New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 30th August 2023

There are 41 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 30th August 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Once ___ a time,
AAcross 1:	Once ___ a time,
AAcross 5:	not so ___ ago,
AAcross 9:	___ was a girl named Ava.
AAcross 14:	Ava's ___ joy was
AAcross 15:	her prized ___.
AAcross 16:	She had ___ her skill in band,
AAcross 17:	despite sitting next to the noisy ____,
AAcross 19:	which were an ___ distraction.
AAcross 20:	One day, after school, Ava called a ___.	LYFT
AAcross 21:	It hadn't come ___ as she muttered,
AAcross 22:	"___, I guess. At least the week's over."	TGIF
AAcross 23:	She was ___ with her music,
AAcross 25:	and school was hardly an ___.
AAcross 26:	Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___.
AAcross 29:	As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage,
AAcross 31:	Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument.
AAcross 34:	Ava ___ at Dana.
AAcross 36:	"Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked.
AAcross 38:	Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava.
AAcross 39:	Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing	AIRLEAK
AAcross 41:	were ___ that Dana was smitten, too.
AAcross 43:	"That was a ___ joke!," Dana sputtered.
AAcross 44:	"I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it."	EBAY
AAcross 46:	Ava mustered every ___ in her brain
AAcross 47:	and felt her heart ___ as she blurted,
AAcross 49:	"I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!"
AAcross 51:	Dana grinned. "Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!"	ISNT
AAcross 52:	Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed.
AAcross 54:	After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___.
AAcross 56:	Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies,
AAcross 57:	and Ava learned Dana loved "Much ___ About Nothing."
AAcross 58:	Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___
AAcross 61:	and Ava preferred Accra in ___,
AAcross 62:	the pair still felt the ____ of their connection.
AAcross 65:	One night, after watching "___ Python,"
AAcross 66:	bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and
AAcross 67:	listening to Nat King ___,
AAcross 68:	Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___.
AAcross 69:	And, of course, ___ lived
AAcross 70:	happily ___ after.
DDown 1:	Trojans' sch.	USC
DDown 2:	Straw vote, e.g.
DDown 3:	Skin cream brand	OLAY
DDown 4:	Round, squishy toy	NERFBALL
DDown 5:	Actor Chaney	LON
DDown 6:	Followed
DDown 7:	With distinction
DDown 8:	Daring deed
DDown 9:	Contraction before "be great"	THATD
DDown 10:	Obergefell v. ___, Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage	HODGES
DDown 11:	Conclude miserably	ENDINTEARS
DDown 12:	Shipwreck site
DDown 13:	Reds great Roush
DDown 18:	Figure skater Midori	ITO
DDown 24:	Like buses and bicycles
DDown 25:	Curtain trims, e.g.
DDown 26:	Bygone Russian rulers
DDown 27:	Inuit skin boat
DDown 28:	It's a sure thing	BIRDINHAND
DDown 30:	Dawn goddess
DDown 32:	Synthetic fabric
DDown 33:	Never existed	WASNT
DDown 35:	Wide shoe spec	EEE
DDown 37:	Just a number, it's said
DDown 40:	Alabama governor Ivey
DDown 42:	Bother
DDown 45:	Language from which we get bupkis and shtick
DDown 48:	Starting place	POINTA
DDown 50:	Knuckle-headed gesture?
DDown 53:	Neuters
DDown 55:	911 responder	EMT
DDown 56:	When repeated, a toy train	CHOO
DDown 57:	Hamlet's interrogative after "How now!"	ARAT
DDown 59:	Pope after Benedict IV	LEOV
DDown 60:	Bali, for one
DDown 61:	M.L.B. execs	GMS
DDown 63:	Stuff in a loft
DDown 64:	Title for "Game of Thrones" knights