New York Times 2022 11 23 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
NOT ON THE ROCKS	NEAT
Gemstone that can come from petrified wood	OPAL
Poet who wrote “The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, the other, milk”	NASH
*Red, yellow and green circles	TRAFFICLIGHT
What “port” is on a ship	LEFTSIDE
Like 🙁 vis-à-vis :/	WORSE
Takes care of taxes without help from the post office	EFILES
Evergreen tree with poisonous seeds	YEW
Energy field that can be “read”	AURA
Say what you want?	ORDER
Symptom of urban expansion	SPRAWL
Pile of paper	REAM
WAIT AROUND	LINGER
Expressed agitation, as a llama	SPAT
ANCIENT LETTER	RUNE
TV series with a Time Lord, informally	DRWHO
Run away suddenly	DARTOFF
GROUP	ASSORT
*Red, yellow, green, blue and black circles	OLYMPICRINGS
Absorb, as new information	DIGEST
Sound a wader makes	SLOSH
Singer/songwriter with the 2021 Oscar-winning song “Fight for You”	HER
Word before bull or after ball	PIT
Natural stew thickener	OKRA
Worshiped person	IDOL
One of many for the goddess Durga	ARM
*Red and yellow circles	MASTERCARDLOGO
Falafel-making need	OIL
*Red, yellow, green and blue circles	TWISTERMAT
Assent in the House	YEA
“You really came through, buddy!”	MYMAN
PROFOUND	DEEP
Abbr. preceded by a comma	ETC
Italian tire company	PIRELLI
Super-tight grasp	DEATHGRIP
Rhyming parent of a lamb	RAM
List at a department of motor vehicles	FEES
Boring routine, metaphorically	RUT
Like a mocking grin	WRY
“Patton” or “Platoon”	WARDRAMA
___ Mountains, formation made by the collision of the continents Laurasia and Kazakhstania	URAL
Some 911 call respondents, in brief	EMTS
Test taken in a tube, in brief	MRI
International brand with a three-syllable name	IKEA
Poet Elizabeth Bishop’s alma mater	VASSAR
DOUGH	MOOLAH
IN-FLIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, FOR SHORT	ETA
GENETIC MESSENGER	RNA
GOOF	ERR
STUFF	CRAM
FIGURE IN MAORI MYTHOLOGY	TIKI
Natural resource?	RAWTALENT
Jet-setter’s need	PASSPORT
“Where the Wild Things ___”	ARE
“As a matter of fact, that’s right”	WHYYES
Gesture of greeting or gratitude	HATTIP
LAUGHING SYLLABLES	HAHAS
TV’s Grey and House, for short	MDS
___/them pronouns	THEY
SOLE	ONE
JUST OK	HOHUM
QUATTRO MENO UNO	TRE
Response to “Who’s in?”	IAM
Descriptor for a candle or a party	LIT
Home of “Cribs”	MTV
MANY A DOWNLOAD	PDF
AUTHOR JANOWITZ	TAMA
Modern ___	ERA
COOLERS, FOR SHORT	ACS
SOCIAL SERVICE?	TEASET
COMES TO	TOTALS
“Oh, fudge!”	AWNUTS
Tennis champion Naomi	OSAKA

NOT ON THE ROCKS

NEAT

Gemstone that can come from petrified wood

OPAL

Poet who wrote “The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, the other, milk”

NASH

*Red, yellow and green circles

TRAFFICLIGHT

What “port” is on a ship

LEFTSIDE

Like 🙁 vis-à-vis :/

WORSE