New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Means justifiers, it’s said ENDS
“Who’s there?” response ITSME
Melon with a yellow rind CASABA
Obsolescent music purchases, in brief CDS
Cooking vessels for omelets PANS
Liberty Mutual alternative GEICO
PUTTING TO WORK USING
Ending with Oktober or gab FEST
*High-energy person, metaphorically BALLOFFIRE
BOX OFFICE DUD FLOP
Pimiento-stuffed treat OLIVE
Rap culture HIPHOP
OFFICIAL ORDER DECREE
CHRISTMAS SONG NOEL
Geological rift FAULT
Fliers that may consume thousands of insects in an hour BATS
*Documentation leading to proof PAPERTRAIL
Ask for, as a cigarette, informally BUM
Oxfam or Mercy Corps, e.g., in brief NGO
Single, double or triple, in baseball HIT
Dog command ? or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues GOFETCH
Football team in Buffalo BILLS
“You’ve got mail!” I.S.P. AOL
Kitchen description after Spaghetti Sunday MESS
R&B great Redding OTIS
Like red-carpet celebrities ALIST
Tries to deice, as winter roads SALTS
Bit of skin ink, informally TAT
ORATION SPEECH
FATE KISMET
Carne ___ (taco filling) ASADA
Beehive or French twist UPDO
SOOTHING SUCCULENT ALOE
Blooming with foliage INLEAF
STRATEGIC MANEUVER TACTIC
[Gone ? just like that!] PFFT
A cook might have a secret one RECIPE
Petty kerfuffle TIFF
*”Don’t quit now!” STICKTOIT
Snoopy and Gromit, for two BEAGLES
Cozy home in the woods CABIN
*Some fine porcelain BONECHINA
Give joy ELATE
Turn clockwise, as a screw TIGHTEN
It can be verde or roja SALSA
SHAPED LIKE DICE CUBIC
“Sin City” co-star Jessica ALBA
POPULAR SANS-SERIF TYPEFACE ARIAL
LOW-PH LIQUIDS ACIDS
TOTALLY LOST ATSEA
NOTHING DOING? IDLE
Lasso material ROPE
___ FIDE BONA
ORG. FOR PENGUINS AND DUCKS NHL
Narc’s org. DEA
Pitcher sent in to seal a win CLOSER
One navigating a maze, maybe LABRAT
HIEROGLYPHIC BIRD IBIS
___ Rae (Sally Field title role) NORMA
Basketball rebound play TIPIN
IN ___ STRAITS DIRE
Airport grp. TSA
OPINION SURVEY POLL
COUNTRY EAST OF NIGER CHAD
Waistcoat VEST
CORP. HONCHOS CEOS
Leave astounded STUN
PANIC! AT THE DISCO GENRE EMOPOP
Worm on a hook, e.g. BAIT
NEWBORN HORSES FOALS
Major blunders SNAFUS
JOIN FORCES UNITE
COOPED (UP) PENT
CROPS UP ARISES
LUDICROUS FAILURE FIASCO
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