Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Thursday June 28, 2018

‘Fowl’-tasting Japanese dish – CHICK
‘Great’ birds – EGRETS
— – IYAKI
— – TAINER
— – STAGE
— – PRISE
— – ANTS
Actress Anouk of ‘La Dolce Vita’ – AIMEE
Actress Dennings of ‘2 Broke Girls’ – KAT
Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g – TRIO
Assent in Andalusia – SISI
Assume a leading role – TAKEC
Author Gail with biographies of Hillary Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev – SHEEHY
Big name in cosmetics – ESTEE
Bohemian sorts – FREESPIRITS
Bona fides – CREDENTIALS
Bread common to many countries – EURO
Building of interest, maybe – ACCRUAL
Cause of some spinning wheels – RUT
Chest protectors? – ATTICS
Classic Scott Joplin rag – THE
Cleaning tools – DUSTERS
Collectors of DNA – CSIS
Compete in slopestyle, say – SKI
Country in a Beatles title – USSR
Downed – ATE
Fair grades – CEES
First name on the Supreme Court – ELENA
Four people might compete in them – SEMIS
G.I. classification – MIA
Highland youth – LASS
Hindu sun god – RAVI
Hip-hop artist with the #1 album ‘Hip Hop Is Dead’ – NAS
Holds – SITSPAT
Home run ___ (baseball highlight) – TROT
In sci-fi, it had the registry number NCC-1701 – USS
Indigo dye source – ANIL
Insects that nest in deadwood – CARP
Jackson 5 coifs, informally – FROS
Joe of Hollywood – PESCI
Jordanian tourist site – PETRA
Key that moves the cursor to the next line … or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzle – ENTER

Last U.S. president who never had a vice president – ARTHUR
Like almost all of Turkey’s flag – RED
Literally, ‘big wind’ – TYPHOON
Logician’s ‘E’ – ERAT
Macbeth and Macduff – THANES
Messenger molecule – RNA
Met people – OPERASTARS
Model Chrissy – TEIGEN
One of the 12 tributes in ‘The Hunger Games’ – RUE
Ones going down the tubes? – OVA
Order in a lawyer’s letter – CEASE
Part of a dict. entry – ETYM
Pheromone, notably – ATTRACTANT
Professional who’s often busy in Q2 – CPA
Pull (in) – REIN
Real know-it-all? – SIRI
Sales caveat – ASIS
Scammer’s ID target – SSN
Scarce – RARE
Short dagger – STILETTO
Shortening in the kitchen? – TSP
Small, low island – CAY
Some big sports stories – UPSETS
Some Hindu meditative exercises – TANTRA
Style: Fr – TON
Symphony section: Abbr – STR
Teri Garr’s role in ‘Young Frankenstein’ – INGA
They might be linked by LANs – PCS
Victoria’s Secret specification – DCUP
Wear seen in ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ – SERAPE
Wheat whacker – SCYTHE
Whom mentors mentor – TRAINEES
Workers and soldiers – CASTES
___ factor – ICK
___ lepton (subatomic particle) – TAU
___ Minor – URSA