New York Times, Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times Puzzle, Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
___ Bryan, "American Idol" judge	LUKE
And there you have it!	TADA
Arm-flapping dance of the early 1970s	FUNKYCHICKEN
Auto-tune sites?	GARAGES
Band follower	GROUPIE
Berkeley school, for short	CAL
Berry often blended and served in a bowl	ACAI
Bit of dust	SPECK
Cable's ___TV	TRU
Call from a chair umpire	LET
Chess whizzes, for short	GMS
Chides into silence	SHUSHES
Color of peanuts	TAN
Congressional approval	YEA
Country whose flag is solid red with an emerald pentagram	MOROCCO
Disgustingly wealthy	STINKINGRICH
Distort	SKEW
Dot of land	ISLE
Embarrassed	SHAMED
Enthusiast	FAN
Few and far between	SPARSE
Foxlike	SLY
Frequent hangout spot	HAUNT
From Qom, e.g.	IRANIAN
Gamer's asset, maybe	AIM
Gives a new color	DYES
Hathaway of "Ocean's 8"	ANNE
He was named 1992's Sportsman of the Year, despite retiring from tennis 12 years earlier	ASHE
High bar?	TRAPEZE
Hit 2018 Netflix stand-up special for Hannah Gadsby	NANETTE
Hurried look	GLANCE
Ice Bucket Challenge cause, for short	ALS
Intriguing!	OOH
Ire	ANGER
It might have a lattice crust	PIE
Italian brandy	GRAPPA
Job for a lawyer ... or outfit for a lawyer	SUIT
Kind of ring-shaped cake	BUNDT
Learned (of)	GOTWIND
Liberate	FREE
Like "Cleopatra," among all Best Picture nominees	LONGEST
Lint collector	TRAP
Loafs	IDLES
Makes a sharp turn	ZIGS
Making the wrong choice	ERRING
Mont Blanc's range	ALPS
Mosquito guards	NETS
Mrs., in Mexico	SRA
Neighbor of Oahu	KAUAI
Not widespread, as a film release	LIMITED
Opposite of pro-	ANTI
Pack of whales	POD
Patriotic chant	USAUSA
Prefix with legal or military	PARA
Profanity ... or what 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across start with?	FOULLANGUAGE
Punch out	DECK
Puzzle	ENIGMA
Quarterbacks, e.g.	PASSERS
Religion in which suras are recited	ISLAM
Right on the money	APT
Sacred creature to many Native Plains people	BUFFALO
Some buns	UPDOS
Something spotted on a safari	CHEETAH
Start of a play	ACTONE
Stevie Wonder's tribute to Ellington	SIRDUKE
Teeny	ITSY
They're the opposite of consummate professionals	RANKAMATEURS
Trivial objection	NIT
Unrightfully seized	USURPED
Water cooler noise	GLUG
What "radio wave," "foregone" and "main event" all hide	STATES
What had happened ___ ...	WAS
Wonderfully high number of years to have lived	RIPEOLDAGE
Work of Horace	ODE
Worst poker pair	TWOS
Wow, look at the time! I should really be going	ITSLATE
You've got THAT right!	ILLSAY