Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday April 12 2021.
#, on social media – HASHTAG
‘Hmm, that’s not good …’ – OHDEAR
‘Moby-Dick’ captain – AHAB
‘Now I get it!’ – AHA
‘Now, work!’ – GETONIT
‘Shucks!’ – AWGEE
1998 Sarah McLachlan hit – ADIA
Amateur mag – ZINE
Bar serving – BEER
Bar serving – ALE
Brain reading, for short – EEG
Charades or dominoes – GAME
China’s ___ Zedong – MAO
Cinema showing – FILM
Cinnamon buns and such – BREAKFASTROLLS
Community-maintained website – WIKI
Cyclical paradox discussed in ‘Gödel, Escher, Bach’ – STRANGELOOP
Disney character loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘Snow Queen’ – ELSA
Doin’ nothin’ – CHILLIN
Eight: Sp – OCHO
Eye creepily – OGLE
Feverish fit – AGUE
Figure in home economics? – RENT
Flow back, as the tide – EBB
Forest feline – LYNX
Fumbler – OAF
Good thing to have on hand at a wedding? – RING
GPS suggestions: Abbr – RTES
Hearty bowlful – STEW
Heavyweight champ known as ‘The Greatest’ – ALI
Hoedown locale – BARN
Hypothetical musings – WHATIFS
Informal conversation – CHAT
Jazzy James – ETTA
Kimono sash – OBI
Ladder rung – STEP
Last word at an auction – SOLD
Lead-in to boy or girl – ATTA
Little troublemaker – IMP
Mike of TV’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ and ‘Somebody’s Gotta Do It’ – ROWE
Modern pet name – BAE
Onetime TV political drama set in Washington – THEWESTWING
Opposite of strict – LAX
Optimas and Souls, in the auto world – KIAS
Person from Bangkok – THAI
Philosopher Immanuel – KANT
Pluck, as an eyebrow – TWEEZE
Potato accompanier in soup – LEEK
Procure – OBTAIN
Purr-son who loves her pets? – CATLADY
Rampaging groups – MOBS
Recipe amt – TBSP
Rorschach, for one – TEST
Scheming group – CABAL
Shopping center – MALL
Simpson who is a Buddhist and a vegetarian – LISA
Slight coloring – TINT
Slight downturn – DIP
Slightly – AWEEBIT
Societal problems – ILLS
South China ___ – SEA
Spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side – DREIDEL
Sports metaphor used to describe esoteric knowledge … with a hint to the circled letters – INSIDEBASEBALL
Strategy – TACTIC
Street cred – REP
The ‘A’ of I.R.A.: Abbr – ACCT
Things that justify the means, some say – ENDS
Tic-___-toe – TAC
TikTok and Fitbit, for two – APPS
Time spent with a psychiatrist, e.g – SESSION
Tit for ___ – TAT
Touches one’s chin and moves the hand down to say ‘Thank you,’ for example – SIGNS
Tusked marine animal – NARWHAL
Type not to be trusted – SNAKE
Yale’s Handsome Dan mascot, for one – BULLDOG
Yours: Fr – ATOI
___ and crafts – ARTS
___ of Skye – ISLE
