New York Times, Friday, March 4, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Friday, March 4, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
"Going Back to ___" (hip-hop classic)	CALI
"I'm too busy right now"	ASKMELATER
"Little" one of rhyme	PIGGY
1950s #1 hit with the repeated lyric "Bring me a dream"	MRSANDMAN
A red one is concerning	ALERT
Actress Wilson	RITA
Attention	EAR
Basis for a case	LEGALISSUE
Behind	TARDY
Behind	SEAT
Better suited	ABLER
Brand owned by Campbell's	PREGO
Burns out	TIRES
Captain Marvel portrayer	BRIELARSON
Catch ___	ONTO
Civil rights activist Wilkins	ROY
Cold brew alternative	ICEDLATTE
Defects	WARTS
Dregs	LEES
El color del mar	AZUL
Emmy-winning title role for Rachel Brosnahan	MRSMAISEL
Food fungus, in Fulham	MOULD
Genre for "Jersey Shore" and "The Real World"	DOCUSOAP
Get the services of, as a lawyer	RETAIN
Give up	LOSEFAITH
Half of "Guys and Dolls"	ACTI
Iraqi port city	BASRA
It's all work and no play	TOIL
Kit ___ bar	KAT
Kitchen flare-up	GREASEFIRE
Lack of objections, in a phrase	NOBONES
Leave quickly, with "out"	PEEL
Letter opener?	ELL
Like many TV broadcasts since the 1990s	INHD
Like some feuds and foods on a stove	SIMMERING
Like those celebrated with an annual Day of Visibility on March 31	TRANS
Like Trump's presidency	ONETERM
Low numbers?	SADSONGS
Needed help	ESSENTIALWORKER
Note	MEMO
Novelist ___ Neale Hurston	ZORA
One of two in a 747	AISLE
Pitted fruit	DATES
Point ___ Peninsula, WNW of San Francisco	REYES
Popular women's health app	FLO
Preserves, as flavor	SEALSIN
Promises too much	OVERSELLS
Pull in	EARN
Put into service	USED
Question asked while pointing a finger	SEEIT
Respect	REVERENCE
Roe source	SMELT
Run down, in a way	SLANDER
Secondary social media accounts, informally	ALTS
Shady, as a street	TREELINED
Shepherded	LED
Specs	DEETS
Spots where you might count sheep	LEAS
Surfer's destination, in brief	URL
Tactic of radical environmentalism	ECOTAGE
Things oologists study	EGGS
Tweaks further	REEDITS
Waldorf salad ingredient	APPLE
What might get stuck in a window	DECAL
Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters	KATIE
___ car (Amtrak train component)	CAFE
___ Carter, protagonist in 2018's "The Hate U Give"	STARR
___ Daniels, main role on "The Wire"	CEDRIC