New York Times, Saturday, September 7, 2019
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Close ...' | NOTQUITE |
| 1980s arcade character with a propeller beanie | JRPACMAN |
| 51-Acrosses often hold them | MBAS |
| A.P. exam inits | ETS |
| Add to the rotation? | STIRIN |
| Ancient Roman writer of comedies | TERENCE |
| Angle measured by an astrolabe | AZIMUTH |
| Board appointment, for short | EXEC |
| Brave, e.g | ATLANTAN |
| Bust | DUD |
| Cactus with an edible fruit | PRICKLYPEAR |
| Calls for | NEEDS |
| Candy sold in straws | PIXYSTIX |
| Cause for caution | PERIL |
| Charging too much, say | INDEBT |
| Comforting comment | ICARE |
| Decisive periods, briefly | OTS |
| Dialect of Arabic | IRAQI |
| Dips | DECLINES |
| Empty talk | GAS |
| Enigmatic people | SPHINXES |
| Epitome of thinness | TISSUE |
| Film bit | ALGA |
| Fixture in a church sanctuary | PRIEDIEU |
| Floral arrangement | LEI |
| Gathers together with stitching | SHIRRS |
| H.S. teams mainly with freshmen and sophomore players | JVSQUADS |
| Image on an oscilloscope | WAVE |
| Inner selves, to Jung | ANIMAS |
| Jockey competitor | HANES |
| Kind of pizza | DEEPDISH |
| Like a troublemaker | IMPISH |
| Lower-priced ticket option, maybe | MATINEE |
| Minnesota county or lake | ITASCA |
| Mitigate | LESSEN |
| Monogram on L'Homme products | YSL |
| Musical symbol indicating legato | SLUR |
| Ninja's asset | STEALTH |
| No-goodniks | STINKERS |
| Not fixed | VARIABLE |
| One engaged in a hairy escape? | RAPUNZEL |
| Only 20th-century president whose three distinct initials are in alphabetical order | HST |
| Overflow | SPILLAGE |
| Palatable | SAPID |
| Pence, e.g | VICE |
| Place to play a board game | TABLETOP |
| Poor Clares member | NUN |
| Product of meiosis | GAMETE |
| Rank in judo | DAN |
| Rat in 'Ratatouille' | EMILE |
| Reversed | UNDID |
| Ring-toss item? | HAT |
| Send back | REMAND |
| Shake on it! | PAW |
| Singer with the 1986 #1 album 'Promise' | SADE |
| Some exchanges, in brief | IMS |
| Something to act on | STAGE |
| Something to lace up before competition | ICESKATE |
| Spanish interrogative | QUE |
| Susan who starred on TV's 'The Partridge Family' | DEY |
| Swore off | GAVEUP |
| Tackle box accessories | SNELLS |
| Trouble | AIL |
| Unit equivalent to 4.184 joules: Abbr | CAL |
| Where people may make a scene | IMPROVCLASS |
| Where the islets of Langerhans are located | PANCREAS |
| Word with run or jump | SKI |
| Works (out) | PANS |
| ___ Museum, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls | ISRAEL |
| ___ Norman, 1983 Pulitzer-winning playwright | MARSHA |
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