NYT Crossword Answers 09/19/22

Across Clues

• Reference for a geography buffATLAS
• Pie ___ modeALA
• Male turkeyTOM
• Landline, e.g.PHONE
• Some nest eggs, for shortIRAS
• ChuckleheadDOPE
• Tubular pasta varietyPENNE
• Profit-sharing reward, perhapsCASHBONUS
• “In ___ of flowers ?”LIEU
• “Outstanding” obligationDEBT
• “If only!”IWISH
• UnpredictableERRATIC
• SignifyMEAN
• Make-up specialist?LIAR
• Being risked, as in a gambler’s betATSTAKE
• Circle or hexagonSHAPE
• Forever and a day, sayEONS
• First-century Roman poetOVID
• Hiking trailsPATHS
• Fuss and fanfareADO
• About one-third of Hispaniola, area-wiseHAITI
• Navy’s football rivalARMY
• Spine-tingling sign of things to comeOMEN
• Liability’s oppositeASSET
• OopsiesMESSUPS
• Heroic sagaEPIC
• “How sweet it ___ be loved by you” (James Taylor lyric)ISTO
• Comes through the doorARRIVES
• Girl in WonderlandALICE
• The “C” of T.L.C.CARE
• Where outdoor Christmas lights may be hungEAVE
• FlimflammerCONARTIST
• Museum wing, perhapsANNEX
• ___ eye (glare said to bring bad luck)EVIL
• Rubber ducky’s domainBATH
• What the nose knowsSCENT
• Cry between “ready” and “go”SET
• Thrilla in Manila boxerALI
• Brats and gnatsPESTS

Vertical Clues

• Orchard fruitAPPLE
• “A League of ___ Own”THEIR
• Solitary sortLONER
• *Routine medical checkupANNUALPHYSICAL
• “Get it?”SEE
• Many a YemeniARAB
• *Whom one might not marry no matter what!LASTMANONEARTH
• Pompeii falloutASH
• “Beloved” author MorrisonTONI
• Magnum ___ (masterpiece)OPUS
• Fit together, as gearwheel teethMESH
• *”Cool” get-together with cones and scoopsICECREAMSOCIAL
• Implementable with expertise and expert ease ? or how the starred clues’ answers can be taken?DOWNTOASCIENCE
• Lack of objectivityBIAS
• ___ de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)DIA
• Casual Friday castoffsTIES
• Aliens, in briefETS
• “We try harder” car rental companyAVIS
• High-flying toyKITE
• One way to reduce one’s sentence?EDIT
• Junk emailSPAM
• Tortoise’s rival in a fableHARE
• Banking conveniences, for shortATMS
• Poem of exaltationODE
• Let-down for Rapunzel?HAIR
• Make a choiceOPT
• Tech support seeker, typicallyUSER
• Lead-in to fix or fabricatePRE
• Barn toppersVANES
• The Met Gala, e.g.EVENT
• Some risqué communiquésSEXTS
• Prized blackjack cardsACES
• Zero, in tennisLOVE
• Not out of the runningINIT
• Italian vino regionASTI
• Pending, on a sched.TBA
• Venomous serpent in “Antony and Cleopatra”ASP