New York Times - May 1 2020 Puzzle Solutions

New York Times - May 1 2020

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Clues Answers

'Good going!' NICELYDONE

'Great taste since 1905' sloganeer RCCOLA

'I forgot what I'm supposed to say here!' LINE

'The Last Don' author PUZO

'The proper task of life,' per Nietzsche ART

16th-century pope who owned a pet elephant LEOX

1898 chemistry discovery RADIUM

1968 swimming gold medalist Debbie MEYER

Accelerate REV

Accented cheers OLES

Air show highlights LOOPS

Apple variety GOLDENDELICIOUS

Avoid taking unnecessary risks PLAYITSAFE

Basic cleaner LYE

Bit of hardware NUT

Boil over RAGE

Brand on the Alaska Highway ESSO

Cause of an explosion IRE

Celebrate with sprightly dancing DOAJIG

Chess maneuver with a French name ENPASSANT

City north of Baghdad MOSUL

Closing number of a musical, often REPRISE

Co. behind the podcast 'The Daily' NYT

Cocktail often garnished with a lemon twist GINSLING

Depths of despair NADIR

Down-to-earth type? ALIEN

Ends weakly FIZZLESOUT

Engine stats RPMS

Eponym in a candy store REESE

Execrate DAMN

Face-off DUEL

Faith that preaches nonviolence to all living creatures JAINISM

First name at Woodstock RAVI

Floor AMAZE

French menu word JUS

Fretful thing to be in STEW

Clues Answers

Fruitless VAIN

George who composed 'Give My Regards to Broadway' COHAN

Give a powerful impression of OOZE

Hairless creature in a nursery rhyme FUZZYWUZZY

Half brother of Tom Sawyer SID

Herb often used with potatoes DILL

Hindu festival of colors HOLI

Home to Bactrian camels GOBI

Host SLEW

Israeli port mentioned in the Bible JAFFA

It always goes to hell RIVERSTYX

Massive explosion NOVA

Math subj PRECALC

Members of the lute family UKULELES

More than impressed INAWE

Only three-letter word in Scrabble that requires both blank tiles ZZZ

Palm that produces berries ACAI

Parts of a Facebook feed ADS

Paul McCartney wrote one about Liverpool ORATORIO

Red-cased import EDAM

Reserve SETASIDE

Show promise BODEWELL

Soak INFUSE

Square PIAZZA

Squeak (by) EKE

Strategy game with disks REVERSI

Study for the bar? OENOLOGY

Turned up ONEND

Turns down LOWERS

Venerable AGED

Where Harley-Davidson is HOG NYSE

Zilch NADA

Zilch NIL

___ Henry Hoover, former first lady LOU

___ horse IRON

___ Lovelace, computing pioneer who was the daughter of Lord Byron ADA