Here's all New York Times Crossword answers for 9 August 2024, Friday (08-09-24). Find all answers and solutions here.
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Clues and answers
Clues followed by answers and an explanation underneath.
A statue of him was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World : ZEUS
Alternative to a pinch : Abbr.
Animals that appear in the fossil record before trees : SHARKS
Apt anagram of TINS BEAR THEM, minus an E : BREATH MINTS
Bad news from a maître d’ : WAIT
Blind worshipers : IDOLATERS
Busy signals, e.g. : TONES
Camp sight : TENT
The answer "TENT" is the right solution for the clue "Camp sight" because a tent is a portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting frame, commonly used for camping and outdoor activities.
City once home to Black Wall Street : TULSA
Cocktail vessel : GLASS TUMBLER
Double ___ (cookie descriptor) : STUF
Dynamism : PEP
Early stage : BETA
Email ancestor : TELEX
Entry fee for some clubs? : ANTE
Fiasco : MESS
Fourth-most-common surname in China (after Wang, Li and Zhang) : LIU
Goes easy on : SPARES
Heads, slangily : DOMES
Helpful how-to : DEMO
Introduce to the mix : ADD IN
Japanese noodles : UDON
Journeys into the past? : MUSEUM TOURS
Kicks (out) : BOOTS
"Kicks out" is a phrasal verb that means to force someone to leave a place. "Evicts" is a synonym of this phrasal verb, making it the correct answer.
Less expected : ODDER
Line drawn after an early wrong guess in hangman : TORSO
Listing on a résumé : SKILL
Marvel’s Maximoff : WANDA
Meiji and Taisho, in Japanese history : ERAS
Middle word of a Stowe title : TOM’S
Middle-earth menace : ORC
The answer to "Middle-earth menace" is "ORC" because in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, orcs are a species of menacing creatures.