for a dieter, informally	LOCAL
Surprising lack of Oscar recognition	SNUB
TD Garden athlete	BRUIN
Territory name until 1889	DAKOTA
Tex-___	MEX
They're found under a bridge	NOSTRILS
Tours can be seen on it	LOIRE
Traditional Christmas decoration	HOLLY
Triumph	WIN
TV show set in William McKinley High School	GLEE
Uncle, in Argentina	TIO
Under half of 45?	BSIDE
Undistinguished, as many a subdivision house	COOKIECUTTER
Unit of explosive power	KILOTON
University in Des Moines	DRAKE
Univs., e.g	SCHS
Unswerving	TRUE
Vow	OATH
Wapitis	ELKS
Wasn't struck down	STOOD
Watson's company	IBM
Wedding need ... or booking	BAND
What 'Talk to the hand!' is an example of	SASS
What's used to row, row, row your boat	OAR
Word before right or rise	ALL
Word of confirmation on a messaging app	SENT
Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase	BED
Word with wonder or world	SMALL
Words after an interruption	NOWWHEREWASI
Wow	AMAZE
___ bit	INA

Clues	Answers
'Alas!'	AHME
'Continue'	UHHUH
'Foucault's Pendulum' author, 1988	ECO
'I couldn't agree more!'	AMENTOTHAT
'That sounds awful'	OHMAN
'Try me'	SHOOT
'What is it?'	YES
'___ Jacques'	FRERE
'___ where it hurts!'	HITEM
A couple of times	TWICE
Actor Elba	IDRIS
Apt name for a Braille instructor	DOT
Author of the 'Fear Street' series for young readers	STINE
Be relevant to	BEARON
Beats by ___ (headphones brand)	DRE
Bent over backward, in a way	LIMBOED
Bit of corruption	BRIBE
Bit of P.R	RELEASE
Bluish-green	AQUA
Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic	WHITESEA
Bone: Prefix	OSTEO
Bonnie and Clyde, e.g	DUO
Brat's opposite	ANGEL
Brightly colored blazer	SUN
British Bulldog : Churchill :: ___ : Thatcher	IRONLADY
Brother of Dori and Nori in 'The Hobbit'	ORI
Businesswoman Lauder	ESTEE
College student's assignment	DORM
Conductors' announcements	STOPS
Country named for its latitude	ECUADOR
Couple	ITEM
Cowardly Lion portrayer	LAHR
Cry of school spirit	RAH
Data storage items on the decline	DVDS
Defeat	WORST
Enthusiasts	LOVERS
Et ___	ALII
Fast one	RACER
Football units: Abbr	YDS
Frontier lights	OILLAMPS
Geometric prefix	OCTA
Get straight	UNBEND
Go wrong	ERR
Govt. org. based in Ft. Meade, Md	NSA
Greenish-brown hue	HAZEL
Group of trees	STAND
Harmless weapons maker	NERF
Hot ___	ROD
Idiot, in Britspeak	PRAT
Increasingly ripe, say	REDDER
It's used to cite a site	URL
Italian 'il' or French 'le'	THE
Jump to conclusions	ASSUME
Knock over	UPSET
Laid-back	TYPEB
Lead-in to boy or girl	ATTA
Leave fulfilled	SATIATE
Less than perfect	UNIDEAL
Like baseball's Durham Bulls	AAA
Like sauvignon blanc	DRY
Like the Gregorian calendar	SOLAR
Mauna ___	LOA
Mork's planet	ORK
Move turbulently	ROIL
Neighbor of China	LAOS
Ninny	TWIT
North African land: Abbr	ALG
Not in any way	NOWISE
Not use cursive	PRINT
Numbers to avoid	NOCALLLIST