New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers December 10, 2023
Author: Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Whiskered bottom-dweller | MUDCAT |
| Workout focus, informally | CARDIO |
| Tube traveler? | OVUM |
| BOGO or YOLO | ACRONYM |
| Ten-spot | SAWBUCK |
| Like Jabba the Hutt | OBESE |
| The club’s bouncer earned a living … | ALONGPARTYLINES |
| Subjects of some cautionary tales | NONOS |
| Things with keys | MAPS |
| Org. overseeing workers’ well-being | OSHA |
| Treatment site | SPA |
| Insurance giant acquired by CVS in 2018 | AETNA |
| Bump on a log, say | NUB |
| The fashion magazine’s editor focused on fasteners in her … | HOTBUTTONISSUES |
| Hubbub | CLAMOR |
| The Coyotes, on N.H.L. scoreboards | ARI |
| Leader of a flock | PASTOR |
| The veterinarian specialized in mending … | LAMEDUCKBILLS |
| Most wan | PALEST |
| Wrath | IRE |
| Obnoxious sort | BOOR |
| Seaside retreat? | EBB |
| Event that might have “mutton busting” | RODEO |
| Japanese maker of watches and mobile phones | CASIO |
| “Little ol’ me?” | MOI |
| Online command denoted by an arrow inside a cloud | UPLOAD |
| “___ Day Will Come” (1963 #1 hit) | OUR |
| The sound engineer was obsessed with the … | SPEAKERSOFTHEHOUSE |
| Big name in filters | BRITA |
| Unagi or anago | EEL |
| Family on TV’s “Smallville” | KENTS |
| The groundskeeper spent years studying … | GRASSROOTSMOVEMENT |
| Besson who directed “The Fifth Element” | LUC |
| Food critic’s asset | PALATE |
| Ex-Giant Manning | ELI |
| Extreme lethargy | SOPOR |
| Inner self, in Jungian philosophy | ANIMA |
| Business card abbr. | TEL |
| Instrument heard at the conclusion of “Bohemian Rhapsody” | GONG |
| Courtroom affirmation | IDO |
| French term of endearment | MONAMI |
| The weary general sat in his … | CAMPAIGNCHAIR |
| Orange sources | GROVES |
| Item of clothing patented by Mary Phelps Jacob in 1914 | BRA |
| Niche | CRANNY |
| The carpenter measured twice for the ideal … | CABINETPOSITION |
| Emmy winner Aduba | UZO |
| It’s done in barrels | AGING |
| Salted ___ (margarita option) | RIM |
| Natural hairstyles, informally | FROS |
| Green region on a Risk board | ASIA |
| Swelters | BAKES |
| The paid escort was fined for … | ANACTOFCONGRESS |
| Stave off | AVERT |
| How subway cars are packed during rush hour | DENSELY |
| Place of birth, education, work history, etc. | BIODATA |
| What a haggler hopes to pay | LESS |
| Exchanged words? | EDITED |
| Like some rehab | POSTOP |
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| Polite term of address | MAAM |
| Where Carol Burnett studied theater arts, for short | UCLA |
| “Just happen to” mention some famous people | DROPNAMES |
| Eat | CONSUME |
| Director Lee | ANG |
| An eye for an aye, say? | TYPO |
| Low island | CAY |
| Hole puncher | AWL |
| -Down for a cleanup hitter | RBI |
| Kirsten of 1995’s “Jumanji” | DUNST |
| Summer cooler | ICEPOP |
| ___ Baiul, Olympic figure-skating gold medalist | OKSANA |
| Musical feature in “Swan Lake” and “Peter and the Wolf” | OBOESOLO |
| Went trekking, say | VENTUREDOUT |
| Hwy. that runs from Key West to Maine | USONE |
| Flat earth? | MESAS |
| Whiskey ingredient | MASH |
| See 9-Down | STAT |
| One way to wish | ONASTAR |
| P, to Plato | RHO |
| Physique, slangily | BOD |
| Beverage brand with antioxidants | BAI |
| Something with a preview in a social media post | URL |
| Up to | TIL |
| AOL, e.g. | ISP |
| ___ Stic (pen brand) | CLIC |
| Name hidden in “I smell a rat” | LARA |
| Coat for a cookout | RUB |
| Plot device for many a soap opera | COMA |
| Eccentric | KOOK |
| Relative of Camembert | BRIE |
| Lead-in to service or sacrifice | SELF |
| Dr. who wrote “I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells” | SEUSS |
| Rent | TORE |
| Customer service “assistant,” at times | BOT |
| Cry of frustration | BAH |
| Goddess depicted at the foot of King Tut’s coffin | ISIS |
| Goes (for) | OPTS |
| “I’m at your disposal” | USEME |
| Game divided into periods called chukkers | POLO |
| Hockey fake | DEKE |
| Virgil at the O.K. Corral | EARP |
| Kick back | REST |
| Brooding bunch | HENS |
| Strongly suspecting | ONTO |
| Singer Mars | BRUNO |
| Velodrome vehicles | RACINGBIKES |
| ___ rock, genre for T. Rex | GLAM |
| Kind of milk | OAT |
| Encouraging shout | OLE |
| Soft powder | TALC |
| Fifth-brightest star in the night sky | VEGA |
| Race in H. G. Wells’s “The Time Machine” | ELOI |
| Chinese dynasty | MING |
| Where one might store sheet music | PIANOSEAT |
| So-called “All-Father” of myth | ODIN |
| Golf champ McIlroy | RORY |
| Salts | MARINERS |
| In and between | AMONGST |
| The Vitamin Shoppe competitor | GNC |
| “___ had it!” | IVE |
| Obliques, e.g. | ABS |
| Reason to remove metal accessories | MRI |
| Butter bit | PAT |
| Grand finale? | CRU |
| Things indicated by yellow signage | HAZARDS |
| Company acquired by Morgan Stanley in 2020 | ETRADE |
| Having needles, as a cactus | SPINED |
| Secret clique | CABAL |
| Southwestern syrup source | AGAVE |
| Muscat native | OMANI |
| Dicey | IFFY |
| Foe in the Elder Scrolls video games | ORC |
| Neophyte, informally | NOOB |
| Small cut | SNIP |
| Analogy words | ISTO |
| “Pronto!” | ASAP |
| Winter hrs. in Chi-Town | CST |
| Undershirt, maybe | TEE |
| Tired | OLD |
| Melted mess | GOO |
