The full solution for the NY Times August 18 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger and edited by Joel Fagliano. The name of this puzzle is For Your Amusement.
Across Clues
- 1 9 or 10, but not 11 or 12CARD
- 5 Forming the bottom levelBASAL
- 10 Metallic soundCLANG
- 15 Quick second?ASST
- 19 Thickening substance obtained from seaweedAGAR
- 20 Mega-ULTRA
- 21 Trash-loving MuppetOSCAR
- 22 Election year focusRACE
- 23 Its name comes from Japanese for “to fight”SUMO
- 24 SpaciousROOMY
- 25 Amusement park attraction depicted above and below this answerBUMPERCARS
- 27 Cry following a countdownHAPPYNEWYEAR
- 30 ___ vez (this time: Sp.)ESTA
- 31 Sewer scurrierRAT
- 32 Prof’s helpersTAS
- 33 Molecule studied by 2023 Nobelist Katalin KarikoRNA
- 34 Be a cast member ofACTIN
- 36 N.Y.C. home of “Christina’s World”MOMA
- 37 “Three o’clock”EAST
- 39 Hawaiian pizza toppingHAM
- 42 “Fiddler on the Roof” matchmakerYENTE
- 44 Titled widowsDOWAGERS
- 46 Two thumbs up?YESES
- 48 Glass tube illuminantNEON
- 49 Start to despairLOSEHEART
- 50 About 3.26 light yearsPARSEC
- 51 “Her Kind” poet SextonANNE
- 52 Capital on the Gulf of GuineaACCRA
- 53 Insignificant amountSOU
- 54 “I’ve cracked it!”AHA
- 55 Suffix with cyclo-TRON
- 57 Genre influenced by calypsoSKA
- 58 “The Shape of Water” directorDELTORO
- 60 ConsumersEATERS
- 64 Trip, with “off”SET
- 65 Amusement park attraction depicted weaving through this answerROLLERCOASTER
- 69 “Kidding!”NOT
- 70 “Likewise!”IDOTOO
- 72 Appear again after being killed, in a video gameRESPAWN
- 73 Burnsian lead-in to bodyNAE
- 74 React to something hilariousHOWL
- 76 Dweller in the cracks of a sunken ship, maybeEEL
- 77 A+ service?ACE
- 78 Ingvar Kamprad or Ingmar Bergman, e.g.SWEDE
- 80 DwindleWANE
- 83 Canadian N.H.L. teamOILERS
- 85 Prominent feature of Tom Selleck or David HasselhoffCHESTHAIR
- 87 Total headachePAIN
- 88 Showy garden flowerPEONY
- 89 Sour grapes drink?HATERADE
- 90 Dating app successMATCH
- 92 Digs in the mudSTY
- 93 Mega-UBER
- 95 Lapel attachmentsMICS
- 96 Dendrologist’s studyTREES
- 98 Letter before omegaPSI
- 99 Egg cellsOVA
- 100 Sub domainSEA
- 101 Things you might pray onRUGS
- 104 Vital component of the global refugee processRESETTLEMENT
- 111 Amusement park attraction depicted above this answerWATERSLIDE
- 114 People that call New Zealand “Aotearoa”MAORI
- 115 Crumbled dessert toppingOREO
- 116 Last word before eating, sometimesAMEN
- 117 Nickname for the Los Angeles AngelsHALOS
- 118 Set of pipes?ORGAN
- 119 Not firmLIMP
- 120 “Hey, you! Yeah, you!”PSST
- 121 Does a whole lot of nothingIDLES
- 122 Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of “mammal”LLAMA
- 123 Biblical father of KenanENOS
Vertical Clues
- 1 Take one’s profits, with “in”CASH
- 2 Bebida en una taqueríaAGUA
- 3 Parking garage featureRAMP
- 4 Amusement park attraction depicted to the right of this answerDROPTOWER
- 5 Participate in a Lakota smudging ceremonyBURNSAGE
- 6 Succulent genusALOE
- 7 PackSTOW
- 8 With 29-Down, insect that conducts raidsARMY
- 9 Sensible clothing for the Bay Area’s climateLAYERS
- 10 A gilded one is seen on King Tut’s crownCOBRA
- 11 Baton Rouge sch.LSU
- 12 ZenithACME
- 13 Goes down for a while?NAPS
- 14 Actress Lee of “Past Lives”GRETA
- 15 Part of a circumferenceARC
- 16 Designer of noted terminals at Dulles and J.F.K.SAARINEN
- 17 “The Office” settingSCRANTON
- 18 TrialTEST
- 26 RisquéRACY
- 28 Maker of pianos and motorcyclesYAMAHA
- 29 See 8-DownANT
- 35 Apartment dwellerTENANT
- 36 Fruity Italian wineMOSCATO
- 37 Jazz pianist GarnerERROLL
- 38 PerceptiveASTUTE
- 39 Goddess whose name fills in this fact: Hephaestus once made ___ magical throneHERA
- 40 Equus africanus, e.g.ASS
- 41 Get togetherMEET
- 43 Brussels-to-Berlin dir.ENE
- 44 Removed, as pointsDOCKED
- 45 Oil platform?EASEL
- 46 Boorish sortsYAHOOS
- 47 Assist in a pick-and-rollSCREEN
- 49 Yogurt-based beverageLASSI
- 50 Brown paper packages tied up with stringsPARCELS
- 56 Shell toolOAR
- 58 The Four Knights’ genreDOOWOP
- 59 Solar system modelORRERY
- 61 Groups of nineENNEADS
- 62 One hopping on the band wagon?ROADIE
- 63 DirectSTEER
- 65 Pooh’s palROO
- 66 Indigenous people with a First Moccasin ceremonyAPACHE
- 67 Louis who wrote “Holes”SACHAR
- 68 Aviary soundTWEET
- 71 ConsequentlyTHENCE
- 75 Says what isn’t soLIES
- 76 Itty-bittyEENY
- 78 Fight (for)STRIVE
- 79 Amusement park attraction depicted in and around this answerWHACAMOLE
- 80 Typing stat: Abbr.WPM
- 81 The Albuquerque Isotopes and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, for twoAAATEAMS
- 82 Compounds in cured meatsNITRATES
- 84 DestinyLOT
- 86 Kind of coarse flourSEMOLINA
- 91 Munich “mister”HERR
- 93 Mileage, so to speakUSE
- 94 Pepto-___BISMOL
- 97 Part of an omakase mealSUSHI
- 98 Word with French or freePRESS
- 100 SubstituteSWAP
- 102 PleasedGLAD
- 103 Common spot for a houseplantSILL
- 105 Title in ParliamentEARL
- 106 Draped garmentTOGA
- 107 Aerial transport across New York’s East RiverTRAM
- 108 Actress MoriartyERIN
- 109 Finding ___ Submarine Voyage (Disneyland attraction)NEMO
- 110 At mostTOPS
- 112 Audiologist’s colleague, in briefENT
- 113 Agcy. overseeing public schoolsDOE
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