NY Times Crossword Answers 22 Nov 23, Wednesday
1122-23 NY Times Crossword 22 Nov 23, Wednesday
Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 Caterpillar, e.g. : LARVA
6 Owns : HAS
9 Paintballs and water balloons, at times : AMMO
13 Seal the win, so to speak : ICE IT
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 : RUN WILD
21 “Give ___ rest!” : IT A
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 : CATCH OFF BALANCE
33 Take ___ at (besmirch) : A SHOT
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 : BB GUNS
43 Word after life or time : -SAVER
44 Cause to malfunction : THROW OUT OF WHACK
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 … or ODD BALL
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 : AT NIGHT
6 What’s-___-face : HIS
7 Went off-script : AD-LIBBED
8 Someone with an equal claim to your armrest, perhaps : SEATMATE
9 Wepner’s 1975 opponent in the ring : ALI
10 Progressive rock? : MOLTEN LAVA
11 Full-bodied red wine : MALBEC
12 Like Christmas lights after December 25, often : ON SALE
14 Digitally crisp, informally : HI-DEF
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 : THE BREWERS
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 : INUIT ART
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 : B-DAY
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
