March 2 2019 New York Times - Mar 2 2019 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. They’re better than all the rest : WORLD BEATERS
13. “One Thousand and One Nights” character : GENIE OF THE LAMP
15. Cocktails with Southern Comfort : ALABAMA SLAMMERS
17. Pharmacy pickups, informally : SCRIPS
18. Went bananas : LOST IT
19. Food that’s eaten perpendicularly to how it’s usually made : TOAST
20. “How’s it hangin’?” : SUP?
23. Dishonor : SHAME
24. Lead-in to science : OMNI-
25. Much smaller relative of the rhinoceros : TAPIR
27. “Get ___” (1967 hit for the Esquires) : ON UP
28. Clear : NET
29. #1 song at the end of October in 1962 : MONSTER MASH
31. Confection with a hole in the middle : BUNDT CAKE
32. Classic video game hero’s catchphrase : IT’S-A ME … MARIO!
35. Input on eBay : BID
38. Lo ___ : MEIN
39. Party that’s off the hook : RAGER
40. “Molto ___!” (positive reply in Italy) : BENE
41. Grocery chain that closed in 2015 after 156 years in business : A AND P
43. Kind of moon : NEW
44. Underlying, as metabolism : BASAL
45. Trims : PRUNES
47. Big name in weaponry : BERTHA
48. Short cut that bypasses a canal? : CESAREAN SECTION
52. By popular vote : DEMOCRATICALLY
53. Gets ready for dinner : SETS THE TABLE

Down

1. Start of many a speech : WELCOME
2. Going off : ON A RANT
3. Actor Giovanni of “Avatar” : RIBISI
4. Performed a pas de chat, e.g. : LEAPT
5. Whip wielders, for short : DOMS
6. Undergrad deg. for a creative type : BFA
7. Letters for potential college students : ETS
8. Calder Cup org. : AHL
9. Relative of aqua : TEAL
10. “___ World” (“Sesame Street” segment) : ELMO’S
11. Emphasizes forcefully : RAMS HOME
12. Composer of “The Bartered Bride” : SMETANA
13. Who stabs the beast in “Beauty and the Beast” : GASTON
14. First, in Latin : PRIMUS
16. Curry of the N.B.A. : STEPH
20. The guy of your dreams? : SANDMAN
21. Overshadow : UPSTAGE
22. Workers making preparations to retire? : PIT CREW
25. It comes in cyan, magenta, yellow or black : TONER
26. Bring up, as an old grievance : REAIR
29. Quiet : MUM
30. “It’s a Wonderful Life” studio : RKO
31. U2, e.g. : BAND NAME
32. Statement in an old Apple ad : I’M A PC
33. Got misty, with “up” : TEARED
34. Sites of congestion : SINUSES
35. “Hush, now!” : BE STILL!
36. Way behind on payments : IN A HOLE
37. Dana of “China Beach” : DELANY
40. A sidecar may be added to it : BAR TAB
42. Founder of the Reform Party : PEROT
44. ___ Fitzpatrick, author of the 2009 best seller “Hush, Hush” : BECCA
46. Ticks : SECS
47. “So ___” : BE IT
49. “Without tradition, ___ is a flock of sheep without a shepherd”: Winston Churchill : ART
50. “Pass” : NAH
51. ___ Genevieve (Missouri county or its seat) : STE

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