Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday August 18 2021.
‘Holy mackerel!’ – EGAD
‘Midsommar’ director Aster – ARI
‘Piggy’ – TOE
‘Why?’ – WHATFOR
‘___ be my pleasure’ – ITD
Aches (for) – LONGS
Also – PLUS
Artist’s starting place – BLANKCANVAS
At all, in dialect – NOHOW
Babe Zaharias was the first woman to compete on its tour, in brief – PGA
Bird that had no natural predators until humans arrived – DODO
Black History Mo – FEB
Black-and-white item in a sleeve – OREO
Brand in the ice cream aisle – EDYS
Breaded and topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella, for short – PARM
Campaign expense – TVAD
Cartoonist suggested by this puzzle’s theme – THOMASNAST
Centaur’s foot – HOOF
Cheese used in Babybels – EDAM
Combined – INONE
Dad – POP
Data structure with a root node – TREE
Drug dosages: Abbr – MGS
Edward Snowden’s former employer, in brief – NSA
Fly-by-night type? – MOTH
For all ages, as a video game – RATEDE
Frequent reveler, or a hint to 16-/26- and 36-Across – PARTYANIMAL
Fruit in the William Carlos Williams poem ‘This Is Just to Say’ – PLUM
Fruits whose seeds can act as a substitute for black peppercorns – PAPAYAS
Fuel up, in a way – EAT
Gardening tool – HOE
Get situated – ORIENT
Get-go – OUTSET
Guest ___, what The New York Times calls op-eds – ESSAYS
Half of a half-bathroom – TOILET
Hearty laugh – YUK
Hit the slopes – SKI
Hornswoggle – DELUDE
Instrument played by indie rock’s Sufjan Stevens – OBOE
Item exchanged in a so-called ‘yankee swap’ – WHITEELEPHANT
Its underside might be covered in gum – DESK
John Lewis was born here: Abbr – ALA
Latin gods – DEI
Light bulb moment sound – AHA
Lots – ATON
Nimble – AGILE
Org. that oversees O.T.C.s – FDA
Pacify – APPEASE
Part of the food pyramid – FATS
Pretzel, basically – KNOT
Puts up – ERECTS
Repeated string in a chain letter subject line – FWD
See 16-Across – ONTHEDONKEY
Shaming syllable – TSK
Shared one’s views – OPINED
Show with the recurring character Target Lady, in brief – SNL
Something to do – TASK
Tell – TATTLE
The first cloned mammals – EWES
Things best kept under one’s hat? – BADHAIRDAYS
Tick (off) – TEE
Tidy – NEAT
Tiny toymaker – ELF
Toggle option – OFF
Transform – MORPH
Tucker who had her first hit in 1972 and won her first Grammys in 2020 – TANYA
Undo – NEGATE
V.I.P. on base – SARGE
Visual in an annual report – GRAPH
Website with articles like ’10 Surprising Ways to Use Mayonnaise Around Your Home’ – EHOW
What an asterisk might suggest – SEENOTE
Winter bugs – FLUS
With 26-Across, game that uses a blindfold – PINTHETAIL
Words after a gasp – OHNO
Yarn – TALE
___ faire (historical re-enactment event, for short) – REN
