NYT Crossword Answers 09/06/24

Across Clues

• 1 MollycoddleBABY
• 5 They often have multiple hornsSKABANDS
• 13 Spy’s assumptionALIAS
• 15 One might be reached at a summitPEACEDEAL
• 16 Part of the military brass?BUGLE
• 17 Intensely focusedINTHEZONE
• 18 Hyperbolic ordinalUMPTEENTH
• 20 Compete in a Summer Olympic sportFENCE
• 21 Claim in courtHARM
• 22 Peke’s squeakYIP
• 24 Something made just for show?SET
• 25 Agcy. that helps start-upsSBA
• 27 Keir Starmer and others, for shortPMS
• 30 Emily’s List, e.g., informallyPAC
• 32 Rembrandt and Sargent, notablyPORTRAITARTISTS
• 39 “Much appreciated”ITMEANSALOTTOME
• 40 Line from a blame-shifterTHATWASNTMYIDEA
• 41 A split one may need trimmingEND
• 42 Garden swimmerKOI
• 43 “Go to the ___, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise”: Proverbs 6:6ANT
• 44 Faux finish?PAS
• 47 Where the malleus and incus bones are foundEAR
• 49 Jerry’s car of choice on “Seinfeld”SAAB
• 52 Pangolin scales, functionallyARMOR
• 54 TransientEPHEMERAL
• 59 Youth-centric magazine spinoffTEENVOGUE
• 61 Subject of the classic song lyric “I’ll see you in my dreams”IRENE
• 62 Competition with many missionsSPACERACE
• 63 Roman goddess of childbirthDIANA
• 64 Where one person’s trash is another’s treasureYARDSALE
• 65 Unsullied environmentEDEN

Vertical Clues

• 1 Hindu gentlemanBABU
• 2 Booster, perhapsALUM
• 3 Powerful D.C. lobby, informallyBIGPHARMA
• 4 Crimean town in 1945 headlinesYALTA
• 5 In transitSENT
• 6 Comedian GriffinKATHY
• 7 Frankfurter’s cryACH
• 8 Part of a sliderBEEFPATTY
• 9 Shipbuilder’s toolADZE
• 10 Crayola’s atomic tangerine and shocking pink, e.g.NEONS
• 11 Chicken or mashed potatoDANCE
• 12 Nasty fall?SLEET
• 14 Nostradamus, supposedlySEER
• 15 Certain chess tacticPIN
• 19 Deep-fried Latin American fareEMPANADA
• 23 Swear words?IPROMISE
• 25 What female llamas do to show disinterest in a mateSPIT
• 26 “Ice cream or cake?” response, perhapsBOTH
• 28 White peg, in BattleshipMISS
• 29 Was awfulSTANK
• 31 “___ Never Sleeps” (banking slogan)CITI
• 33 Spot for a toqueTETE
• 34 Things touched by touchy topicsRAWNERVES
• 35 Bajo’s oppositeALTO
• 36 It’s leavened with sour milkSODABREAD
• 37 Bootlegger bustersTMEN
• 38 “Take a ___”SEAT
• 44 Con targetPATSY
• 45 Relative of a pupusaAREPA
• 46 SlanderSMEAR
• 48 GrandREGAL
• 50 Surrounded byAMID
• 51 Treetop dwellingAERIE
• 53 Ready for a drive, perhaps?ONCD
• 55 Shade akin to mauvePUCE
• 56 Giggle syllableHEE
• 57 Burrell of the Food NetworkANNE
• 58 Tend (toward)LEAN
• 60 “Kia ___” (New Zealand greeting)ORA