Clues
- Enlivens
- Salutes with flutes?
- Tried really hard
- Leading us off ...
- W.N.B.A. All-Star Alyssa
- Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative name
- ___ been wondering ...
- Suffix for a long fund-raiser
- La Brea substance
- Three-___ sloth
- Study of insects for short
- Item that might be left on a hotel pillow
- One-named Queen of All Media
- Counterpart of sow
- Scores 100 on
- Its capital is Tripoli
- Shellfish that may be served cooked or raw
- Curd-based drink
- Aviate
- Rosters
- Black-and-white breakfast cereal
- Language in which hello is kia ora
- ___ está usted?
- Black-and-white whale
- No idea gesture
- Country that borders Yemen
- The Color Purple character ___ Avery
- Hartfords state Abbr.
- Went unused
- Yeah that didnt escape my notice
- Curved path
- Ow!
- Pre-cable TV appurtenance
- Establishment that serves purr-over coffee?
- Living Single creator ___ Lee Bowser
- Not being manually operated
- Agree to something
- Winter clock setting in Calif.
- Addis Ababas land
- A closed mouth doesnt get fed and others
- Not too long from now
- Campus setting in the story collection My Monticello in brief
- Nuisance
- Up to informally
- Spanish for gold
- ___ Wednesday
- Cause of some cling
- New Orleans university
- Cricket and squash for two
- Giant narrative that may be about giants (and elves as well)
- Tree whose pods contain a sweet-tasting pulp
- Luke Cages title in his first comics appearance
- Turnpike payment
- Choose
- Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4- 14- 16- and 19-Down
- Eyebrows and beards
- Stately trees
- Delta Sigma Theta for one
- Shorten
- Exit or Yield
- Dawn goddess
- Rival of Sams Club
- Resident of Nebraskas largest city
- Hakuna ___ (Swahili phrase meaning no problems)
- Methods
- Fort Worth sch. whose mascot is SuperFrog
- All ___ and no cattle
- Mysterious sky sighting
- Deliver Us From ___ (2003 rom-com)
- Plural article in French
NY Times Crossword January 31 2023
This crossword clue from the New York Times on January 31, 2023 is a challenging one. It reads: "Famous author of the 'Harry Potter' series." The answer is J.K. Rowling, the beloved British author who wrote the seven-book series about the young wizard Harry Potter. The series has sold over 500 million copies worldwide and has been adapted into a successful film franchise.
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