New York Times, Thursday, September 2, 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 New York Times, Thursday, September 2, 2021 Crossword Answer

 

Clues	Answers
'Alice in Wonderland' cry	IMLATE
'I was stuck in traffic,' maybe	LIE
'I'	ROYALWE
'Pigs will sooner fly!'	DREAMON
Actor Rhames	VING
Aerial view provider	DRONE
Apple on Apple Music	FIONA
Astronomer Carl	SAGAN
Be a kvetch	WHINE
Bear	ABIDE
Buckingham Palace figures	YEOMEN
Co-star of 2019's 'Joker'	DENIRO
Completely cover	ENCASE
Contents of a certain shelf	ICE
Curious	ODD
Designer inits	YSL
Discussion group	PANEL
Expert	PRO
Expert	ACE
Fencer's cry	ZENGARDEN
First name on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'	JEANLUC
Fix, in a way	NEUTER
French lead-in to 'chat'	ENTRE
Gen ___	YER
Generates dubiously, with 'up'	GINS
Get involved	ENGAGE
Giant on both the Nikkei and N.Y.S.E. indexes	HONDA
Gives zero stars, say	HATES
Harold who sought the Republican presidential nomination nine times over 48 years	STASSEN
He can help you after a crash	ITGUY
Hilton alternative	HYATT
It appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence	ONE
K-12 subj	ENG
Key ring item	FOB
Lead-in to long	ERE
Like 'h' among 'h,' 'i' and 'j'	WIDEST
Like someone receiving baseless accusations, maybe?	AWOL
Link between two names	AKA
Long Island home of Brookhaven National Laboratory	UPTON
Low point: Abbr	MIN
Mideast locale of Sira Fortress	ADEN
N.B.A. great with a doctorate in education	ONEAL
Not beat	LOSETO
On and on ... or how to read 18-, 27-, 37- and 51-Across to understand this puzzle's theme?	ENDLESSLY
Org. with strict schedules?	DEA
Ottawa N.H.L.er, to fans	SEN
Parents and grandparents, in slang, with 'the'	OLDS
Part of V.A.T	ADDED
Prefix with binary	NON
Prints, perhaps	EVIDENCE
Rafael Nadal's home country, in the Olympics	ESP
Rapper featured on Flo Rida's 'Low'	TPAIN
Roadside restaurant sign	WEATHERED
Roger on the high seas	AYEAYE
Rumble in the Jungle promoter	DONKING
Scatter	SOW
Scene in Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks'	DINER
Screening grp	TSA
Sean of 'Stranger Things'	ASTIN
Sign of a hit	SRO
Slimming aid	DIETPILL
Snitch	RAT
Something that nearly one million Americans practice regularly	MEDICINE
Spot for a dinner plate	STABLEMATE
Spouts	SPEWS
Spreadsheet command	SORTDATA
Style of diamond with a flat base	PROSECUTE
Takes (down)	JOTS
Taste	SAMPLE
Tesla had one in 2010, for short	IPO
Throw it away	WASTE
Titania's spouse, in Shakespeare	OBERON
Trojan War hero	AENEAS
Union agreements?	PRENUPS
Where lab coats get cleaned?	PETSPA
Wishy-washy R.S.V.P	IMIGHT
Wood-shaping tool	ADZ
___ dog	CONEY
___ ears	ALL