Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday July 14 2021.
‘Any other place besides here?’ – WHEREELSE
‘Essential’ things – OILS
‘Jingle Bells’ contraction – OER
‘Lady Lazarus’ poet Sylvia – PLATH
‘My word!’ – GEE
‘Now wait just a second!’ – HOLDIT
‘___ goes there?’ – WHO
‘___ Last Bow’ (Sherlock Holmes story) – HIS
A dance or a dip – SALSA
A host – HEAPS
Amazon’s biz – ETAIL
Architect born in Guangzhou – IMPEI
Aristotle, to Alexander the Great – TUTOR
Babe or Wilbur, in film – PETPIG
Battle with clearly defined sides – USVSTHEM
Big name in jeans – LEE
Bikini, e.g – ATOLL
Bothered terribly – ATEAT
Business plan – AGENDA
Clamoring for ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’? – CRYINGWOLFE
Clear one’s plate, in a way – RINSE
Coarse – EARTHY
Conceptual framework – SCHEMA
Counterpart of ‘FF’ – REW
Creatures that have the densest fur of any mammal (up to 1 million hairs per square inch) – SEAOTTERS
Crime drama set in the Midwest – FARGO
Curse – HEX
Cusps – EDGES
Dashboard abbr – RPM
Exam with logic questions, for short – LSAT
Fast-food fixture – FRYER
Genesis creator – SEGA
Gets rid of, so to speak – OFFS
Gives the thumbs-up – OKS
Gold insignia of the armed forces – OAKLEAF
Group with lodges – ELKS
Hair color of about 2% of the world’s population – RED
Hayes with three Grammys and an Oscar – ISAAC
Host – EMCEE
Humorist Bombeck – ERMA
Is out – SLEEPS
Kindle, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme? – EREADER
Lay figure? – HEN
Menu at un café – CARTE
Narc (on) – RAT
Not fooled by – ONTO
Often-skipped parts of podcasts – ADS
Old-fashioned taste? – SIP
One of 20 on the Titanic – LIFEBOAT
Onetime popular blog that covered Manhattan gossip – GAWKER
Parties with glowsticks – RAVES
People person, perhaps – EXTROVERT
Philosopher with a ‘razor’ – OCCAM
Portuguese title with a tilde – SAO
Positive review of a Nancy Drew mystery? – PEACHYKEENE
Predisposition – BIAS
R&B’s ___ Brothers – ISLEY
Rascal – STINKER
See 61-Across – END
Selling someone on ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’? – WILDEPITCH
Singer of the titular song in 2012’s ‘Skyfall’ – ADELE
Six of the first 10 elements on the periodic table – GASES
Some jeans features – RIPS
Sound – VALID
Spot to store ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’? – TOOLECHEST
Subj. for some aspiring bilinguals – ESL
They can help you get out of a rut, for short – AAA
They’re a bit of a stretch – YOGAPOSES
Tony nominee Milo – OSHEA
Towering figure of architecture? – EIFFEL
TV alien played by Robin Williams – MORK
Units of poetry – FEET
With 14-Down, what ‘Fin’ might mean – THE
___ Zor-El, real name of Supergirl – KARA
