Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday September 27th, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Technique employed by funk artists : SLAP BASS
9 Many group chat texts : MEMES
14 Garbage genre : ALTERNATIVE ROCK
17 “What are you even saying?” : MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
18 On Signal, say : IM’ING
19 Ketanji colleague : ELENA
20 Processed food : ATE
21 Salon offerings : TANS
22 Google crossword clues, some say : CHEAT
23 Gazebo board : SLAT
24 Count ender? : -ESS
25 25-Down, in Toledo : TRES
26 Like most Iraqis : SHIITE
28 Wiring problem : SHORT
29 Norse pantheon : AESIR
30 Launch-related stress : G-FORCE
32 Tool used to go suck a lemon? : CAR VAC
34 Queeg’s ship : CAINE
35 County, across the pond : SHIRE
36 Jumps on board? : OLLIES
38 Hard to grab hold of : EELY
39 Lotion letters : SPF
42 Jessica of “Sin City” : ALBA
43 Coward’s offerings : PLAYS
45 2020 Pixar film : SOUL
46 Act excused with crossed fingers : LIE
47 Working stiff : PROLE
48 Atlantic capital : ACCRA
49 Negotiation assets : BARGAINING CHIPS
52 Free pass from a manager : INTENTIONAL WALK
53 They may get thumbed : NOSES
54 Royalty figure : NET SALES
DOWN
1 Silky fabric that dates to the Middle Ages : SAMITE
2 Characters in Anna Dewdney books : LLAMAS
3 Big name in middle management? : ATKINS
4 Hammer heads? : PEENS
5 Ocean cooler : BRIG
6 Colony toiler : ANT
7 “Ditto” : SAME HERE
8 Most like a chestnut : STALEST
9 Home of Arizona’s idea Museum : MESA
10 Afore : ERE
11 Work in the Louvre’s Salle des États : MONA LISA
12 Stoked : ECSTATIC
13 Pesky little sucker : SKEETER
15 Shopper’s “maze with meatballs” : IKEA
16 Lets off steam : VENTS
22 Gator kin : CROC
23 Mesh in the kitchen : SIEVE
25 25-Across, in Toledo : THREE
27 Styles with many cuts : HARRY
28 Ketanji colleague : SONIA
30 Vanilla liqueur : GALLIANO
31 Hazelnuts : FILBERTS
32 Dull Knife’s people : CHEYENNE
33 Feels off : AILS
34 Container for seamy material? : COAL BIN
35 Beach barker : SEA LION
37 Mast attachment : SPRIT
39 Phishing target, informally : SOCIAL
40 Crayola’s wild orchid, e.g. : PURPLE
41 Glassware in labs : FLASKS
44 “The Real” co-host Love : LONI
45 Either side of Alaska? : SCHWA
47 Parts of a balance scale : PANS
48 Bands that may be strained on courts, briefly : ACLS
50 [low whistle] : GEE
51 Noir piece : GAT
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