New York Times, Wednesday, November 22, 2023, Puzzle Answers
New York Times, Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Author:
Will Pfadenhauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Walrus ivory is one traditional medium for it
Across
1
Caterpillar, e.g. : LARVA
6
Owns : HAS
9
Paintballs and water balloons, at times : AMMO
13
Seal the win, so to speak : ICEIT
14
Tuck away : HIDE
15
Bank offering : LOAN
16
Xenomorph : ALIEN
17
Actress Fisher of “Wedding Crashers” : ISLA
18
Sorry situations : ILLS
19
Behave uncontrollably : RUNWILD
21
“Give ___ rest!” : ITA
23
Not yet determined: Abbr. : TBA
24
Exclamation of mild surprise : GEE
25
Kind of bikes for stunt riders : BMX
26
“You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an ___, Mr. Grinch” : EEL
27
Stagger with unexpected news, maybe : CATCHOFFBALANCE
33
Take ___ at (besmirch) : ASHOT
34
Share again, as a story : RETELL
35
Gender-neutral pronoun : THEM
36
Semiconductor device : DIODE
38
Croft of the “Tomb Raider” franchise : LARA
41
Toy shooters : BBGUNS
43
Word after life or time : SAVER
44
Cause to malfunction : THROWOUTOFWHACK
48
Gardener’s tool : HOE
49
Manning of ESPN’s “ManningCast” : ELI
50
Busyness representative? : BEE
51
Creation (and rhyme) of 48-Across : ROW
52
___ to pick : NIT
53
Eccentric sort … or a “sport” where one might make the plays at 19-, 27- and 44-Across? : ODDBALL
58
13th or 15th days, on the Roman calendar : IDES
60
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, for one : NAME
62
Sits and waits : IDLES
63
Drive : FIRE
64
Mardi ___ : GRAS
65
Dance with a series of spins : SALSA
66
The “T” of 57-Down : TEST
67
New York Giant known as “Master Melvin” : OTT
68
Big hotel chain : HYATT
Down
1
One spewing hogwash : LIAR
2
“Because freedom can’t protect itself” org. : ACLU
3
Pull (in) : REIN
4
YouTube unit : VIEW
5
When Santa and the tooth fairy are most active : ATNIGHT
6
What’s-___-face : HIS
7
Went off-script : ADLIBBED
8
Someone with an equal claim to your armrest, perhaps : SEATMATE
9
Wepner’s 1975 opponent in the ring : ALI
10
Progressive rock? : MOLTENLAVA
11
Full-bodied red wine : MALBEC
12
Like Christmas lights after December 25, often : ONSALE
14
Digitally crisp, informally : HIDEF
20
Constellation whose mane and shoulders are known as “the Sickle” : LEO
22
Rod in a hot rod : AXLE
27
Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately : CAT
28
Wood once used for hockey sticks : ASH
29
Team with a sausage race at every home game : THEBREWERS
30
Burger, fries and a drink at a special price, e.g. : COMBO
31
Poet who taught at Amherst College : FROST
32
God, in Islam : ALLAH
36
Learning app with an owl mascot : DUOLINGO
37
Walrus ivory is one traditional medium for it : INUITART
39
“Parks and ___” (NBC sitcom, to fans) : REC
40
Sanctuary against extinction : ARK
42
Singer Stefani : GWEN
43
Like krona coins : SWEDISH
44
Prudence with money : THRIFT
45
Article of cool-weather wear : HOODIE
46
Orchestral group pitched to C : OBOES
47
Stoked : FED
54
Candle-lighting occasion, in brief : BDAY
55
Penne ___ vodka : ALLA
56
In case : LEST
57
Exam for a future A.G. : LSAT
59
Solidify : SET
61
It might say “Welcome” : MAT
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
