New York Times – Dec 17 2022
New York Times – Dec 17 2022
Clues | Answers |
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‘Ah, yes, understood’ | ISEE |
‘I spilled ___ on my dog. Now he’s gone’: Steven Wright | SPOTREMOVER |
‘I’ll take another’ | HITME |
‘Ideas worth spreading’ series | TEDTALKS |
‘___ bat an eye’ | DIDNT |
Act big? | EMOTE |
Alternative to .com or .org | EDU |
Bae | HON |
Big actors | HAMS |
Bit of silliness | GOOF |
Buds for brewers | HOPS |
Certain parental figure? | DADBOD |
Chicago mayor Lightfoot | LORI |
Clerical worker? | PRIEST |
Cold shower? | THERMOMETER |
Comment to someone enjoying a hot streak | YOUREONFIRE |
Common street name | OAK |
Court fig | ATT |
Crude meas | BBL |
Detail-oriented sort | IDOTTER |
Eschews a cab, say | UBERS |
Final resting place | COFFIN |
Fix | RIG |
Forked-tailed fliers | TERNS |
Gifts often given with kisses | LEIS |
Gomez who got her start on ‘Barney & Friends’ | SELENA |
Great deal | TON |
Here | ONEARTH |
Hindu god of love and desire | KAMA |
Honorific that translates to ‘born before’ | SENSEI |
Inbox messages from Nigerian princes, almost certainly | EMAILHOAXES |
Informal times of day | AFTS |
It goes without saying | AXIOM |
It makes scents! | AIRFRESHENER |
Clues | Answers |
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It’s a trap | SNARE |
Like some hard-to-read messages | CODED |
Like the Northern Lights | AURORAL |
Lucy of ‘Why Women Kill’ | LIU |
Made too much of something, perhaps | GUSHED |
Michael of ‘Life & Beth’ | CERA |
No-frills retirement options? | COTS |
Not getting involved in any nastiness | ABOVETHEFRAY |
One confined to a cell? | AMOEBA |
One with sole possession? | SHOE |
Org. whose motto is ‘Per Ardua ad Astra’ | RAF |
Outdoor event with long sticks, informally | WEENIEROAST |
Overcast clouds | STRATI |
Pay to play | ANTE |
Pitcher’s aim? | SALE |
Place with multiple ports | WINEBAR |
Practice group?: Abbr | DRS |
Psychs | KEYSUP |
Ralphie’s wish in ‘A Christmas Story’ | REDRYDER |
Recorded | ONFILE |
Shags, e.g | DOS |
Shut (up) | PENT |
Some modern media-related speculations | FANTHEORIES |
Something that may be cut and then cured | MEAT |
Something you reach out and take | SELFIE |
Soul, for one | GENRE |
Souvenir shop purchase | TEE |
Start of an old advice column | DEARANN |
Start of many a trick question | TRUEORFALSE |
Storage unit | BYTE |
Subject of a Nepali hunting license | YETI |
The Manassa ___, nickname for boxer Jack Dempsey | MAULER |
Void | ANNUL |
Winnow | PARE |