0131-23 NY Times Crossword 31 Jan 23, Tuesday


Constructed by: Erik Agard
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: Mariah Carey

Themed answers each start with a CHART-TOPPING HIT recorded by MARIAH CAREY:

  • 24D Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down : MARIAH CAREY
  • 14D Giant narrative that may be about giants (and elves as well) : FANTASY SAGA (giving “Fantasy”)
  • 16D Tree whose pods contain a sweet-tasting pulp : HONEY LOCUST (giving “Honey”)
  • 19D Luke Cage’s title in his first comics appearance : HERO FOR HIRE (giving “Hero”)

Bill’s time: 11m 14s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

My wife and I are enjoying the final days of an extended vacation in Europe with a few days in London. I just managed to slip away to solve the puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.

Normal “service” will resume on or before Friday Feb 3rd, the day after we get back home to California.

Thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Enlivens : PEPS UP
7 Salutes with flutes? : TOASTS
13 Tried really hard : STROVE
14 “Leading us off …” : FIRST UP …
15 W.N.B.A. All-Star Alyssa : THOMAS
16 Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative name : HALO-HALO
17 “___ been wondering …” : I’VE
18 Suffix for a long fund-raiser : -THON
20 La Brea substance : TAR
21 Three-___ sloth : TOED
22 Study of insects, for short : ENTO
24 Item that might be left on a hotel pillow : MINT
25 One-named “Queen of All Media” : OPRAH
27 Counterpart of sow : REAP
28 Scores 100 on : ACES
29 Its capital is Tripoli : LIBYA
30 Shellfish that may be served cooked or raw : OYSTER
32 Curd-based drink : LASSI
33 Aviate : FLY
34 Rosters : LISTS
38 Black-and-white breakfast cereal : OREO O’S
40 Language in which “hello” is “kia ora” : MAORI
41 “___ está usted?” : COMO
44 Black-and-white whale : ORCA
45 “No idea” gesture : SHRUG
46 Country that borders Yemen : OMAN
47 “The Color Purple” character ___ Avery : SHUG
48 Hartford’s state: Abbr. : CONN
49 Went unused : SAT
50 “Yeah, that didn’t escape my notice” : I SAW
52 Curved path : ARC
53 “Ow!” : THAT HURT!
57 Pre-cable TV appurtenance : AERIAL
60 Establishment that serves “purr”-over coffee? : CAT CAFE
61 “Living Single” creator ___ Lee Bowser : YVETTE
62 Not being manually operated : ON AUTO
63 Agree to something : SAY YES

Down

1 Winter clock setting in Calif. : PST
2 Addis Ababa’s land : ETHIOPIA
3 “A closed mouth doesn’t get fed” and others : PROVERBS
4 Not too long from now : SOMEDAY SOON
5 Campus setting in the story collection “My Monticello,” in brief : UVA
6 Nuisance : PEST
7 Up to, informally : TIL
8 Spanish for “gold” : ORO
9 ___ Wednesday : ASH
10 Cause of some cling : STATIC
11 New Orleans university : TULANE
12 Cricket and squash, for two : SPORTS
14 Giant narrative that may be about giants (and elves as well) : FANTASY SAGA (giving “Fantasy”)
16 Tree whose pods contain a sweet-tasting pulp : HONEY LOCUST (giving “Honey”)
19 Luke Cage’s title in his first comics appearance : HERO FOR HIRE (giving “Hero”)
21 Turnpike payment : TOLL
23 Choose : OPT
24 Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down : MARIAH CAREY
26 Eyebrows and beards : HAIR
31 Stately trees : ELMS
35 Delta Sigma Theta, for one : SORORITY
36 Shorten : TRUNCATE
37 Exit or Yield : SIGN
39 Dawn goddess : EOS
41 Rival of Sam’s Club : COSTCO
42 Resident of Nebraska’s largest city : OMAHAN
43 Hakuna ___ (Swahili phrase meaning “no problems”) : MATATA
51 Methods : WAYS
54 Fort Worth sch. whose mascot is SuperFrog : TCU
55 All ___ and no cattle : HAT
56 Mysterious sky sighting : UFO
58 “Deliver Us From ___” (2003 rom-com) : EVA
59 Plural article in French : LES

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