NYT Crossword Answers August 16 2023

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NYT Crossword Clues

Clue	Solution
Fries to Brits	CHIPS
Usurp	GRAB
Entourage	POSSE
Bring back to life	RENEW
What a QR code at a restaurant may lead to	MENU
Less green as a banana	RIPER
Crowd favorite at karaoke often	OLDIE
Part of a Latin 101 conjugation	AMAS
Mediterranean fruit	OLIVE
Console with a motion-sensing remote	WII
Prez with a famous ranch	LBJ
Stephanie of Everything Everywhere All at Once	HSU
___ room	REC
Certain racetrack bet	EXACTA
Kind of calendar	ADVENT
Knockout punch	LETHALBLOW
French film award	CESAR
Regarding	ASTO
Sight on a Norwegian cruise	FJORD
Where Diamond Head is	OAHU
Accepts a FedEx delivery perhaps	ESIGNS
Mononymous Grammy winner	ENYA
Like many old fiddle tunes Abbr.	TRAD
Extra point for a shooting foul in basketball	ANDONE
Without a sole winner	TIED
Educ. publishing division	ELHI
Yeun who was the first Asian American nominated for Best Actor (2020s Minari)	STEVEN
Attempt in cornhole	TOSS
Baby wallaby	JOEY
Go over	SPAN
Key locale Abbr.	FLA
Attempts to hit as a shuttlecock	SWINGSAT
Org. that reports to the attorney general	DEA
Awesome!	OOH
Architectural features depicted by this puzzles vertical circled letters	MINARETS
Wow!	OMG
2026 World Cup co-host	USA
Caught up	ENSNARED
Peace in Russian	MIR
___ Faire (outdoor event)	REN
Type of structure that this puzzles theme is a grand example of	TOMB
The Mughal dynastys reign e.g.	ERA
Gladiator star Russell	CROWE
Fusilli shape	HELIX
Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle	INDIA
Pritzker Prize-winning architect	PEI
Suffer from intense heat	SWELTER
Key with one sharp Abbr.	GMAJ
Dream state	REM
Santa ___	ANA
Shrub	BUSH
Highly pleased with	PROUDOF
Data is the new ___ (popular wisdom in economics)	OIL
Architectural feature depicted between 7- and 8-Down	SPIRE
Number of players on a netball team	SEVEN
Upright	ERECT
Cricket club	BAT
Spanish seasoning	SAL
Much Ado About Nothing role	CLAUDIO
Golf alternative in brief	VWJETTA
Lacks	HASNT
All kidding ___ …	ASIDE
No. 2 in the statehouse	LTGOV
___ nuit	BONNE
Pigeon coop	COTE
Countesss counterpart	EARL
Builder of the monument depicted in this puzzle	SHAHJAHAN
Architectural feature depicted by this puzzles arching circled letters	ONIONDOME
Some loaves	RYES
Family men	DADS
Romp	EASYWIN
Able to feel	SENSATE
Name thats an anagram of SEEM	ESME
Focus of some cognitive therapy for short	PTSD
Number of 69-Across surrounding the monument depicted in this puzzle	FOUR
Come up short	LOSE
Part of M.I.T. Abbr.	INST
Prefix meaning one-billionth	NANO
Weight of a paper clip roughly	GRAM
Tesla by birth	SERB
Qatari leader	EMIR
Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle	AGRA
Fries to Brits	CHIPS
Usurp	GRAB
Entourage	POSSE
Bring back to life	RENEW
What a QR code at a restaurant may lead to	MENU
Less green as a banana	RIPER
Crowd favorite at karaoke often	OLDIE
Part of a Latin 101 conjugation	AMAS
Mediterranean fruit	OLIVE
Console with a motion-sensing remote	WII
Prez with a famous ranch	LBJ
Stephanie of Everything Everywhere All at Once	HSU
___ room	REC
Certain racetrack bet	EXACTA
Kind of calendar	ADVENT
Knockout punch	LETHALBLOW
French film award	CESAR
Regarding	ASTO
Sight on a Norwegian cruise	FJORD
Where Diamond Head is	OAHU
Accepts a FedEx delivery perhaps	ESIGNS
Mononymous Grammy winner	ENYA
Like many old fiddle tunes Abbr.	TRAD
Extra point for a shooting foul in basketball	ANDONE
Without a sole winner	TIED
Educ. publishing division	ELHI
Yeun who was the first Asian American nominated for Best Actor (2020s Minari)	STEVEN
Attempt in cornhole	TOSS
Baby wallaby	JOEY
Go over	SPAN
Key locale Abbr.	FLA
Attempts to hit as a shuttlecock	SWINGSAT
Org. that reports to the attorney general	DEA
Awesome!	OOH
Architectural features depicted by this puzzles vertical circled letters	MINARETS
Wow!	OMG
2026 World Cup co-host	USA
Caught up	ENSNARED
Peace in Russian	MIR
___ Faire (outdoor event)	REN
Type of structure that this puzzles theme is a grand example of	TOMB
The Mughal dynastys reign e.g.	ERA
Gladiator star Russell	CROWE
Fusilli shape	HELIX
Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle	INDIA
Pritzker Prize-winning architect	PEI
Suffer from intense heat	SWELTER
Key with one sharp Abbr.	GMAJ
Dream state	REM
Santa ___	ANA
Shrub	BUSH
Highly pleased with	PROUDOF
Data is the new ___ (popular wisdom in economics)	OIL
Architectural feature depicted between 7- and 8-Down	SPIRE
Number of players on a netball team	SEVEN
Upright	ERECT
Cricket club	BAT
Spanish seasoning	SAL
Much Ado About Nothing role	CLAUDIO
Golf alternative in brief	VWJETTA
Lacks	HASNT
All kidding ___ …	ASIDE
No. 2 in the statehouse	LTGOV
___ nuit	BONNE
Pigeon coop	COTE
Countesss counterpart	EARL
Builder of the monument depicted in this puzzle	SHAHJAHAN
Architectural feature depicted by this puzzles arching circled letters	ONIONDOME
Some loaves	RYES
Family men	DADS
Romp	EASYWIN
Able to feel	SENSATE
Name thats an anagram of SEEM	ESME
Focus of some cognitive therapy for short	PTSD
Number of 69-Across surrounding the monument depicted in this puzzle	FOUR
Come up short	LOSE
Part of M.I.T. Abbr.	INST
Prefix meaning one-billionth	NANO
Weight of a paper clip roughly	GRAM
Tesla by birth	SERB
Qatari leader	EMIR
Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle	AGRA

Daily NYT Crossword Facts

Here are some interesting facts about today’s crossword:

Largest clue: Yeun who was the first Asian American nominated for Best Actor (2020s Minari)
Smallest clue: Wow!
Total number of clues: 164
Total number of solutions: 164
Average clue length: 24.88 characters
Clues with numbers: 12
Longest solution: LETHALBLOW
Shortest solution: WII
Number of unique solutions: 82
Percentage of clues that are questions: 0.0%
Clue with the most vowels: Yeun who was the first Asian American nominated for Best Actor (2020s Minari)
Clue with the most consonants: Architectural features depicted by this puzzles vertical circled letters
Most frequent word in the clues: a

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