Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday July 12 2021.
‘Check this out!’ – LOOK
‘Cross my heart and ___ to die’ – HOPE
‘The Simpsons’ character voiced by Nancy Cartwright – BART
100- or 200-meter, e.g – EVENT
1960s Ron Howard TV role – OPIE
Appeasing, idiomatically – THROWINGABONETO
Attorney general under George W. Bush – ALBERTOGONZALES
Band with the 1983 #1 hit ’62-Across’ – TOTO
Black: Fr – NOIR
Brought up the rear? – TWERKED
Disreputable sort – LOWLIFE
Do some last-minute studying – CRAM
Dog to avoid – BITER
Eggs in a fertility lab – OVA
Electric guitarist’s need – AMP
End of a cigarette or rifle – BUTT
Enlist – JOIN
Facing the pitcher – ATBAT
Fancy work from a manicurist – NAILART
Feel sorry for – PITY
Final authority – SAYSO
Format of much AM radio – TALK
Gape – GAWK
Give silent approval – NOD
Grilled Japanese dish on skewers – CHICKENYAKITORI
Ha-ha – LAUGH
Hard to understand – ARCANE
Home of Cincinnati – OHIO
Ill humor – BILE
International grp. with a 1970s U.S. embargo – OPEC
It makes an auto shine – CARWAX
Killer whale – ORCA
Leatherworker’s pointed tool – AWL
Like the wire in paper clips – BENT
Luau finger food – POI
Metal in a mine – ORE
Morrison who said ‘A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity’ – TONI
Nephew of Donald Duck – LOUIE
Nephew of Donald Duck – HUEY
Not worth debating – MOOT
Number that never goes down – AGE
Oklahoma city – ENID
Oscar-winning Malek – RAMI
Out of practice – RUSTY
Part of the body that’s stubbed – TOE
Person who may speak with a brogue – SCOT
Prep for publication – EDIT
Pull out all the stops – GOBIG
Quaint lodgings – INNS
Some pork cuts – LOINS
Song lyric before ‘short and stout’ – IMALITTLETEAPOT
Sound of a car or goose – HONK
Southeast Europe’s ___ Peninsula – BALKAN
Spirited horse – ARAB
Squeeze money from – EXTORT
Sully – TAINT
Surrounding glow – AURA
Taurus symbol – BULL
Telephone – DIAL
The ‘A’ of DNA – ACID
TikTok and Zoom, for two – APPS
Transform using mobile technology, as a market – UBERIZE
Trick – DUPE
Turn down, as lights – DIM
Unit that may be preceded by kilo-, mega- or giga- – BYTE
Univ. URL ending – EDU
Vegan protein source – TOFU
Water: Sp – AGUA
Were in accord – JIBED
What a dipstick measures the level of – OIL
What designated drivers should be – SOBER
What Jack Sprat couldn’t eat, in a nursery rhyme – FAT
Where this puzzle’s circled letters can be found – AFRICA
Writes – PENS
___ in the bud – NIP
___ network – NEURAL
___ to the throne – HEIR
___TV (cable channel with ‘Impractical Jokers’) – TRU
