January 3 2018 New York Times - Jan 3 2018 Crossword Clues and Answers

 
 
Across
1. Got the attention of : GRABBED
8. Followers of the Baal Shem Tov : HASIDIM
15. Author known for the intelligence of his writing? : LECARRE
16. Outer layer of a membrane : EXODERM
17. Crystallizing substance in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" : ICENINE
18. Conglomeration : AMALGAM
19. With 20-Across, pattern in back of a window : DESKTOP
20. See 19-Across : PAPER
21. Cut down, possibly : EDIT
22. Cold-weather product prefix : SNO
23. Reading ability? : ESP
26. Can't stomach : DETESTS
30. "De profundis," e.g. : PSALM
32. Best-selling erotic novelist ___ Leigh : LORA
33. Germ-free state : ASEPSIS
35. With 37-Across, hit Leonardo DiCaprio film, with "The" : WOLFOF
37. See 35-Across : STREET
38. Narrow tube in chemistry : PIPETTE
39. Get better : HEAL
40. App customers : USERS
41. Cinches : ENSURES
45. Boardom? : PEN
46. Playing card marking : PIP
49. Word with full or file : NAME
50. With 52-Across, commander at the First Battle of Bull Run : STONE
52. See 50-Across : JACKSON
55. Kobe or Shaq, notably : LALAKER
57. Recruits : ENLISTS
58. Steam locomotive workers : STOKERS
59. Black Panther's co-creator : STANLEE
60. Reduction of tension : DETENTE
61. Choir composition : SINGERS
 
Down
1. Chasséd, say : GLIDED
2. Withdraw : RECEDE
3. Gets a 5 on an A.P. exam, say : ACESIT
4. One who may help you keep your balance? : BANKTELLER
5. Lancastrian or Liverpudlian : BRIT
6. ___ Laszlo (cosmetics brand) : ERNO
7. Not easily understood : DEEP
8. Stacks : HEAPS
9. Lumberjack : AXMAN
10. Daytime TV fare : SOAPOPERAS
11. Pass the time : IDLE
12. Prepare, as hides for tanning : DEGREASE
13. Org. that supported the Good Friday Agreement : IRA
14. "Scrumptious!" : MMM
24. Razor cut : SLIT
25. May and others, for short : PMS
27. Hard to hear, perhaps : SOFTSPOKEN
28. Quick pace : TROT
29. A good one is hard to crack : SAFE
31. Underground activity : SPELUNKING
33. 1970 Australian Open winner : ASHE
34. W.W. II weapon : STEN
35. Full of sass : WISE
36. Gap in a schedule : OPENSLOT
38. Lightweight boxer? : PUP
42. Brawl in the backwoods : RASSLE
43. Possible candidate for a Razzie Award : EMOTER
44. Has a funny feeling : SENSES
47. Like atoms with complete valence shells : INERT
48. Inherently : PERSE
51. Stomach : TAKE
52. The new girl on Fox's "New Girl" : JESS
53. Disfavoring : ANTI
54. Group with a tartan : CLAN
55. Subject of many '60s hits? : LSD
56. Had something : ATE

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