NYT Crossword Answers 01/04/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A It protects the heart RIBCAGE
• 8A Egyptian god of the underworld OSIRIS
• 14A Dr.’s order? AMA
• 17A Substances found in cured meats and explosives NITRATES
• 18A Theme park with attractions like The Count’s Splash Castle and Oscar’s Rusty Rotten Rockets SESAMEPLACE
• 21A High marks APLUSSES
• 22A “That’s enough bickering!” STOPITYOUTWO
• 24A Valletta’s land MALTA
• 25A Sci-fi protagonist who says “I don’t like the idea that I’m not in control of my life” NEO
• 27A Max’s opposite MIN
• 28A Morpheus, to 25-Across MENTOR
• 29A Good ol’ boy BUBBA
• 31A Actor Thomas ___ Church HADEN
• 34A Stares stupidly GAWKS
• 35A General who crossed the Rubicon CAESAR
• 37A Snubs IGNORES
• 39A Ultimate end, to Aristotle TELOS
• 40A TV E.T. ALF
• 41A Secondary list of options SUBMENU
• 43A ___ Veronese, “The Wedding at Cana” painter PAOLO
• 45A Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway) MAUD
• 47A Classification that anyone can donate to TYPEAB
• 48A Got off ALIT
• 49A With warts and all ASIS
• 53A Pesto ingredients PINENUTS
• 55A Made less angry now PLACATED
• 58A Ozone no-no, for short CFC
• 59A The dash in many an emoticon NOSE
• 60A It’s a “tyrannical discipline,” said Sylvia Plath POETRY
• 61A Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel MUFASA
• 63A Derived from gold AURIC
• 66A Steals, informally FILCHES
• 67A Something a bug produces ERROR
• 68A Certain Army noncom SGTMAJ
• 70A Points to a church? SPIRES
• 71A What the 7 may mean in 7/11 JULY
• 73A Brewed beverage ALE
• 74A Perseveres PUSHESON
• 76A Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women’s lifestyle website POPSUGAR
• 80A “Horsefeathers!” PISH
• 82A “Fiddlesticks!” DRAT
• 83A Combine using heat without melting, as particles SINTER
• 85A Make a lot, say? PAVE
• 86A Famed firefighter Red ADAIR
• 88A “All right, but that’s not my opinion” SAYSYOU
• 90A L.A.P.D. unit? LOS
• 91A The Lamb JESUS
• 93A Devoted effort to looking attractive PREENED
• 96A Leaning ASLANT
• 98A Bandage brand CURAD
• 99A Possessed, biblically HADST
• 100A Word before winner or after Wonder BREAD
• 101A Brick homes ADOBES
• 103A Buffalo’s home: Abbr. NYS
• 104A “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?” SIE
• 106A Eponym of element 96 CURIE
• 109A They’ll get there eventually LATEBLOOMERS
• 113A Like the cultivation of land AGRARIAN
• 115A Country whose border shape is the world’s roundest SIERRALEONE
• 116A Zero GOOSEEGG
• 117A Co.’s $$$ head CFO
• 118A Steal for ransom KIDNAP
• 119A Whence the phrase “wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve” OTHELLO

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Kelly of morning TV RIPA
• 2D “Come on and let loose for a while!” ITLLBEFUN
• 3D Name of Ohio State’s buckeye mascot BRUTUS
• 4D Wrinkly fruits CASABAS
• 5D Parts of many online handles ATS
• 6D Davis of “Thelma & Louise” GEENA
• 7D “___ quam videri” (North Carolina’s motto) ESSE
• 8D 1940s spy grp. OSS
• 9D Ready ? or a word after ready SET
• 10D Chemist’s variant ISOMER
• 11D Violent seizure, as of property RAPINE
• 12D “Sign me up” IMIN
• 13D He scattered his brother’s remains across the land and usurped his throne SET
• 14D Soothing goo ALOEGEL
• 15D Hawaiian for “long mountain” MAUNALOA
• 16D Intermission follower on Broadway ACTTWO
• 17D War zone for Rambo, informally NAM
• 19D Poe’s “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___” PYM
• 20D Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g. EWOKS
• 23D Hosp. areas ORS
• 26D “I’m flattered!” OHGEE
• 30D Believing his friend and ally had too much power, he led a party of conspirators to put an end to him BRUTUS
• 32D State capital that’s closest to the U.S. Capitol ANNAPOLIS
• 33D Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively DOUBLECROSSED
• 35D Kids’ summer getaway CAMP
• 36D Kyrgyzstani mountain range ALAI
• 37D Urchins IMPS
• 38D Fans out SPLAYS
• 39D Where idols go head-to-head? TOTEM
• 42D Small part in a gig BYTE
• 44D British isle AIT
• 46D It’s in your jeans DENIM
• 48D Plot divisions ACRES
• 50D Traumatize SCAR
• 51D “Assuming that’s true ?” IFSO
• 52D He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew SCAR
• 54D “Not gonna lie ?” NOCAP
• 56D First enactors of democracy ATHENIANS
• 57D Fencing contests DUELS
• 60D Chemistry lab dropper PIPET
• 62D Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast FRYUP
• 63D Chop-chop ASAP
• 64D Wrinkly fruit UGLI
• 65D GPS lines: Abbr. RTES
• 66D Programming language that’s also a musical key FSHARP
• 69D He sold out his master in exchange for silver JUDAS
• 71D Baby in a pouch JOEY
• 72D Pandemonium UPROAR
• 75D Title for a guru SRI
• 76D Survivor’s affliction, for short PTSD
• 77D Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in “The Fellowship of the Ring” GALADRIEL
• 78D Big name in makeup AVON
• 79D Music score squiggle REST
• 81D Disagrees (with) HASABEEF
• 84D Ixnays from Irkutsk NYETS
• 87D Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially DUDEBRO
• 89D Possible scenario, to a coder USECASE
• 91D 2011 Lady Gaga hit JUDAS
• 92D Steamy EROTIC
• 94D Paired chips with dips? RHYMED
• 95D Touch lightly, as a gas pedal EASEON
• 97D Floral victory symbol LAUREL
• 98D Lead-in to Tech CAL
• 100D Spawned BEGOT
• 102D Camera inits. SLR
• 103D ___ me tangere (Latin warning) NOLI
• 105D Jafar’s parrot in “Aladdin” IAGO
• 107D Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall IAGO
• 108D Official lang. of Liberia ENG
• 110D Acorn, in the future OAK
• 111D Messenger ___ RNA
• 112D Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr. SEP
• 114D “Ruh-___!” (cry from Astro on “The Jetsons”) ROH