New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Jaguars and Impalas, for instance AUTOS
Gets into bed, literally SHEETSLIPSSHEET
Blank paper bearer PAD
ORACLE SEER
CLEARS (OF) RIDS
Starting action on a court SERVE
“Get well soon” process, informally REHAB
Makes suddenly aware of something, literally EYEHITSRIGHTEYE
ALL EXCITED KEYEDUP
Person who won’t just talk, but act DOER
Finding hidden meaning, literally LINEREADINGLINE
IMPEDE HOLDUP
Org. that’s pro-Second Amendment NRA
Originates (from), as a word DERIVES
Lose layers SHED
Some surface damages DENTS
Where Lake Erie reaches its southernmost point OHIO
Wharton’s “___ Frome” ETHAN
Cold War power, in brief USSR
M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds METS
Trust issues? ASSETS
Got completely destroyed PERISHED
Actor Brendan FRASER
What five horizontal answers do with this one CROSS
DEEP DOWN ATHEART
Country singer/songwriter Rabbitt EDDIE
Gets overlooked, literally CRACKFALLSCRACK
New York City mayor Adams and others ERICS
Rx writers: Abbr. DRS
German car maker BMW
Like the shape of an eggplant OVOID
Difficult to sort out, informally HAIRY
MOVED LIKE A PENDULUM SWUNG
DESERVE EARN
Agcy. that promotes adoption SPCA
Witch’s facial feature WART
___ Creed (Christian avowal) NICENE
Slick substance OIL
Airline that grounds its planes during the Sabbath ELAL
Rivers in Portugal and Spain RIOS
Outdoor grilling spot PATIO
Fruit used to make slivovitz PLUM
Banned substances in sports, for short PEDS
Rapper who co-founded N.W.A, casually DRE
Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis POPE
Qatar’s capital DOHA
ELECTION YEAR EVENT PRIMARY
“___ dog has its day” EVERY
Father of Norway’s King Harald OLAV
RATE PACE
EAT AT ERODE
FRATERNAL ORDER SINCE 1868 ELKS
Shopping splurge SPREE
Plot developers SCHEMERS
“Dagnabbit!” DRAT
CLIMB RISE
It tolls over British Parliament BIGBEN
LACONIC TERSE
STADIUM NOISEMAKER AIRHORN
CELINE WITH FIVE GRAMMYS DION
Home of Arches National Park UTAH
Section of a textbook UNIT
The “I” of M.I.T.: Abbr. INST
Directive at a physical SAYAAH
Rare roll with two dice TWELVE
TENDERHEARTED KIND
BIG NAME IN JEANS LEE
Stringed instrument that rhymes with another stringed instrument SITAR
Behind-the-arc shots, informally THREES
TUNA TYPE AHI
AMUSEMENT PARK RACERS GOKARTS
“Holy moly!” OHMYGOD