Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday April 28 2021.
‘Aaron Burr, ___’ (‘Hamilton’ song) – SIR
‘Out of Time’ band – REM
‘Pagliacci’ baritone – TONIO
‘The Book of ___’ (2010 film) – ELI
‘The Louisville Lip’ – ALI
‘Vesti la giubba,’ in ‘Pagliacci’ – ARIA
‘___ dog!’ – BAD
1950s White House nickname – IKE
Accessory for Wonder Woman – TIARA
Always, to poets – EER
Basis of some insurance fraud – ARSON
Begins to wake – STIRS
Catch – NAB
Certain Michelangelo work – FRESCO
Chaka Khan, vocally – ALTO
Cowboy boot feature – SPUR
Crackerjack – ACE
David of the Talking Heads – BYRNE
Day-___ paint – GLO
Discard – CASTASIDE
Done intentionally – NOACCIDENT
Easy-to-resolve situation … or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23-, 43-, 46- and 58-Across – OPENANDSHUTCASE
End of a professor’s address – EDU
Family room fixture – TVSET
Fan noise – RAH
Female lobster – HEN
Fix – MEND
Floor plan info – AREA
Goof – ERR
Greeting in Portuguese – OLA
Haphazardly assemble, with ‘together’ – SLAP
Hidalgo honorific – SENORA
High-maintenance, in a way – NEEDY
Hokkaido honorific – SAN
Hoots – RIOTS
I.R.S. ID – SSN
Ideal condition for collectibles – MINT
Inspiration for Citizen Kane – HEARST
Lead-in to love or care – SELF
Like some wine and humor – DRY
Man with morals – AESOP
Manipulate – USE
Moon goddess – LUNA
Number that, in Chinese languages, is a homophone for ‘longevity,’ and is thus considered good luck – NINE
One greeting others with the shaka sign – SURFER
Part of a frame – JAMB
Patronizes, as a hotel – STAYSAT
Pencil holder, at times – EAR
Place for a pin – LAPEL
Player that debuted in 2001 – IPOD
Poem subtitled ‘A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888’ – CASEYATTHEBAT
Ready-___ (convenient food option) – TOEAT
Refuse – DENY
Restaurant request – CHECKPLEASE
Scratch (out) – EKE
Sign of spring – ARIES
Some winter travelers to the U.S – CANADAGEESE
Something you might do ‘over backward’ – BEND
Something you might pick up at a bakery – AROMA
Specious reasoner – SOPHIST
Spokes, say – RADII
Talk nonsense – JABBER
Target for iron supplements – ANEMIA
The ‘Mahabharata’ or the ‘Ramayana’ – EPIC
The spirit of Russia? – VODKA
Two concentric circles, on a golf scorecard – EAGLE
What’s anything but basic? – ACID
Where Ariana Grande has 230+ million followers, informally – INSTA
Where the ‘balcony scene’ takes place in ‘West Side Story’ – FIREESCAPE
___ culpa – MEA
___ pants – HAREM
___ Pepper – SGT
___-backwards – ASS
___-Coeur (Paris basilica) – SACRE
___-European languages – INDO
