2023-04-17 New York Times crossword
Is, before
In the same way as
Hurdle for a future “Esq.”
Brainstorming product
Approximately
Birds in a coop
Gray in the face
Terra ___
Sign of things to come
Fighting sport, for short
Teller of tall tales
Like some decals
Eggs in Caesar’s salad?
“Oh, come on!”
Excludes
Wander off course
Oil price-regulating grp.
Doughnut shapes
What causes dough to expand and rise
Following a trail, as a bloodhound
No more than
Dutch cheese
Professional office-seeker, informally
Cambridge univ.
Israeli leader Golda
Kind of bag that may hold swag
Success in pitching or bowling
Chip ___ (“Beauty and the Beast” teacup)
Schwarzenegger, to pals
Participates in some singles matches?
Start of a hypothetical
Group for docs
Bar game projectile
Something a convenience store sells in bags
Mum’s mum
Final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth
One of 26.2 in a marathon
Make less wordy, say
Scottish girl
Weasel relative
Big name in potato chips
Picnic pest
Carsickness feeling
Actor Alda or Arkin
Start of a countdown
“I can’t even!” … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues
Gardener’s bagful
At that time
Prize for Best Original Score, e.g.
Castle protector
Small houses, in Spain
*Easy-listening background tunes
Announcement upon arrival
“I’m not impressed”
Some baby noises
What a crossing guard’s outstretched arm means
Road trip expense
Like those interested in poetry or painting
From ___ Z
Wriggly, as a fish
Indicate
*Texter’s options for sending faces and symbols
Optimists can find them in any situation
Fail to include
“Understand now?”
Univ. military program
Proofreader’s “leave that in”
*Cold shoulder
In favor of
Pinnacle
Shoe brand with a three-stripe logo
Source of maple syrup
Part of a rotary telephone
Flavor of yellow Skittles
