Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 4th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Fills, as a moving van : LOADS UP
8 “Incorrect!” : IT ISN’T
14 Country on the Gulf of Guinea : GABON
19 “Oh, really?,” informally : IZZATSO
20 River through the Black Forest : DANUBE
21 Corkscrew-shaped pasta : ROTINI
22 All crossword fans love this puzzle; anyone who doesn’t love this puzzle can’t be a *real* crossword fan! : NO TRUE SCOTSMAN
24 Capable : UP TO IT
25 “Seat” for a toddler : KNEE
26 Bygone auto inits. : REO
27 Pieces of apparel that might have concert dates printed on them : TEES
28 Mars, a star : BRUNO
29 Flash : SEC
30 Why was this chosen as today’s puzzle? Because it’s great! What makes it great? I mean, it was chosen for publication! : CIRCULAR REASONING
35 Kind of candidate : PHD
36 Plastic ___ Band : ONO
37 Sport with the rank yokozuna (“grand champion”) : SUMO
38 Light beige : ECRU
39 Tear : SPREE
42 Comic book sound : POW
44 What “you better not” do, in “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” : POUT
46 Nintendo avatar : MII
47 I sent this crossword to 100 friends, and two of them really liked it! : CHERRY-PICKING
53 Fixed sum, for some : STIPEND
55 Make like a nomad : ROAM
56 Story ___ : ARC
57 “What did I say?!” : SEE
58 Hint of color : TINGE
59 Balance provider : ATM
60 Shrank (from) : SHIED
62 16th birthday present, sometimes : CAR
63 Locale : SITE
65 What’s more, one of those friends won the lottery right after solving it — coincidence? I think not! : POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC
72 Piece worth approximately five pawns : ROOK
73 Many, many years : EON
74 “Capeesh?” : Y’HEAR
75 Squeeze (out) : EKE
76 Paintball impact sound : SPLAT
79 Beetle juice? : GAS
80 Opposite of bien : MAL
81 ___ gift (common spring purchase) : GRAD
82 Lizard’s grippers : TOE PADS
85 If you criticize this puzzle, where will it end? Before long, you’ll be criticizing your mother’s cooking! : SLIPPERY SLOPE
89 Make a choice : OPT
90 Expresses disapproval, in a way : TUTS
92 Aberdeen denial : NAE
93 World capital or the name of its gulf : TUNIS
94 Sled dog command : MUSH
96 Punishment for goofing off in practice, perhaps : LAPS
98 Org. whose website has a “What Can I Bring?” section : TSA
100 Certain publication, in brief : MAG
101 Besides, The New York Times said it was good! : APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
106 Trisolarans in “The Three-Body Problem,” e.g., for short : ETS
109 Model material : BALSA
110 Humble reply to a compliment : I TRY
111 “Go on …” : AND
112 Blind piece : SLAT
113 Home of Mount Doom in “The Lord of the Rings” : MORDOR
114 Part of a flawed argument, examples of which are seen throughout this puzzle : LOGICAL FALLACY
118 Corpulent : ROTUND
119 Previously, poetically : ERE NOW
120 Not touched, in a way : UNEATEN
121 Zoom alternative : SKYPE
122 What fingerprints and mountains have : RIDGES
123 Credulous quality : NAIVETE
DOWN
1 Hot ___ (breakfast side) : LINKS
2 Global protection : OZONE
3 Onetime pyramid builder : AZTEC
4 Go out on a limb : DARE
5 Bassist Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival : STU
6 Email address, often : USER ID
7 Wannabe : POSER
8 Bachelor’s last words : I DO
9 Part of a sleeve, in brief : TAT
10 Commercial lead-in to cart : INSTA-
11 Region of ancient Mesopotamia : SUMER
12 Pro hoopsters : NBA’ERS
13 React to a sensitive subject, say : TENSE UP
14 Camera that comes with a head strap : GOPRO
15 Harmonize : ATTUNE
16 Certain cyborgs : BIONIC MEN
17 What Homer Simpson gives to Marge as jewelry : ONION RING
18 Very conservative player, in poker lingo : NIT
21 Erases : RUBS OUT
23 Pixar movie with the song “Un Poco Loco” : COCO
30 Singer with #1 hits in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s : CHER
31 Insensitive, in a way : UN-PC
32 Style : LOOK
33 Old Testament book : AMOS
34 Tourist’s aid : GUIDE
35 Treatment whose name suggests its long-lasting effects : PERM
39 Quarrel : SCRAP
40 Snap : PHOTO
41 Stationery stacks : REAMS
43 Where Barbie is originally from, according to her creators : WISCONSIN
45 Giggle : TITTER
48 “Yippee!” : YAHOO
49 Cause to pop, say : PRICK
50 Summer treat : ICEE
51 Semimonthly tide : NEAP
52 Leader of the Pacemakers in 1960s pop : GERRY
54 Fishing spot : PIER
60 Aimed for : SHOT AT
61 Last sips : DREGS
63 Weapon for Achilles : SPEAR
64 Four-time FIFA World Cup winner : ITALY
66 Hunter’s construction : TRAP
67 Cry from a hockey commentator : GOAL
68 “Great heavens!” : OH ME
69 Night ___ (bird) : HERON
70 Mammal endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo : OKAPI
71 Gives up : CEDES
76 Leaf opening : STOMA
77 Story with many dimensions? : POP-UP BOOK
78 “Time to celebrate!” : LET’S PARTY
81 Noise at a beer festival : GLUG
83 Slow-witted sort : DULLARD
84 Number in a recap : STAT
86 Way : PATH
87 MXN, on a currency chart : PESO
88 Hotel visit : STAY
91 Plot ruiner : SPOILER
95 Aged well : HELD UP
97 Enlightened state in Zen Buddhism : SATORI
99 Asia’s ___ Sea : ARAL
100 13,000+-foot peak in Yosemite : MT DANA
102 All together : AS ONE
103 Prodded : URGED
104 Like a dramatic ninth-inning run, perhaps : TYING
105 Just for kicks : IN FUN
106 Overjoy : ELATE
107 “Don’t play,” on a music score : TACET
108 “Funny Girl” composer Jule : STYNE
112 Eastern European : SLAV
113 Title awarded after a match? : MRS
115 Iowa college : COE
116 Sympathetic sounds : AWS
117 Gift tied together with string : LEI
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