New York Times Crossword Answers – Thursday November 16 2017

Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Thursday November 16 2017

__ Rohmer, French New Wave director – ERIC
22+ pages of the Oxford English Dictionary – SET

All those in favor – AYES
Almanac entry – FACT
Alternative to an elbow, maybe – PSST
Application fig. – SSN
Application figs. – GPAS
Be against – ABUT
Bid first – OPENED
Brand trusted by “cooks who know” – CRISCO
Burst of laughter – GALE, PEAL
Calculator button – SIN
Call off – ABORT
Celeb chef Batali – MARIO
Christmas purchases – HAMS
City light – NEON
Click it – ICON
Come down hard? – HAIL
Corn kernel, e.g. – NIBLET
Discharges – EGESTS
Exclamation that’s also the name of a cable channel – BRAVO
Frequent van Gogh setting – ARLES
General ___ (“Superman” villain) – ZOD
German steel city – ESSEN
Get some sun – TAN
Gig gear – AMPS
Grad students’ hurdles – ORALS
Host Mike of “Dirty Jobs” and “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” – ROWE
Kind of look with bangs and eye shadow – EMO
Latin lover’s phrase – TEAMO
Liable to peep – NOSY
Like good farmland – ARABLE
Madhouse – ZOO
More untrustworthy – SLIMIER
Narrowly defeat – EDGEOUT
Not just any old – THE

Often-questionable account – ALIBI
On – ABOARD
One who has a ball at work? – SEER
Options on an IHOP table – SYRUPS
Paid (up) – PONIED
Parrots a pigeon? – COOS
Partner of starts – FITS
Pioneering 1990s computer game – MYST
Pow! – BAM
Prefix with gendered – CIS
Quartet member – CELLO
Say blah blah blah blah blah – BABBLE
See ??-Across – AMBIGUITY
See 17-Across – TAUTOLOGY
See 25-Across – RECURSION
See 58-Across – TAUTOLOGY
See 66-Across – AWILDGOOSECHASE
Seemingly forever – AGES
Shoots the breeze – GABS
Short end of the stick – BUMDEAL
Smoothie fruit – ACAI
Snookums – TOOTS
Some yacht assistants – CABINBOYS
Something that might be settled over drinks – BARBET
Something you have in a chair – LAP
Strike out – OMIT
Survivor host Jeff – PROBST
Teeny – ITSY
Thwarts – FOILS
Transfix – RIVET
Upscale hotel chain – OMNI
Wake-up call? – BUGLE
Was affected by too heavy a weight, say – GROANED
What ” ” contains – SPACE
What a mess! – STY
What you might see the big game on – SAFARI
Wile E. Coyote prop – TNT
Yacht destination, maybe – ISLE
You bet! – COUNTONIT