Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday February 1, 2021.
‘… happily ever ___’ – AFTER
‘Allahu ___!’ (Muslim cry) – AKBAR
‘Beats me!’ – DUNNO
‘Bye Bye Bye’ boy band – NSYNC
‘Early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better ___ some noise’: Malcolm X – MAKE
‘It’s ___ of the times’ – ASIGN
‘Little Orphan ___’ – ANNIE
‘Moby-Dick’ captain – AHAB
‘Understood’ – ISEE
‘You bet!’ – YES
‘___ Be’ (2010 #1 hit by the Black Eyed Peas) – IMMA
100, gradewise – APLUS
A few – SOME
Actor Dennis – QUAID
Advanced deg. for a writer or musician – MFA
Alternative to carpeting – RUG
Became a millionaire, say – GOTRICH
Bête ___ – NOIRE
Brunch, e.g – MEAL
Bucks and does – DEER
Bullets and such – AMMO
Certain New Haven collegians – YALIES
Circular windows – OCULI
Cooking device in a fast-food restaurant – FRYER
Crown wearer at a fall football game – HOMECOMINGQUEEN
Do a new production of, as a recording – REMASTER
DoorDash list – MENU
Double ___ Oreos – STUF
Dull photo finish – MATTE
Entry in a doctor’s calendar: Abbr – APPT
Factory-inspecting org – OSHA
Faucet problem – LEAK
Fifth-most-common family name in China – CHEN
Finish first in a race – WIN
Greetings – HELLOS
Hair tamer – GEL
Incorrect – WRONG
Injures – MAIMS
Invite on a date – ASKOUT
Jessica of ‘Fantastic Four’ – ALBA
Journey – TRIP
Kick up ___ (be unruly) – AFUSS
Lake bordering Cleveland – ERIE
Light beam splitter – PRISM
Like a go-go-go personality – TYPEA
Like lemons – SOUR
Not us – THEM
One on the front lines during a crisis – ESSENTIALWORKER
One’s equals – PEERGROUP
Passover observance – SEDER
Popular gift shop purchase – MUG
Prize money – PURSE
Qatari leader – EMIR
Rage – FURY
Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, for two – GEORGIANS
Rapper ___ Khalifa – WIZ
Ready for battle – ARMED
Reeves of ‘The Matrix’ – KEANU
Rob – STEAL
Round of applause – HAND
See 57-Across – MIND
Since, informally – CUZ
Singer Gaye – MARVIN
Take care of – SEETO
Thanksgiving vegetable – YAM
Tight embrace – BEARHUG
Turn topsy-turvy – UPEND
Unmanned Dept. of Defense aircraft – USMILITARYDRONE
Web portal with a butterfly logo – MSN
With 58-Across, collective consciousness … or a hint to the ends of 19-, 35- and 52-Across – HIVE
___ and tonic – GIN
___ Reader (magazine with the slogan ‘Cure ignorance’) – UTNE
___ Trench (deepest point on earth) – MARIANAS
___-certified organic – USDA
