NYT Crossword Answers September 27 2023

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NYT Crossword Clues

Clue Solution
Playfully tap on the nose BOOP
Hindu Mr. BABU
Step after lather RINSE
Throw a ball for a strike say BOWL
Intl. price-setting group OPEC
Fake PHONY
Like helium and carbon dioxide COLORLESS
Object of wishful thinking? GENIE
Sealed with a knot TIEDOFF
Symbols of Egyptian royalty ASPS
Was known as WENTBY
Instrument that Hermes made from a tortoise shell and reeds in myth LYRE
Sunburn soother ALOE
I havent the foggiest NOCLUE
Secrecy-enforcing contract for short NDA
Get into it SPAR
Indication of correctness in Wordle GREEN
Let it all out in a way SOB
Steamed ___ classic Simpsons sketch HAMS
You might entertain them IDEAS
Eponym of a popular vodka brand TITO
Cancel on a keyboard ESC
Recharge so to speak SLEEP
Did in ICED
Classic Simpsons sound DOH
Second social media account for posting private jokes and such informally FINSTA
Like father like son MALE
Plains people OTOE
Big batteries DCELLS
A well-known Stone EMMA
Golf ball features DIMPLES
Alternating current pioneer TESLA
Following 17- 37- 40- and 43-Across end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics FURIOUSLY
Beseeched ASKED
One guilty of disorderly conduct? SLOB
Smoothie seed CHIA
Parental authority SAYSO
Parents to kids OLDS
Edible seaweed KELP
Airer of many David Attenborough documentaries BBC
On vacation in work calendar shorthand OOO
Hooter OWL
Theyre up to no good PLOTTERS
Number two of six for Henry VIII BOLEYN
Imitated APED
Spanish smooch BESO
Bay Area sch. UCSF
D&D or WoW e.g. RPG
This is how rumors get started IHEAR
Meaningless NONSENSICAL
Quick cut SNIP
What might represent in a text EYES
Kid RIB
Chimney vents FLUES
Past ones prime with up WASHED
Westernmost city in Texas ELPASO
So-named father of modern linguistics NOAMCHOMSKY
Ache YEN
Nash who called the rhinoceros prepoceros OGDEN
Plains people CREES
Vaulted LEAPT
Youve got my attention DOTELL
Dwellings ABODES
OK so thats not exactly true ILIED
Doomscrolling e.g. TIMESUCK
West Coast hub for United SFO
Unrehearsed lines ADLIBS
___ From the Crypt HBO horror anthology TALES
Big boss informally CEO
Midflight stats ETAS
Butte but bigger MESA
On the off chance that happens IFSO
Chew on MULL
Nudge PROD
Ruckus ADO
___ Drives Me Crazy (1989 #1 hit) SHE
Teeny-weeny LIL
Talk talk talk YAP

Daily NYT Crossword Facts

Here are some interesting facts about today’s crossword:

  • Largest clue: Following 17- 37- 40- and 43-Across end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics
  • Smallest clue: Kid
  • Total number of clues: 78
  • Total number of solutions: 78
  • Average clue length: 23.06 characters
  • Clues with numbers: 2
  • Longest solution: NONSENSICAL
  • Shortest solution: NDA
  • Number of unique solutions: 78
  • Percentage of clues that are questions: 2.56%
  • Clue with the most vowels: Following 17- 37- 40- and 43-Across end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics
  • Clue with the most consonants: Following 17- 37- 40- and 43-Across end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics
  • Most frequent word in the clues: a

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