Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Thursday January 7, 2021.
‘Get your negative energy outta here’ – DONXXXXE
‘Let’s go already!’ – CMON
‘Thanks for noticing me’ character of kid-lit – EEYORE
‘Ultimate driving machine,’ in ads – BMW
2007 black comedy directed by Frank Oz – DEAXXXXAFUNERAL
A to A, say – OCTAVE
Abutting – NEXTTO
Actress Mendes – EVA
Animal also called a steinbock – IBEX
Annual Austin festival, familiarly – SXSW
Apt rhyme of ‘nabs’ – GRABS
Beantown team – SOX
Big wheels – HUMVEE
Bit of trivia – FACT
Bitter criticism – VITRIOL
Blue-chip index – DOW
Brand with a three-leaved logo – NESTEA
Brian in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – ENO
Bring bad luck – JINX
Chip in, in a way – ANTE
Chow down – EAT
Cocktail specification – WIXXXXWIST
Conflict waged on behalf of superpowers – PROXYWAR
Curtail – REININ
Dark rock – ONYX
Disney henchman with long, white sideburns – SMEE
Do a landscaper’s job on – RESOD
Drum typically played with one hand – TABOR
Et ___ – ALII
Exercises – USES
Fedoras, e.g – FELXXXXS
Gen ___ – XER
Grain-shaped pasta – ORZO
Harmful bacterial secretion – EXOTOXIN
Hindu honorifics – SRIS
Indian lentil dish – DAL
Italian stratovolcano – ETNA
Java server – URN
K’s help it – ERA
Kind of TV cable: Abbr – AUX
Magazine with the annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards – ESSENCE
Main – SEA
Makes a scene? – ACTS
Marks of a ruler – INCHES
Mauna ___ – KEA
Migration formation – VEE
More than can be imagined – AZILLION
New Year’s ___ – EVE
Often-mispunctuated word – ITS
One whose work is on the books? – WRITER
Outfit rarely worn out, for short – PJS
Partner of fast – LOOSE
Poet who said ‘Let others praise ancient times. I am glad I was born in these’ – OVID
Pope whose pontificate lasted less than one month in 1605 – LEOXI
Quick haircut – TRIM
Rare blood type, for short – BNEG
Resident at 123 Sesame Street – ELMO
Results of some foreclosures – TAXSALES
Return online? – EFILE
Suffix with brew or quack – ERY
Sunburn cause, for short – UVWAVE
Symbol of freshness – DAISY
Test, as ore – ASSAY
Texter’s message of appreciation – THX
They follow the nus – XIS
Top of the line – AONE
Twiddles one’s thumbs, say – WAITS
Volcanologist’s study – LAVA
Wetlands waders – IBISES
What an electrolyte produces – ION
What’s happening – NEWS
What’s more – EXTRA
Whole lot – SLEW
Whole lot – TON
Words of correction … or a hint to 16-, 20-, 36- and 54-Across – STRIKETHAT
Worked in a wood shop, say – SAWED
