"A conversation carried out by other means," per Peter Ustinov Crossword Clue

• "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman)

  New York Times · Sunday, August 2, 2026 · 3 letters

• "On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)

  New York Times · Tuesday, April 21, 2026 · 3 letters

• Subject of "the talk"

  New York Times · Saturday, November 15, 2025 · 3 letters

• "___ sells" (advertising catchphrase)

  New York Times · Monday, October 27, 2025 · 3 letters

• It sells, in an axiom

  New York Times · Wednesday, August 13, 2025 · 3 letters

• "Everything in the world is about ___ except ___" (quote often attributed to Oscar Wilde)

  New York Times · Sunday, June 8, 2025 · 3 letters

• Word after phone or, modernly, Zoom

  New York Times · Tuesday, January 21, 2025 · 3 letters

• Madonna coffee table book released a day after her 1992 album "Erotica"

  New York Times · Monday, December 23, 2024 · 3 letters

• Something a prenatal ultrasound can determine

  New York Times · Tuesday, May 21, 2024 · 3 letters

• “Science is like ___: Sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it": Richard Feynman

  New York Times · Tuesday, February 20, 2024 · 3 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 30-Across Wrap, as rope
• 31-Down Locale of the Battleship Missouri Memorial
• 32-Across Word before or after butt
• 33-Across Flesh and blood
• 34-Across Tree with edible nuts
• 35-Down Who "turned my whole world upside down," in a 1970s rock hit
• 36-Down "Rugrats" dad
• 37-Across Give in
• 38-Down Announcements in The Economist, for short
• 39-Across Triumphant cry
• 40-Across Prefix with -meter
• 41-Down "What a riot!," in brief