New York Times 2022 12 30 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Sleeper’s support	SOFALEG
QUICK REFRESHER	CATNAP
“The Spoonful of Milk” painter, 1912	CHAGALL
Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920	MANOWAR
Peppery orange-red condiment	ANNATTO
What a single is worth	ONEBASE
Toy inspector?	DOGSHOWJUDGE
Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris, once: Abbr.	SEN
Missed-the-turn maneuver	UEY
NOT DOING ANYTHING	FREE
What comes before a final	SEMI
Some bands’ practice sessions	JAMS
Place to get a platza treatment	SAUNA
Gymnast Raisman	ALY
Simplest choice	AORB
State of ___	THINGS
Condone an action tacitly	LOOKTHEOTHERWAY
Secretly pass gas?	SIPHON
GET INVOLVED	ENGAGE
PLACE TO GO, FOR SHORT	LAV
NAUTICAL ROPES	TYES
POUTS	MOUES
GREAT DEAL	SCAD
UNCOMMON BLOOD TYPE, FOR SHORT	ANEG
BITER	FANG
POWER COUPLE?	AAS
45-Across, for one	MAMMAL
“Damn right!”	THATSFORSURE
M.L.B. great with a famous “unbreakable” streak, familiarly	JOED
Ottoman authority	AGA
___ fusion	ASIAN
Antidiscrimination govt. agency	EEOC
Do some branding?	SEAR
Mexican free-tailed ___ (world’s fastest horizontal flier)	BAT
One who is mean as the Dickens?	SCROOGE
“Ohhh ?”	ISEENOW
“September 1, 1939” poet	WHAUDEN
“Never heard that before”	NEWTOME
Bridesmaids’ expenses	DRESSES
“This CAN’T be happening”	OHNO
Tennis great nicknamed “The Punisher”	AGASSI
Tool that you turn on	LATHE
His “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” was the first album to debut at #1 on Billboard	ELTONJOHN
What the “angler” on a deep-sea anglerfish can do	GLOW
It may go on sale on November 1	CANDY
“Admittedly ?”	TOBEFAIR
Group that had the first hardcore rap album to reach #1 on Billboard	NWA
Intro to cognition	PRE
UPS fleet	JUMBOJETS
Place for a working model	RUNWAY
They’re chosen for their high-grade potential	EASYAS
Red or green condiments	SALSAS
Fictional girl who says “I go to all the weddings in the White and Gold room and I usually stay for the reception”	ELOISE
What LASIK treats	MYOPIA
LOTS AND LOTS	ATON
PERSONAL AD ABBR.	SWM
AS WELL	TOO
DISCOVER	FIND
POLISHED OFF	EATEN
HIT HEAD-ON	RAM
“___ there yet?”	AREWE
Pizza chain, informally	UNOS
Metric unit equal to 100 square meters	ARE
Take off, as a layer	SHED
Popular TNT drama that starred Kyra Sedgwick	THECLOSER
World capital whose name means “elephant trunk” in Arabic	KHARTOUM
Objects thrown out hotel windows, in a rock ‘n’ roll cliché	TVSETS
Zero, in scoring slang	BAGEL
Morning host Kotb	HODA
1990 World Cup final city	ROME
Milk sources for pecorino Romano	EWES
Cuppa from China	CHA

Sleeper’s support

SOFALEG

QUICK REFRESHER

CATNAP

“The Spoonful of Milk” painter, 1912

CHAGALL

Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920

MANOWAR

Peppery orange-red condiment

ANNATTO

What a single is worth

ONEBASE