New York Times – Dec 19 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘In that case …’ |
IFSO |
‘Look at Me, I’m Sandra ___’ |
DEE |
‘Of ___ and Men’ |
MICE |
‘Yeah, why not!’ |
SURE |
‘Yeah, why not!’ |
OKAY |
April fool player |
TRICKSTER |
Astronaut’s tankful |
OXYGEN |
At one’s ___ convenience |
EARLIEST |
Barbie or Ken |
DOLL |
Big school dance |
PROM |
Boston footballer, for short |
PAT |
Boston ___ Party |
TEA |
Boxer known as ‘The Greatest’ |
ALI |
Bread box, for short? |
ATM |
Cheerleader’s cry |
RAH |
Cousin ___ (Addams Family member) |
ITT |
Environmentalist’s prefix |
ECO |
Everyone working in an office |
STAFF |
Exact copy |
FACSIMILE |
Explorer and Escalade, in brief |
SUVS |
Flat-bottomed boat |
BARGE |
Fleming who created James Bond |
IAN |
Fury |
IRE |
Gift tag word |
FOR |
Gun rights org |
NRA |
Highest roll of a die |
SIX |
Horrific |
AWFUL |
Imply |
INSINUATE |
Intl. group that’s the object of many mass protests |
WTO |
Is |
EXISTS |
Javelin |
SPEAR |
Joe of ‘GoodFellas’ |
PESCI |
Legal wrongs |
TORTS |
Les ___-Unis |
ETATS |
Like the population of Wyoming |
SPARSE |
Like the settlers of Iceland |
NORSE |
Little puzzle |
TEASER |
Magnetite and bauxite |
ORES |
Main artery |
AORTA |
Clues |
Answers |
Match, as a bet |
SEE |
Max’s opposite |
MIN |
Mincemeat ___ (Christmas staple) |
PIE |
Monastery leader |
ABBOT |
Moves like water around a drain |
SWIRLS |
Neologism for an on-screen/off-screen relationship |
SHOWMANCE |
Not more than |
MERE |
Nutmeg, for one |
SPICE |
One of a series at a wedding reception |
TOAST |
One of Benjamin Franklin’s certainties |
TAXES |
Opposite of black-and-white |
COLOR |
Overly |
TOO |
Past or present |
TENSE |
Peruse |
READ |
Pixar robot |
WALLE |
R.N.’s special touch |
TLC |
Resident of Muscat |
OMANI |
Right jolly ___ elf (Santa) |
OLD |
River through Paris |
SEINE |
S.E.C. school near Atlanta, for short |
UGA |
Santa player in ‘Elf’ |
EDASNER |
Santa player in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ |
EDMUNDGWENN |
Santa player in ‘The Man in the Santa Claus Suit’ |
FREDASTAIRE |
Santa player in ‘The Polar Express’ |
TOMHANKS |
Santa player in ‘The Santa Clause’ |
TIMALLEN |
Sheep sound |
BLEAT |
Show on which John Candy and Eugene Levy got their starts |
SCTV |
Sitting spot for a child visiting Santa |
KNEE |
Some of them are proper |
NOUNS |
Some windshields have them |
TINTS |
Something sent to Santa |
LETTER |
Taste or touch |
SENSE |
Temporary break |
HIATUS |
Terry Gross’s NPR program |
FRESHAIR |
The year 2001 |
MMI |
West who said ‘I used to be Snow White, but I drifted’ |
MAE |
Winter hrs. in New York |
EST |
Zinger response |
OHSNAP |
___ Tin Tin |
RIN |