New York Times, Monday, September 26, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Monday, September 26, 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'I before E except after C,' e.g	RULE
'I must be dreaming!'	PINCHME
'Much ___ About Nothing'	ADO
'Stick with it!' ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues	HANGINTHERE
'Too bad, so sad!'	ALAS
'___ well that ends well'	ALLS
*Indoor bouldering locale	CLIMBINGGYM
*Male equivalent of a she-shed	MANCAVE
*Place to buy a painting	ARTGALLERY
*Room by the foyer, often	COATCLOSET
A big one might be standing in a concert hall	OVATION
Aimlessly wander (about)	GAD
Aioli ingredient ... or three of the letters in 'aioli'	OIL
Ambitiously pursue, as an opportunity	LEAPAT
Birthstone for most Libras	OPAL
Breath mint containers	TINS
Cars	AUTOS
Cassette submitted to a record label	DEMOTAPE
Children's book author ___ Carle	ERIC
Claims rated 'four Pinocchios,' say	LIES
Coal carrier	TRAM
Compulsive feeling	URGE
Cookie, to the Brits	BISCUIT
Cosmetic reapplication	TOUCHUP
Crafty	SLY
Den	LAIR
Do something	ACT
Donkey used as a pack animal	BURRO
Errand runner	AIDE
Faces a pitcher	BATS
Final Greek letter	OMEGA
Follow, as advice	HEED
Found a place for on the schedule	SLOTTED
French for 'milk'	LAIT
Gather, as support	GARNER
Give support to	BOLSTER
Good person to ask to show you around town	LOCAL
Gorilla, e.g	APE
Grp. that opposes foie gras and wearing fur	PETA
Heart of the matter	GIST
Janis ___, 'Mean Girls' sidekick	IAN
Kids may make one out of pillows or snow	FORT
Kind of sleeve that extends to the collar	RAGLAN
Kindergarten basics	ABCS
La Brea ___ Pits (Los Angeles attraction)	TAR
Like pizzas and piazzas	ITALIAN
Lumber (along)	PLOD
Made over from square one	REDID
Miley Cyrus's 'Party in the ___'	USA
Multiroom hotel offering	SUITE
Mushroom top	CAP
Not drunk	SOBER
Not-quite-round fruit	PEAR
Off in the distance	AFAR
Passover meal	SEDER
Pastoral poem	IDYLL
Philosopher Descartes	RENE
Place where elbows bump on a plane	ARMREST
Produce, as by a gland	SECRETE
Proudly brainy sorts	NERDS
Purple avenue in Monopoly	BALTIC
Regions	AREAS
Rhode Island, the ___ State	OCEAN
Running portion of an Ironman race	MARATHON
Say no, when given a choice	OPTOUT
Slice of history	ERA
Stubborn animal	ASS
Thingy	ITEM
Unit of work	ERG
Watched a neighbor's pup, say	DOGSAT
Wear away, as soil	ERODE
What a dove symbolizes	PEACE
What to call a knight	SIR
___ and outs	INS
___ Arbor, Mich	ANN
___-A-Whirl (carnival ride)	TILT