New York Times, Monday, August 8, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Monday, August 8, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
'Just ___!' ('Hold on!')	ASEC
'Same here!'	DITTO
'The way I see it,' to texters	IMHO
'Wise' bird	OWL
'___ It Romantic?' (Rodgers and Hart classic)	ISNT
'___ Were a Rich Man' (song from 'Fiddler on the Roof')	IFI
28-Down portrayer ___ Howard	RON
A bit buzzed	TIPSY
Atlanta-based TV channel	TBS
Award for athletic achievement	ESPY
Barrel of explosive stuff, or a situation that's ready to blow	POWDERKEG
Biblical fellow with a salty wife?	LOT
Big name in toothbrushes	ORALB
Boater or bowler	HAT
Buddy	PAL
Buffalo's N.H.L. team	SABRES
Catamaran, for one	SAILBOAT
Cattle-raising estates	RANCHES
Choose	OPT
Combined, as money or resources	POOLED
Dies down	ABATES
Disobey James Bond when making a martini	STIR
Evening prayer	VESPER
Exit door	EGRESS
Explosive stuff, in brief	TNT
Family member acquired by marrying	INLAW
Flatbread served with curry	NAAN
Fourth-year student	SENIOR
Ginger ___ (soft drink)	ALE
Go bad	ROT
Greek goddess of the dawn	EOS
Hairstyle that may be parted and tied into two puffs	AFRO
Handy	OFUSE
Hopping mad	IRATE
In no danger	SAFE
Introductory drawing class	ARTI
Jack who could consume no fat, in a nursery rhyme	SPRAT
Lends an ear	LISTENS
Letters preceding an alias	AKA
Manhattan's Madison or Lexington: Abbr	AVE
Metrical foot in poetry	IAMB
More, in ads	XTRA
Ninny	TWIT
Not sinking	AFLOAT
One experiencing gaps in memory	AMNESIAC
One officiating at communion or hearing confession	PRIEST
Opposite of reaps	SOWS
Org. sponsoring school fund-raisers	PTA
Oscar-winning Ben Affleck film set in Iran	ARGO
Pale pink vineyard offerings	BLUSHWINES
Poem of praise	ODE
Practice punches with an imaginary opponent	SHADOWBOX
Quirky	ODD
Rap's Lil ___ X	NAS
Really rake it in	CLEANUP
Reconcile after a quarrel ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across	MAKEUP
Refreshing summer beverage	ICEDTEA
Reindeer herder of Scandinavia	LAPP
Sheriff Andy Taylor's boy on 1960s TV	OPIE
Shrill and blaring, as a trumpet	BRASSY
Something Santa makes (and checks twice)	LIST
Soprano's choirmate	ALTO
Sound system	STEREO
Source of seasonal sneezes	POLLEN
Steel support for concrete	REBAR
Stuffiness that lingers in an unventilated room	STALEAIR
Subordinate of a 6-Down	DEACON
Sulky expression	POUT
Title bestowed on Mick Jagger in 2003 (although the queen refused to present the award herself)	SIR
Toddler's winter wear	SNOWSUIT
Tutti-___	FRUTTI
Vaccine pioneer Jonas	SALK
Vietnamese noodle-and-broth dish	PHO
Wipe out big-time	EATIT
Writings on an album sleeve or jewel case insert	LINERNOTES
___ Bauer, clothing store chain	EDDIE
___ ex machina	DEUS
___ Poupon mustard	GREY