12 Jan 22, Adam Aaronson’s NY Times Crossword
Constructed by: Adam Aaronson
Edited by: Will Shortz
Today’s Theme: Rhyming with Numbers
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12 Jan 22, Adam Aaronson’s NY Times Crossword Across Answers
- 1 End of a dorm name, usually : … HALL
- 5 Old-fashioned “Jeez!” : EGADS!
- 10 Huggers : ARMS
- 14 Cause for an aha : IDEA
- 15 On the up and up : LEGIT
- 16 One of more than 30,000 in Scotland : LOCH
- 17 “A Fish Called Wanda” co-star [7,9] : KEVIN KLINE
- 19 Tapered hairstyle : FADE
- 20 Say “I dunno,” say : ELIDE
- 21 Wolf (down) : SNARF
- 23 Female whitetail, e.g. : DOE
- 24 Last ___ (final option) : RESORT
- 26 A total blast [8,1] : GREAT FUN
- 28 On one side of an outfield pole : FOUL
- 30 Sister brand of Crest : ORAL-B
- 31 Pre-weekend outburst : TGIF!
- 34 Biting remark : BARB
- 37 Ends of mazes : GOALS
- 39 “Whew!” : MAN!
- 40 Purple Heart honoree, maybe [4,0] : WAR HERO
- 42 Giant in camping gear : REI
- 43 Reply to “Nuh-uh!” : IS TOO!
- 45 Fully cooked : DONE
- 46 Musician’s break : REST
- 47 Pulse painfully : THROB
- 49 Galifianakis of “Birdman” : ZACH
- 51 Eschew scuba gear, say [3,5] : FREE-DIVE
- 54 Downside of starting a new career path, perhaps : PAY CUT
- 58 Sluglike secretary in “Monsters, Inc.” : ROZ
- 59 Sulky states : SNITS
- 61 Sandwich eaten next to a fire : S’MORE
- 62 Nano or Touch : IPOD
- 64 Some poster-making supplies [2,6] : GLUE STICKS
- 66 ___ melt : TUNA
- 67 Respected person in a tribe : ELDER
- 68 Caroler’s tune : NOEL
- 69 Conform to : OBEY
- 70 Landowners’ documents : DEEDS
- 71 Posh shindig : GALA
12 Jan 22, Adam Aaronson’s NY Times Crossword Down Answers
- 1 One often seen wearing boots with shorts : HIKER
- 2 Singer with the album “30” : ADELE
- 3 ___ Stadium a.k.a. “Field of Jeans” : LEVI’S
- 4 Idled, as workers : LAID OFF
- 5 Animal facing a moose on Michigan’s flag : ELK
- 6 Comes together nicely : GELS
- 7 Anti-___ cream : AGING
- 8 Currency of Iraq : DINAR
- 9 System that might include a turntable : STEREO
- 10 TV E.T. : ALF
- 11 Impromptu signal to slow down : ROAD FLARE
- 12 Two-patty burgers introduced in 1997 : MCDOUBLES
- 13 Matte’s lack : SHEEN
- 18 Ruler during the Great Fire of Rome : NERO
- 22 FX series set in the Great Plains : FARGO
- 25 Brass instrument with the largest mouthpiece : TUBA
- 27 East Asian doctrine : TAO
- 29 Nonkosher cooking fat : LARD
- 31 “Spare me the gory details” : TMI
- 32 Venue for meals with microbrews : GASTROPUB
- 33 Acutely focused and attuned : IN THE ZONE
- 35 Greek “P” : RHO
- 36 German automaker Karl : BENZ
- 38 Stand no more, say : SIT
- 40 Tiger on the green : WOODS
- 41 Glean : REAP
- 44 Contents of a vein : ORE
- 46 Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues : RHYMING
- 48 Oversaw? : BINGED
- 50 Playbill heading : CAST
- 51 ___-Lay : FRITO
- 52 Common city name ending : -VILLE
- 53 Exercise that works the fingers : ETUDE
- 55 Hot ___ : COCOA
- 56 Nerdy “Family Matters” boy : URKEL
- 57 Cybertruck maker : TESLA
- 60 March Madness datum : SEED
- 63 Word after field or before dreams : DAY
- 65 “For reals,” in texts : SRS
