New York Times – Dec 20 2022
New York Times – Dec 20 2022
Clues | Answers |
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‘Dagnabbit!’ | DRAT |
‘Get well soon’ process, informally | REHAB |
‘Holy moly!’ | OHMYGOD |
‘___ dog has its day’ | EVERY |
Actor Brendan | FRASER |
Agcy. that promotes adoption | SPCA |
Airline that grounds its planes during the Sabbath | ELAL |
All excited | KEYEDUP |
Amusement park racers | GOKARTS |
Banned substances in sports, for short | PEDS |
Behind-the-arc shots, informally | THREES |
Big name in jeans | LEE |
Blank paper bearer | PAD |
Celine with five Grammys | DION |
Clears (of) | RIDS |
Climb | RISE |
Cold War power, in brief | USSR |
Country singer/songwriter Rabbitt | EDDIE |
Deep down | ATHEART |
Deserve | EARN |
Difficult to sort out, informally | HAIRY |
Directive at a physical | SAYAAH |
Eat at | ERODE |
Election year event | PRIMARY |
Father of Norway’s King Harald | OLAV |
Finding hidden meaning, literally | LINEREADINGLINE |
Fraternal order since 1868 | ELKS |
Fruit used to make slivovitz | PLUM |
German car maker | BMW |
Gets into bed, literally | SHEETSLIPSSHEET |
Gets overlooked, literally | CRACKFALLSCRACK |
Got completely destroyed | PERISHED |
Home of Arches National Park | UTAH |
Impede | HOLDUP |
It tolls over British Parliament | BIGBEN |
Jaguars and Impalas, for instance | AUTOS |
Clues | Answers |
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Laconic | TERSE |
Like the shape of an eggplant | OVOID |
Lose layers | SHED |
M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds | METS |
Makes suddenly aware of something, literally | EYEHITSRIGHTEYE |
Moved like a pendulum | SWUNG |
New York City mayor Adams and others | ERICS |
Oracle | SEER |
Org. targeted by Moms Demand Action | NRA |
Originates (from), as a word | DERIVES |
Outdoor grilling spot | PATIO |
Person who won’t just talk, but act | DOER |
Plot developers | SCHEMERS |
Qatar’s capital | DOHA |
Rapper who co-founded N.W.A, casually | DRE |
Rare roll with two dice | TWELVE |
Rate | PACE |
Rivers in Portugal and Spain | RIOS |
Rx writers: Abbr | DRS |
Section of a textbook | UNIT |
Shopping splurge | SPREE |
Slick substance | OIL |
Some surface damages | DENTS |
Stadium noisemaker | AIRHORN |
Starting action on a court | SERVE |
Stringed instrument that rhymes with another stringed instrument | SITAR |
Tenderhearted | KIND |
The ‘I’ of M.I.T.: Abbr | INST |
Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis | POPE |
Trust issues? | ASSETS |
Tuna type | AHI |
Wharton’s ‘___ Frome’ | ETHAN |
What five horizontal answers do with this one | CROSS |
Where Lake Erie reaches its southernmost point | OHIO |
Witch’s facial feature | WART |
___ Creed (Christian avowal) | NICENE |