New York Times, Sunday, July 31, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Sunday, July 31, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
'Failure ___ an option'	ISNOT
'I spilled ___ remover on my dog. Now he's gone': Steven Wright	SPOT
'r u 4 real?'	SRSLY
'Ready?'	ALLSET
'The ___ Holmes Mysteries' (young adult detective series)	ENOLA
'Well, maybe'	IGUESS
Abyss	CHASM
Actress Lena	OLIN
American ___	LEAGUE
Andy Dufresne in 'The Shawshank Redemption,' e.g	ESCAPEE
Arab leaders	EMIRS
Author/journalist Welteroth	ELAINE
Back in style	RETRO
Battle between Tinker Bell and Princess Ozma?	FAIRYFIGHT
Become aware of ... or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle's grid	WISEUPTO
Begin	STARTOUT
Beginning of a toast	HERES
Bel ___ (Italian cheese)	PAESE
Big name in grills	WEBER
Big picture	WIDESHOT
Boots, helmets, rope, etc	GEAR
Break ... or brake	STOP
Buy a lot of, with 'on'	LOADUP
Can	AXE
Caterpillar alternative	DEERE
Census-taking of a Midwest capital?	MADISONCOUNT
Charm	ENAMOR
Cinco + uno	SEIS
Circuit board components	DIODES
City north of Des Moines	AMES
Clutch, e.g	BAG
Co-author of 2016's 'The Book of Joy,' along with the Dalai Lama	TUTU
Coconut-covered cookie	SAMOA
Comes clean	FESSESUP
Condiment at a pho shop	SRIRACHA
Connect, as two devices	PAIR
Couleur de l'océan	BLEU
Count, e.g	TITLE
Cream	ROUT
D as in D.C.?: Abbr	DEM
Dallas-to-Austin dir	SSW
Dancer Charisse of 'Singin' in the Rain'	CYD
Darkroom item, in brief	NEG
Didn't just sit there	ACTED
Disruption for a poolside sunbather	SPLASH
Doctor's description of the birth of triplet sons?	THREETIMESALAD
Each	APIECE
Encourage	SPURON
Excise surgically	RESECT
First name in folk	ARLO
Fish in a poke bowl	AHI
Flagship vehicle line for Mercedes-Benz	SCLASS
For face value	ATPAR
Fwy. or expy	RTE
Gave the scoop	BRIEFED
General name for a dish?	TSO
God associated with the moon	APOLLO
Golf ball's path	ARC
Got too scared, with 'out'	WIMPED
Growler's contents	ALE
Hand-held device used by Mr. Spock	TRICORDER
Harvesting machine that needs cleaning?	GRIMYREAPER
Hold in custody	DETAIN
Household robot from Amazon	ASTRO
Ice cream treat	FLOAT
Icky look	LEER
Inits. on the road	AAA
Inits. on the road	MPH
Interior secretary Haaland	DEB
It might get the weed out	HOE
It's a ball	SPHERE
Its presence on Mars offers a clue to life	SALT
Japanese honorific	SENSEI
Killer of the Night King on 'Game of Thrones'	ARYA
Kind of parking	CURBSIDE
Lawyer with absurdly exaggerated humor?	CAMPYCOUNSELOR
Like a tasty cake	MOIST
Like Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts	DEAF
Like some towels and topics	HOT
Longtime surname on late-night TV	MEYERS
Longtime surname on late-night TV	OBRIEN
Lunar New Year	TET
Marsupial that goes into shock when frightened	OPOSSUM
Medical gloves and N95 masks, for short	PPE
Musical artist known as the 'Queen of New Age'	ENYA
Mythical weaver	ARACHNE
Name hidden in 'global economy'	ALEC
Nationwide competitor	ALLSTATE
No longer active: Abbr	RET
No-win situation	TIE
One-named entertainer from Spain	CHARO
Partners of hinds	HARTS
Pear-shaped instrument	LUTE
Pen	CAGE
Personal ad abbr	SWF
Places where some belts are tightened?	BELLYBOTTOMS
Prefix with puncture	ACU
Pries (from)	WRESTS
Primeval	STONEAGE
Proceeded down a lane, maybe	SWAM
Put away	ATE
Reaches	GETSTO
Relax	EASE
Rhapsodize over	EXTOL
Rhetoric	ORATORY
Rooibos by another name	REDTEA
Sci-fi daughter of Padmé	LEIA
Server error	FOOTFAULT
Serving with a meze platter	PITA
Shade of red	TOMATO
Shelve	DEFER
Simpson imp	BART
Slangy turndown	NAH
Sleep phase?	SLUMBERPART
Smallest country in the E.U., by area	MALTA
Soaks (up)	SOPS
Some free housing recipients, for short	RAS
Some Guinness records	LEASTS
Some prosecutors, for short	ADAS
Some wide-brimmed hats	PANAMAS
Square figure?	STATUE
Stacked	PILED
Stephen Crane's 'The Red Badge of Courage,' e.g.?	COMBATREAD
Test, as a new mattress	LIEON
The Liberty Tree, e.g	ELM
They might get all over the floor	ROOMBAS
They might hold on to their caps, for short	ALUMS
Tick off	RILE
Ticks off	IRES
Unfairly takes advantage of, as a policy	ABUSES
Vouch for, with 'to'	ATTEST
WaPo alternative	NYT
What concealer might conceal	ACNE
Where Camus's 'The Plague' is set	ALGERIA
Without much thought	IDLY
Wizard	ACE
You can see right through it	GLASS
___ Day, early collaborator with Prince	MORRIS
___ la Cité, home of Notre-Dame	ILEDE
___ nous	ENTRE