Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 11th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Shoots for the moon : ASPIRES
8 Saudi’s neighbor : IRAQI
13 Gets ready to surf, maybe : LOGS ON
19 Annoyance for a shopkeeper : LOITERER
21 Japanese takeout option : BENTO
22 Best of all possible worlds : UTOPIA
23 Say “O di” instead of “I do”? : EXCHANGE WEDDING VOWELS
26 Le Mans race unit: Abbr. : KIL
27 Keep from happening : AVERT
28 “Once Upon a Mattress” prop : PEA
29 Longtime hair removal brand : NEET
30 Word with hose or line : PANTY-
32 Sewing machine pioneer Howe : ELIAS
34 Expert conclusion? : -ISE
37 Like some wits and wines : DRY
38 Eviction notice sent to a New York deli owner? : PACK YOUR BAGELS (bags) AND GO
43 Roadwork might push it back, in brief : ETA
44 Like many London skies : GREY
45 Something fishy : ROE
46 Back in time : AGO
47 Scatterbrain : AIRHEAD
50 “This thing is SHARP! It handles potatoes and carrots with ease,” e.g. : PEELER REVIEW
56 “The Kiss” sculptor : RODIN
57 Stage a hostile takeover of : USURP
60 Blue dye : ANIL
61 Inits. for a hit : SRO
62 Dept. store inventory : GDS
64 Face-planted : ATE IT
66 Dodge S.U.V. : DURANGO
69 Interior decorator’s assertion that bold colors are back in style? : WHAT’S PASTEL IS PAST
73 Like the view from Big Sur : COASTAL
75 Kind of farm : SOLAR
76 Survive a round of musical chairs : SIT
77 Setting for the musical “Two by Two” : ARK
78 Inveigh (against) : RAIL
81 E-bike alternative : MOPED
83 Smother, as with sauce : DROWN
87 Santa’s routes on Christmas Eve? : NOEL FLY ZONES
91 “I categorically deny that!” : IT’S A LIE
93 Job listing abbr. : EOE
94 One might be organized by habitat : ZOO
95 “A Death in the Family” novelist : AGEE
97 Wall St. debut : IPO
98 Advice after one’s rival scores a perfect ten? : DON’T GET MAD, GET ELEVEN
104 “Me day” destination : SPA
106 Org. with a PreCheck option : TSA
107 What fumaroles emit : STEAM
108 Like streets, but rarely alleyways : NAMED
109 River through Florence : ARNO
111 Give an allowance? : LET
114 Lukewarm : TEPID
116 Had a session : MET
117 Airline’s promise to improve its timeliness? : YOUR DELAYS ARE NUMBERED
124 Rim protector : HUBCAP
125 “___ is to place as eternity is to time”: Joseph Joubert : SPACE
126 Where the entire “Newhart” series actually took place : IN A DREAM
127 Guiding principles : IDEALS
128 Hollandaise sauce ingredients : YOLKS
129 They might get worn down while solving crosswords : ERASERS
DOWN
1 Stuff served in a horn at a Renaissance faire, perhaps : ALE
2 Red or White follower : SOX
3 Magician’s request : PICK A CARD
4 “For my money …” : I THINK
5 Subject of Bravo’s “Selling Sunset” : REALTY
6 Directional suffix : -ERN
7 Company whose name is derived from “Service Games” : SEGA
8 Airline based in Madrid : IBERIA
9 Markdown indicator : RED TAG
10 “Your point being …?” : AND
11 Stick in a makeup kit : Q-TIP
12 Skye of “Say Anything …” : IONE
13 Word on a candy heart : LUV
14 Indigenous Oklahoman : OTO
15 Red carpet attire : GOWN
16 Maker of tiny trunks : SPEEDO
17 Loser in the 2024 Stanley Cup final : OILER
18 Mean-spirited : NASTY
20 Regard highly : REVERE
24 Dr. Marcus of old TV : WELBY
25 Greek goddess of the earth : GAIA
30 Alfresco dining spot : PATIO
31 Positions that require flexibility? : YOGA
33 Desertlike : SERE
35 Traffic jams : SNARL-UPS
36 Intense demeanor : EDGE
38 Compote fruit : PEAR
39 Language whose name starts and ends with the same letter : URDU
40 Looney Tunes bunny : LOLA
41 Admitted to a doctor’s office : SEEN
42 Ending of a political address : GOV
48 Euphoric moments : HIGHS
49 Not go further than : END AT
50 Panini maker, e.g. : PRESS
51 Textbook example : EPITOME
52 Purges : RIDS
53 First word of a Stevie Wonder hit : ISN’T
54 Part of a joule : ERG
55 Romance : WOO
58 Likely victim on April Fools’ Day : SAP
59 Actress Hagen : UTA
63 Hollywood hopefuls : STARLETS
65 Final purpose, to Aristotle : TELOS
67 Surprise 100-Downs : RAIDS
68 “Ad ___” (2019 sci-fi film) : ASTRA
69 Hazard for a jet skier : WAKE
70 Do in : SLAY
71 Drink like a dog : LAP
72 Its prime minister is known as the Taoiseach: Abbr. : IRE
73 When doubled, a dance : CAN
74 “___ y plata” (state motto of Montana) : ORO
79 Sparkling juice brand : IZZE
80 Ill-gotten gains : LOOT
82 Milkweed leaves, for a monarch caterpillar : DIET
84 Athena’s gift to Athens : OLIVE TREE
85 Totally exhausted : WIPED
86 Bright light in the big city : NEON
88 Zodiac feline : LEO
89 Type of type : FONT
90 Academy endorsements, casually : NOMS
92 Many a babysitter : TEEN
95 Visibly stunned : AGAPE
96 Early NASA program : GEMINI
98 Europe’s second-longest river : DANUBE
99 Chutzpah : GALL
100 Go on the offensive : ATTACK
101 Some farm machines : DEERES
102 Kappa follower : LAMBDA
103 Mideast dignitaries: Var. : EMEERS
104 Drop in for a sec : SAY HI
105 Honored : PROUD
110 Predator that can weigh up to six tons : ORCA
112 Like child’s play : EASY
113 Embarassing mistake? : TYPO
115 Sea turtle nesting site : DUNE
118 Indian lentil dish : DAL
119 Many debut releases, in brief : EPS
120 Mule of old song : SAL
121 Dent or scratch : MAR
122 Barber’s obstacle : EAR
123 Contacts on Instagram, informally : DMS
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