Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday March 3, 2021.
‘That’s right!’ – YUP
2021 in the Chinese zodiac, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 40-Across – YEAROFTHEOX
A white one might be excused – LIE
Academic musts, for short – REQS
Actress Hatcher – TERI
All-out sprint – TEAR
Ancient Greek gathering places – AGORAS
As well – TOO
Avoids, with ‘of’ – STEERSCLEAR
Biochemical messenger – RNA
Bird in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ – DODO
Body part whose name comes from the Latin for ‘little mouse’ – MUSCLE
British pharma giant, informally – GLAXO
Chef José ___, founder of World Central Kitchen – ANDRES
Cirque du ___ – SOLEIL
Colored part of the iris – AREOLA
Crowded places on Black Friday – MALLS
Energy source in Minecraft – REDSTONE
Fairy tale villain – OGRE
Father – SIRE
Faux ___ – PAS
First astrological sign – ARIES
Good time on Wall Street – BULLMARKET
Gossip fodder, slangily – TEA
Hot spot – DESERT
Imagined development – SCENARIO
In action – ATWORK
Jeweled bands – TIARAS
Knock down, in Britain – RASE
Lecture series focused on ‘ideas worth spreading’ – TEDX
Letter sign-off – LOVE
Like forks – TINED
Like the Energizer Bunny – UNTIRING
Marked, as a ballot – EXED
Measure of land – ACREAGE
Mediocre grade – CPLUS
Most frequent, statistically – MODAL
Mysteries – ENIGMAS
Naval post – MAST
Nervous speech fillers – ERS
Not look bad after all this time – AGEWELL
Noted evening radio address – FIRESIDECHAT
Open audition, informally – CATTLECALL
Partner of neither – NOR
Pizzeria tool – CHEESEGRATER
Places for congregations – PEWS
Prez who delivered some 22-Downs – FDR
Push – URGE
Quick snooze – CATNAP
Rapper in court – GAVEL
Ridicule – DERIDE
Sardonic – WRY
See 22-Across – GRAS
Senator Feinstein – DIANNE
Sharp – ACUTE
Singer with the 2017 #1 album ‘Melodrama’ – LORDE
Speak, old-style – SAYEST
Sponsored posts, essentially – ADS
Steels (oneself) – GIRDS
Styled after – ALA
Suffix with racket and rocket – EER
Symbol tattooed on Popeye’s forearm – ANCHOR
Ten to one, for one – RATIO
The Father of Modern Physics – GALILEO
Traditional Thanksgiving desserts – PIES
Utah ski area – ALTA
Wallop – BASTE
Well-spoken – ELOQUENT
Went bad – ROTTED
Wine-dark ___, metaphor in Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ – SEA
Wise – SAGE
With 9-Down, goose liver – FOIE
