New York Times – Dec 21 2022
New York Times – Dec 21 2022
Clues | Answers |
---|---|
‘A fickle food,’ per Emily Dickinson | FAME |
‘A League of ___ Own’ | THEIR |
‘Cabin Fever’ director Roth | ELI |
‘Do you mind?’ | MAYI |
‘Euphoria’ channel | HBO |
‘Fudge,’ ‘fie’ and ‘fiddlesticks’ are some of the printable ones | FWORDS |
‘Now wait just a second!’ | WHOA |
‘Oh yeah?’ | THATSO |
‘Why are you making such a fuss?’ … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL |
‘Yeah, sure’ | IBET |
‘You don’t really have to’ | NONEED |
‘___ soon?’ | TOO |
Antelope with chin hair | GNU |
Be an omen of | BODE |
Belabor, with ‘on’ | HARP |
Bevy : quails :: parliament : ___ | OWLS |
Blue shade | NAVY |
Brouhahas | ADOS |
Confusion might ensue when they’re crossed | WIRES |
Conquer a hero? | EAT |
Country with the second-most Portuguese speakers | ANGOLA |
Deceptive movement | FEINT |
Download that might use a freemium model | APP |
Dream hand for a poker player | ROYALFLUSH |
E-tickets often come as these | PDFS |
Enthusiastic response to ‘Wanna come?’ | DOI |
Exhaust physically | DRAIN |
Expel | OUST |
Field for Maria Callas | OPERA |
Follower of Bay or gray | AREA |
Food | FARE |
Food, potentially | PREY |
Grunts and groans, e.g | NOISES |
Hindu fire god | AGNI |
Hunter visible at night | ORION |
Ideal for audiophiles, in brief | HIFI |
In the loop | AWARE |
It can prevent cracking | LIPBALM |
It means nothing at Wimbledon | LOVE |
Clues | Answers |
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Key for getting out, not in | ESC |
Key word when writing dialogue | SAYS |
Large swallow | SWIG |
Large-scale corporate union | MEGAMERGER |
Like flourless cake | DENSE |
Like marshes or bagpipes | REEDY |
Like tears and some language | SALTY |
Major bashes | FETES |
Manhattan, on an envelope | NYNY |
Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table | RHENIUM |
Modify, as an article | EDIT |
Nowhere to be found | AWOL |
One able to lift 10 to 50 times its body weight | ANT |
One side of a page | RECTO |
Party people, for short | POLS |
Patriarchs and matriarchs | ELDERS |
Peach or plum | HUE |
Place for thieves | DEN |
Protect, as freshness | SEALIN |
Reduce | LOWER |
Remove condensation from | DEFOG |
Risk taker’s acronym | YOLO |
Sheepish answer to ‘Who broke this?’ | IDID |
Shove down the throat of | FOISTON |
Sign in a clearance section | FIFTYPERCENTOFF |
Signal to play | HITIT |
Snack item sometimes shown in ads next to a glass of milk | OREO |
Stretch | STINT |
Sulky | HUFFISH |
Swing ___ | ERA |
Target for an exterminator | PEST |
The duck in ‘Peter and the Wolf’ | OBOE |
Title holders | OWNERS |
U.K. acting award | BAFTA |
U.S. theater awards | OBIES |
Widespread | RIFE |
Word with due or true | NORTH |
___ setter | IRISH |
___ slicker | CITY |