New York Times - May 24 2020

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Clues Answers
'Best. Day. ___!' EVER
'Despicable Me' character MINION
'Easy now ...' STEADY
'Hungry' game characters HIPPOS
'I like it!' NICE
'That's ___' AMORE
'The Deer Hunter' director Michael CIMINO
'Time for a break' TAKETEN
'Too busy' CANT
'You caught me!,' says the thief, who then admits: 'The diamond isn't here in my room, but it's hidden in ___' THEONETOTHEWESTOFHERE
A ways away FAR
About three miles LEAGUE
An antique might have one PATINA
Anika ___ Rose, 2004 Tony winner NONI
As you inspect each room, you find staff members dressed as ___ APTLYNAMEDCELEBRITIES
Badger NAG
Battlefield cry ATTACK
Big launch of 1957 SPUTNIK
Bristle of grain AWN
Britain's Broadway WESTEND
Brooklyn Coll. is part of it CUNY
Burn slightly SINGE
California-based auto company TESLA
Campfire treat SMORE
Chip dip, familiarly GUAC
City near Monterey Bay SALINAS
Clothes hanger? TASSEL
Considered SEENAS
Days of old YORE
Delta competitor, in brief UAL
Delta preceder GAMMA
Diamond family name ALOU
Elie Wiesel's homeland ROMANIA
Enjoy deeply REVELIN
Excoriates REVILES
Fictional city inspired by New York City GOTHAM
Flambé AFIRE
Four-letter word for a four-letter word OATH
Getaway for two lovebirds? ARK
Goodwill AMITY
Hard STEELY
Hardy bean FAVA
Have trouble swallowing GAGON
Hershey toffee bar SKOR
Home brewer TEAPOT
Home of the original Busch Gardens TAMPA
In the study, you find that the thief accidentally left behind an ___ APPLESWEATSHIRT
In ___ (stuck) ARUT
Intestinal: Prefix ENTERO
Ireland's best-selling solo artist ENYA
It might be snowy EGRET
It might get a licking: Abbr ENV
Janitor's tool WRINGER
Japanese box lunch BENTO
Joined at an angle, as two pieces of wood MITERED
Jr.'s junior SOPH
Kilt feature PLEAT
Kinda ISH
Knowledgeable (in) VERSED
Latches (onto) GRABS
Leader whose name means, literally, 'commander' AMIR
Like AKINTO
Like a bad loser SORE
Like a Debbie Downer NOFUN
Like beloved books, often REREAD
Lots AHEAP
Low on dough SHORT
Clues Answers
Lowest of the eight major taxonomic ranks SPECIES
Magazine audience fig CIRC
Major source of oxygen in the earth's atmosphere SEAWEED
Move off the bottle WEAN
Music for the masses? HYMN
Music to a hitchhiker's ears HOPIN
Musical family with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame OSMONDS
Oenology : wines :: zythology : ___ BEERS
Ordain ANOINT
Org. in 'Die Hard' LAPD
Pollen-producing plant part STAMEN
Popeye's kid SWEEPEA
Public spat SCENE
Refusals NOS
Rushing group, informally FRAT
Russian pancakes BLINI
Said a 96-Across SWORE
Salon brand AVEDA
Sauce put on falafel TAHINI
Seeped (through} OSMOSED
Showers RAINS
Sly and the Family Stone genre FUNK
Some appliances AMANAS
Some knotted ropes NOOSES
Some modern ones are smart TVS
Some sports cars GTS
Source of the robe material for Incan royalty ALPACA
Space to maneuver a ship SEAROOM
Spark AROUSE
Spawn BEGET
Springsteen's birthplace, in song THEUSA
Sprint competitor RACER
Spry AGILE
Squash STEPON
Stable diet? OATS
Start of a Christmas refrain FALA
Style for Edward Hopper and George Bellows REALISM
Suffix with serpent INE
Sunrise direction, in Seville ESTE
Suspect #1 COLE
Suspect #2 GERARD
Suspect #3 TIM
Suspect #4 CHET
Suspect #5 MINNIE
Suspect #6 KAREN
Suspect #7 ELLEN
Suspect #8 TIKI
Swing and completely miss FAN
Tech debut of 1998 IMAC
Tell TATTLE
Teri with a 'Tootsie' role GARR
The compass points NSEW
They catch dust bunnies DRYMOPS
They're all ___, so you can easily identify them WEARINGNAMETAGS
Thomas who chaired the 9/11 Commission KEAN
Thucydides had one THETA
Tucson school, in brief UOFA
Very, in Veracruz MUY
Went with CHOSE
What a Venn diagram shows OVERLAP
What each person gets in an election ONEVOTE
What it all adds up to SUM
What might come with fencing? SCAR
Woes SORROWS
Women of honour DAMES
Word that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward ATE
___ fusion (type of cuisine) ASIAN