Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Thursday August 26 2021.
‘A jealous mistress,’ per Emerson – ART
‘Amscray!’ – BEATIT
‘Bye now!’ – CIAO
‘Capisce?,’ in ’70s slang – CANYOUDIGIT
‘Not a chance!’ – NORWAY
‘Uh-oh. Better get ___’ (auto repair slogan) – MAACO
2019 World Series champs – NATS
Absorbed, as a loss – ATE
Actor Williamson who played Merlin in ‘Excalibur’ – NICOL
Animal house – DEN
Apposite – APT
Bad start? – MALI
Bat Appreciation Month, appropriately: Abbr – OCT
Bikes without pedaling – COASTS
Blot – STIGMA
Bungler – OAF
Bygone Chevrolet division – GEO
Carrier to Japan – ANA
Coach – TRAIN
Cover story – ALIBI
Current event – TIDE
Datum – FACT
Dear fellow – SIR
Drug in ‘Breaking Bad’ – METH
Elem. school basics – RRR
English channel, familiarly – THEBEEB
First airline to complete a round-the-world flight – PANAMA
First space probe to enter Saturn’s orbit – CASSINI
Found an occasion – MADETIME
Functioned as – WAS
Grab by pinching, as an ice cube – TONGA
Hippie happening – BENIN
Important map information – SCALE
Important part of a taxi – HORN
Indefinite ordinal – NTH
It comes first in China, but second in the U.S – SURINAME
Japanese dance/drama – NOH
Jargony rationale for a business merger – SYNERGY
Kissing-related – OSCULAR
L.A. winter hrs – PST
Lesley of ’60 Minutes’ – STAHL
Loose – UNTIED
Measure of conductance – MHO
Media exec Robert – NIGER
Meshlike – NETTY
Music rights org – ASCAP
Naming, informally – IDING
Neat and orderly – RULY
Need for making pochoir prints – STENCIL
O’er and o’er – OFT
One studying the Vedas – HINDU
One way to run … or a hint to four geographical intersections found in this grid – CROSSCOUNTRY
Pangs – THROES
Part of STEM: Abbr – SCI
Per ___ – DIEM
Pink alcoholic drink, for short – COSMO
Pipe buildup – SOOT
Poker declaration – IRAISE
Predecessors of Lenovos – IBMPCS
Raid shelfmate – DCON
Rapper MC ___ – REN
Real first name of Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus – OTTO
Sari measure: Abbr – YDS
Shakespeare’s ‘poor venomous fool’ – ASP
Signal-blocking device – JAMMER
Small storage unit – ONEMEG
Spree – JAG
Statue of Ganesha, e.g – IDOL
Strategy that stokes fear – SCARETACTIC
Suffix with infant – ILE
Suitable-sounding name for a kid on Santa’s naughty list? – COLE
Swab – MOP
Title character in a classic John Cleese comedy – RWANDA
To whom the Greeks dedicated the Parthenon – ATHENA
Together, in music – ADUE
U, V, W or Y, but not X – ELEMENT
V.I.P.s – ALIST
Validate, with ‘to’ – ATTEST
Warms up the crowd, in a way – OPENS
Where some keys are found: Abbr – FLA
Where to turn for self-knowledge – INWARD
Wiggle room – MARGIN
___ about – ONOR
