New York Times Crossword Answer Solution August 31, 2022

 New York Times Crossword Answer List August 31, 2022

Across

1

Chaps : MEN

4

Its 27-inch model was discontinued in 2022 : IMAC

8

Inundates with some junk : SPAMS

13

Card game cry : UNO

14

Org. that sent Perseverance to 63-Across : NASA

15

Academy enrollee : CADET

16

*Type of meal first sold by C.A. Swanson & Sons : TVDINNER

18

Spice in springerle cookies : ANISE

19

Only about one-sixth of these in humans is visible : EYES

20

Call from a cornfield : CAW

21

Oscar winner Witherspoon : REESE

22

Michigan football rival, for short : OSU

24

*Hospital bagful : IVFLUID

26

*Multimedia-focused school org. : AVCLUB

29

Hard or soft finish? : NESS

30

Goes first : LEADS

31

Dictator Amin : IDI

32

Up in the air, for short : TBD

35

Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues : FIVESECONDRULE

39

Pub pick : ALE

40

Code component : LAW

41

– : MINUS

42

"Let's do this" : IMIN

44

*Camper's place, maybe : RVPARK

45

*Up-and-coming group in high school athletics : JVSQUAD

48

Egyptian ophidian : ASP

49

Covers : COATS

50

Horror film cry : RUN

52

Some daily temps : LOWS

56

Bris, bat mitzvah and others : RITES

57

*Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, say : EVCREDIT

59

Good name for a home renter? : ELISE

60

"___ Flux" (1990s MTV series) : AEON

61

Help with the dishes : DRY

62

Joneses for : WANTS

63

See 14-Across : MARS

64

Possible reason for a PG-13 rating : SEX

Down

1

You might be on it during a meeting : MUTE

2

Be covetous of : ENVY

3

Connection point : NODE

4

Tripadvisor recommendation, perhaps : INN

5

Nickname for Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" : MANCUB

6

Away from land : ASEA

7

It's lowered in the drive-thru line : CARWINDOW

8

Devours, with "down" : SCARFS

9

Some convention offerings : PANELS

10

Bye at the French Open? : ADIEU

11

International athlete who twice made Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world : MESSI

12

Charger : STEED

17

Wagnerian princess : ISOLDE

23

Figure (out) : SUSS

25

Miner discovery? : VEIN

26

Sporty Italian auto, informally : ALFA

27

Cover, in a way : VEIL

28

Give in : CAVE

31

"My lotto ticket might be the winner" : ICANDREAM

32

Toro or shiro maguro, at a sushi bar : TUNA

33

Busy day, in retrospect : BLUR

34

Division of a newsroom : DESK

36

Director Kazan : ELIA

37

Real ID issuers, in brief : DMVS

38

___ effect : RIPPLE

42

Something to think about? : IQTEST

43

Dishevels : MUSSES

44

Longstanding ill will : RANCOR

45

Eddie Bauer competitor : JCREW

46

"There you go!" : VOILA

47

Smooth kind of finish : SATIN

51

Layer beneath the sclera and cornea : UVEA

53

Track figures : ODDS

54

Certain money transfer : WIRE

55

"Mr. Roboto" band, 1983 : STYX

58

O.R. staffers : RNS