Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Thursday April 15 2021.
‘Get ___ …’ (‘Here’s the best part …’) – THIS
‘Hoo-ee!’ – OHMAN
‘I’m back’ – MEAGAIN
‘Regal’ pet name – REX
‘Yep, took care of it!’ – SUREDID
‘___ close?’ – WASI
1940s combat zone, in brief – ETO
8-Down’s northern neighbor: Abbr – ONT
A ways away – AFAR
A.C.C. school – UVA
Aretha’s sister who sang ‘Piece of My Heart’ – ERMA
Astronaut Cooper as portrayed in ‘The Right Stuff’ – GORDO
Bell Biv DeVoe or Bananarama – TRIO
Big bungle – SNAFU
Brand name that means ‘exquisite’ in Japanese – SEIKO
Camping pests – NOSEEUMS
City transport, redundantly – TAXICAB
Court proceedings – ACTA
Dry wind in the Sahara – SIROCCO
Eel, on a menu – UNAGI
Emperor who abdicated in 2019 after 30 years – AKIHITO
Extra in a procedural – COP
Frame in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ – CEL
G.I. with stripes – NCO
Gentle, mild-mannered sort – PUSSYCAT
Get – GRASP
Gets one’s feet wet? – WADES
Go low, in a way – STOOP
Goes (for) – OPTS
Gritty films, informally – NOIRS
Hammerings – ROUTS
Happening, in slang – LIT
Happy, as bygone days – HALCYON
Hayes who scored ‘Shaft’ – ISAAC
ID datum – SSN
Idyllic spot of myth – ARCADIA
Issa of ‘Insecure’ – RAE
It’s a start – INTRO
King-like, in a way – MACABRE
Leading by a basket – UPTWO
Lush – SOT
Luxembourg is a grand one – DUCHY
M.L.B.’s ’10th men’ – DHS
Make corrections to – EMEND
Many a sight on the Suez Canal – OILER
Messing of ‘Will & Grace’ – DEBRA
Most common mineral in the human body – CALCIUM
Newswoman Navarro – ANA
On a need-to-know basis – TOPSECRET
On and on and on – NONSTOP
Once-plentiful endangered fish nicknamed ‘Albany beef’ – STURGEONS
One of the sisters on TV’s ‘Braxton Family Values’ – TRACI
Pale as a ghost – ASHEN
Philosopher who favored simple explanations – OCCAM
Prefix with -plasmic – ECTO
Put forth, as a hypothesis – POSIT
Ring thing – STONE
Severe – HARSH
Starting point for a piano student, or a phonetic hint to 17-, 18-, 22-, 33-, 41-, 49- and 55-Across – MIDDLEC
State whose northern residents are known as Yoopers: Abbr – MICH
Straight up – NEAT
Streisand role in ‘Funny Girl’ – BRICE
Surname of the Incredibles – PARR
They may lead to longer sentences – ANDS
Thou, now – YOU
Topping for a vegan burger – SPROUTS
Turn into a cliché – OVERUSE
Verdi’s ‘___ tu’ – ERI
Warm-up time for pro athletes – PRESEASON
Word with free or double – AGENT
Words supporting a motion – ISECOND
Wrongly – INERROR
___ a tie – ENDIN
___ Jima – IWO
