Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles wednesday February 24, 2021.
‘Easy, now!’ – RELAX
‘Livin’ Thing’ rock band, for short – ELO
‘Mourning Becomes Electra’ playwright, 1931 – ONEILL
‘Satanic’ nickname for the number 13 – DEVILSDOZEN
Abbr. after the third co-author, perhaps – ETAL
Anonymous surname – DOE
Big spender, in gambling lingo – WHALE
Birth-related – NATAL
Broadway division – ACT
Cash in? – REVENUE
Chipotle competitor – DELTACO
Czech, e.g – SLAV
D.E.A. agent, slangily – NARCO
Dealership area – LOT
Distribute, as funds – ALLOT
Down quickly – CHUG
E-cig alternative – VAPEPEN
Effectiveness of a law, metaphorically – TEETH
Elbows and such – PASTA
Emergency notification – ALERT
Ethan of ‘First Reformed’ – HAWKE
Family nickname – SIS
Fish with an elongated jaw – GAR
Fly-by-night sort? – OWL
Fret – STEW
Get dark, say – LATEN
Get via threat – EXTORT
Give a hand – AID
Give up – CEDE
Got married again – REWED
Habeas corpus, e.g – WRIT
Heartbeat recording: Abbr – ECG
Howard of Hollywood – RON
Husband of Frigg, in Norse mythology – ODIN
Indian musical pattern – RAGA
Ingredient in some pie crusts – LARD
Its state seal shows a steamboat on the Mississippi – IOWA
Kept a grip on – HELD
Kid born in the ’70s, say – GENXER
Left speechless – AWED
Logical contradiction … or an aural hint to what are found in 20-, 25- and 45-Across – PARADOX
Looked rudely – OGLED
Lyre player of myth – ERATO
Made a decision – OPTED
Material for nail extensions – GEL
Much-awarded actor whose name is an anagram of ENDEARS – EDASNER
Number of seasons played by baseball’s Seattle Pilots – ONE
Nutrition Facts listings – FATS
Old Hollywood’s ___ Pictures – RKO
Pan’s partner – POT
Part of a nerve cell – AXON
Part of a wikiHow article – STEP
Part of TNT – TRI
Pass, as time – ELAPSE
Performer wearing a powder foundation known as oshiroi – GEISHA
Plug-in Chevy model – VOLT
Pointer’s word – THAT
Put on – DON
Social media tirade – TWEETSTORM
Spooky specter – WRAITH
Sticky wicket – JAM
Subject for House Beautiful magazine – HOMEDESIGN
Suit – EXEC
Swordsman of book and film – ZORRO
Swore – VOWED
Taproom array – ALES
Togs for sawing logs? – PJS
W.W. I-era battleship – DREADNOUGHT
Was introduced to – MET
What a witness is sworn to tell – THEWHOLETRUTH
What Venus is sometimes mistaken for, due to its brightness – UFO
What’s answered but never asks a question, in a riddle – PHONE
Word spelled with ‘double hockey sticks’ – HELL
___ Chapel (Vatican City attraction) – SISTINE
___ Major – URSA
___ Pet – CHIA
