Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Tuesday February 2, 2021.
‘Laughing’ animals – HYENAS
‘Um, all righty’ – OKTHEN
1990s Fox dramedy with Charles S. Dutton – ROC
50-50 chance – TOSSUP
Abate – LESSEN
Actress de Armas – ANA
Ambivalent reply to ‘Can you do me a favor?’ – DEPENDS
Amy who wrote ‘The Joy Luck Club’ – TAN
Animator’s sheet – CEL
Batting next – ONDECK
Bit of asparagus – SPEAR
Bump fists – DAP
Cereal go-with – MILK
Clouseau’s rank: Abbr – INSP
Containing tin – STANNIC
Covers again, as a lawn – RESODS
Difficulties in life – HARDKNOCKS
Dinosaur in Super Mario World – YOSHI
El Al et al – AIRLINES
Film technique used in old California Raisins ads – CLAYMATION
Financial expert Suze – ORMAN
Form of jazz – BOP
Go steady with – DATE
Grade downgrade – MINUS
Hand: Sp – MANO
In bed after an injury, say – LAIDUP
Insect with powerful hind legs – GRASSHOPPER
It’s ‘just a number’ – AGE
Japanese drama – NOH
Jeanette ___, billiards legend nicknamed the Black Widow – LEE
Leave rolling in the aisles – SLAY
Lionel collection – TRAINSET
Longing – YEN
Mil. mess personnel – KPS
Mormons, in brief – LDS
Naughty’s opposite – NICE
News anchor Mitchell – ANDREA
Not paying a cent, as a tenant – RENTFREE
Novelist Jaffe – RONA
Objectivist Rand – AYN
Old TV’s ‘___ Search’ – STAR
Once-popular place to store music – CDRACK
Overtakes – PASSES
Pizzeria owner in ‘Do the Right Thing’ – SAL
Plant pouches – SACS
Playing area usually having one of the surfaces seen at the starts of 16-, 28- and 43-Across – TENNISCOURT
Prefix with skeleton – EXO
Princes, e.g – SONS
Quarreling – ATODDS
Rechewed food – CUD
Red-cards, in a soccer match – OUSTS
Responses of ‘the unheard,’ per Martin Luther King Jr – RIOTS
Riddle-me-___ – REE
Rubes, in Canadian lingo – HOSERS
Sea ___ (enemy of Popeye) – HAG
Second-least valuable avenue in Monopoly after Mediterranean – BALTIC
Skin problem portmanteau – BACNE
Slow-cooked dish – STEW
Something Santa makes (and checks twice) – LIST
Sonic the Hedgehog company – SEGA
Starting – ASOF
The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A., informally – KSTATE
Tiny bit – ATOM
To the ___ degree – NTH
Trash cans on computer screens, e.g – ICONS
Trim – PARE
Trips to support conservation – ECOTOURS
Until now – ASYET
Use a ‘+’ – ADD
Ventilate thoroughly – AIROUT
Wilma’s pal on ‘The Flintstones’ – BETTY
Winter falls – SNOWS
x or y, in plane geometry – AXIS
___ Deion (onetime football nickname) – NEON
___ Garden, London district known for diamond trading – HATTON
___ Park, Colo – ESTES
