New York Times - Aug 30 2023

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Clues Answers
'I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it.' EBAY
'I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!' LYING
'That was a ___ joke!,' Dana sputtered RAD
'Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?,' Ava asked YOGA
'___, I guess. At least the week's over.' TGIF
911 responder EMT
Actor Chaney LON
After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___ DOSES
Alabama governor Ivey KAY
and Ava learned Dana loved 'Much ___ About Nothing.' ADO
and Ava preferred Accra in ___, GHANA
and felt her heart ___ as she blurted, SKIP
and school was hardly an ___ EDEN
And, of course, ___ lived THEY
As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage, IDLED
Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___ SODAS
Ava mustered every ___ in her brain NEURON
Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed NOSE
Ava ___ at Dana SMILED
Ava's ___ joy was SOLE
Bali, for one ISLE
bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and ASIA
Bother NUISANCE
Bygone Russian rulers TSARS
Conclude miserably ENDINTEARS
Contraction before 'be great' THATD
Curtain trims, e.g EDGINGS
Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument STOW
Dana grinned. 'Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!' ISNT
Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies, CHIP
Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava ERA
Daring deed GEST
Dawn goddess EOS
despite sitting next to the noisy ____, CLARINETS
Figure skater Midori ITO
Followed OBEYED
Hamlet's interrogative after 'How now!' ARAT
happily ___ after EVER
her prized ___ OBOE
Clues Answers
Inuit skin boat UMIAK
It hadn't come ___ as she muttered, YET
It's a sure thing BIRDINHAND
Just a number, it's said AGE
Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___ TUBA
Knuckle-headed gesture? NOOGIE
Language from which we get bupkis and shtick YIDDISH
Like buses and bicycles RIDABLE
listening to Nat King ___, COLE
M.L.B. execs GMS
Neuters SPAYS
Never existed WASNT
not so ___ ago, LONG
Obergefell v. ___, Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage HODGES
Once ___ a time, UPON
One day, after school, Ava called a ___ LYFT
One night, after watching '___ Python,' MONTY
Pope after Benedict IV LEOV
Reds great Roush EDD
Round, squishy toy NERFBALL
She had ___ her skill in band, HONED
She was ___ with her music, BORED
Shipwreck site REEF
Skin cream brand OLAY
Starting place POINTA
Straw vote, e.g POLL
Stuff in a loft HAY
Synthetic fabric ORLON
the pair still felt the ____ of their connection RIGHTNESS
Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___ MALI
Title for 'Game of Thrones' knights SER
Trojans' sch USC
were ___ that Dana was smitten, too SIGNALS
Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing AIRLEAK
When repeated, a toy train CHOO
which were an ___ distraction ADDED
Wide shoe spec EEE
With distinction NOTEDLY
___ was a girl named Ava THERE