New York Times – Dec 22 2022
New York Times – Dec 22 2022
Clues | Answers |
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‘Later!’ | TATA |
‘Let’s ___!’ | EAT |
‘We come in peace’ speakers, in brief | ETS |
‘___ time’ | ITS |
-speak | ESE |
Admit | LETIN |
Back-exposing top | HALTER |
Big sportswear brand | ASICS |
Blight victim | ELM |
Broken-down | DERELICT |
Bun | ROLL |
California congressman ___ Lieu | TED |
Cheri once of ‘S.N.L.’ | OTERI |
Chinwags | CHATS |
Concrete example? | SLAB |
Course in which you might learn ‘cave canem’ | LATINI |
Crank (up) | REV |
Creative, in a way | ARTSY |
Cry after getting fooled | IWASHAD |
Cutting beams | LASERS |
Dapper ___, iconic hip-hop couturier | DAN |
Delivery specialist? | ORATOR |
Dinosaur bone preserver | TAR |
Dude | BRO |
English king called ‘the Great’ | ALFRED |
First class, informally? | FROSH |
First exit: Floor covers • Second exit: Addition signs? • Third exit: Checking the IDs of | CAR |
First exit: Milk containers • Second exit: Rebounded, in billiards • Third exit: Wheeled (away) | RAC |
First exit: Salad bar bowlful • Second exit: French watchmaker • Third exit: Thanksgiving role | CAR |
First exit: Writer Lewis • Second exit: Santana of Santana • Third exit: Dead meat | RAC |
Follower of Fannie, Ginnie or Sallie | MAE |
Forensic inits | CSI |
French beverage | THE |
Funny O’Donnell | ROSIE |
Go wrong | ERR |
Goes bad | ROTS |
Hard-boiled film genre | NOIR |
Has a role | ACTS |
Indirect path taken 12 times in this puzzle | ROUNDABOUTROUTE |
Investments that can’t be recovered | SUNKCOSTS |
Clues | Answers |
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John ___ | DOE |
June gift recipient | DAD |
Knights, e.g | SIRS |
Little bit | TAD |
Maker of the 2600 game console | ATARI |
Methuselah’s old man | ENOCH |
Molson’s partner in beer | COORS |
Name derived from the Greek for ‘messenger’ | ANGELINA |
No-win situation | DRAW |
Noisy scan, for short | MRI |
Note that sounds like a music genre | SOL |
Obnoxious sort | SNOT |
One avoiding eye contact, maybe | LIAR |
One going to court | LOVER |
One way to be led | ASTRAY |
Org. in 2016’s ‘Hidden Figures’ | NASA |
Pedometer unit | STEP |
Pretzel feature | KNOT |
Show, briefly | DEMO |
Sign | INK |
Skip a round | SITONEOUT |
Softball stat | RBI |
Some history listings | URLS |
Something to toss but not throw away | COIN |
Stick with a soft tip | SWAB |
Sykes of ‘The Upshaws’ | WANDA |
The Powerpuff Girls, e.g | TRIO |
Those who consume it become immortal, according to myth | AMBROSIA |
Thousandth of a gig | MEG |
Ticket specification | TIER |
Top of the holiday season? | SANTAHAT |
Tuna that’s often seared | AHI |
Unholy | GODLESS |
Universal ___ income | BASIC |
Very capable | ADEPT |
What smoke coming out of the ears may signal in a cartoon | ANGER |
Whom Abraham nearly sacrificed | ISAAC |
Winery supply | CASKS |
[Correct!] | DING |
___-watch | BINGE |