The Crossword Answers NYT - April 20, 2023

across

• Dunderhead Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  NITWIT

• Fraternity letter Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  TAU

• Old-fashioned "Whoopee!" Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  HUZZAH

• Refuses to Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  WONT

• Jean who wrote "Wide Sargasso Sea" Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  RHYS

• Stick under the bed? Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SLAT

• Words before a deadline Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  DUEBY

• Cog on a wheel Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  TOOTH

• ___ crawl Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  NEWS

• Mideast federation since 1971, in brief Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  UAE

• Capital of Brazil until 1960, informally Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  RIO

• Bamboozle Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  COZEN

• Served flawlessly? Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ACED

• Off-the-books business, perhaps Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  CASHTRADE

• Lubricate again Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  REOIL

• Site of a Herculean task Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  NEMEA

• Function Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  USE

• Praises to the heavens Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  LIONIZES

• Conservative, in a sense Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  CAUTIOUS

• Subject of a fully exposed image? Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  NUDIST

• Polite refusal Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  NOSIR

• Olympics venue Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ARENA

• Sparkly wine cocktail Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SPRITZ

• Where wild animals are most likely to see you Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ZOO

• Affirming words Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  IDO

• 1977 Linda Ronstadt hit Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ITSSOEASY

• Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ASHES

• Play with, as a catnip mouse Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  PAWAT

• Shifty type? Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  UPPERCASE

• Fumble Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  GOOF

• Make broader Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  WIDEN

• Brand of congestion medication Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SUDAFED

• Desert home to the legendary Mongolian death worm Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  GOBI

• Surprise encounter Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  RUNIN

• Muppet named after a character in "Midnight Cowboy" Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  RIZZO

• Org. endorsing P.P.E. for workers Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  OSHA

• How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  CLOCKWISE