New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The “U” of 22-Down UNION
BUBBLY BEVERAGE SODA
SIX-PACK MUSCLES ABS
“Break the ice” or “break a leg” IDIOM
X AND Y, ON A GRAPH AXES
Passé OLD
Writer, director and co-star of “Defending Your Life,” 1991 ALBERTBROOKS
Little hell-raiser IMP
CAUSE DAMAGE TO IMPAIR
LIKE YELLOW BANANAS RIPE
PIVOTAL POINT CRUX
BACKBOARD ATTACHMENT HOOP
BEJEWELED TOPPER TIARA
Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me ___” MUCH
Give a positive or negative charge IONIZE
Flat-screen TV type, for short LCD
Stephen Colbert’s network CBS
Predator sometimes called the “wolf of the sea” ORCA
Vast blue expanses OCEANS
Politician Schiff or Kinzinger ADAM
Change, as a bill or a will AMEND
THE MOVIE INDUSTRY FILMDOM
EVENTUALLY ONEDAY
Crinkly kitchen wrap ALUMINUMFOIL
ASSNS. ORGS
Chinese dynasty during which paper was invented HAN
SCI-FI VEHICLES UFOS
Like many comfy pants PULLON
WORK TOGETHER (WITH) LIAISE
COMPETE IN A BEE SPELL
CAPITAL OF THE BAHAMAS NASSAU
Prefix meaning “everything” OMNI
$100, in slang HUNDO
Drs.’ colleagues RNS
Online source for cinephiles IMDB
TRIANGULAR GREEK LETTERS DELTAS
___ Babies (stuffed toys) BEANIE
Steven ___, Oscar-nominated actor for “Minari” YEUN
ACCEPT EAGERLY LAPUP
“Guilty,” e.g. PLEA
UPPER HAND EDGE
Ship’s spine KEEL
Highlighter-colored NEON
Short-term engagement GIG
Hairstyle that’s swept UPDO
Two after Tue. THU
Sign in a parking garage EXIT
Discontinued Apple music player IPOD
Prank on the public HOAX
SUBDIVISION UNIT
Apt rhyme for “bore” SNORE
“To write is human, to ___ is divine”: Stephen King EDIT
Cocktail made with Southern Comfort, sloe gin, amaretto and orange juice ALABAMASLAMMER
Free speech grp. ACLU
What’s deep in a pit? TUBA
2022 dark comedy that satirized haute cuisine THEMENU
Pianist’s pace TEMPO
GREEN GABLES GIRL ANNE
CHI-TOWN TRAINS ELS
1986 hit song for Paul Simon … or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? YOUCANCALLMEAL
HELLO, IN PORTUGUESE OLA
PLAY OPENER ACTI
ACTOR DANIEL ___ KIM DAE
Subjected to public condemnation, in modern slang ONBLAST
Baker’s amts. TSPS
Humdrum routines RUTS
Collectible cardboard caps of the 1990s POGS
ABU ___ DHABI
Some food additives DYES
LIKE LEMONS SOUR
“We can neither confirm ___ deny that this is our first tweet” (how @CIA opened its Twitter account) NOR
Relax, or a place to relax LOUNGE
Trash-loving critter RACCOON
Grp. whose logo features an orbiting spacecraft NASA
Blue, in Spanish AZUL
IRANIAN LANGUAGE FARSI