New York Times 2023 01 19 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
CLOSE ONES	PALS
Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army	NATO
“Killer” members of a pod	ORCAS
Party in a biblical swindle	ESAU
Get the ball rolling, in a way	BOWL
NOT ON THE DOT	TARDY
Kinderklaviers	TOYPIANOS
Weird Al Yankovic’s “Amish Paradise,” for one	SPOOF
Postseason game played in Phoenix	FIESTABOWL
VOLLEYBALL MANEUVER	SET
PAMPER	BABY
WIPE OUT	NEGATE
“That’s nice!”	AAH
Holiday hit by Eartha Kitt	SANTABABY
BUDDHIST SCRIPTURE	SUTRA
KEEPS OUT	BARS
BRICK MATERIAL	ADOBE
NON-PC?	MAC
EXTENSIVE	BROAD
WANT	DEARTH
TIPTOP	SUPER
FAVORED	PET
READY TO POUR	ONTAP
STARTING ON	ASOF
PISTONS GREAT THOMAS	ISIAH
“Despacito” singer Fonsi	LUIS
Bring down, informally	DEMO
Step in a mathematical proof	LEMMA
Dixieland or bebop vis-à-vis jazz	SUBGENRE
“Son of,” in Arabic	BIN
A founding member of 5-Across	USA
Audibly blown away	AGASP
All-you-can-eat venues with elbows and bow ties	PASTABARS
Guru’s honorific	SRI
It may have a down side	ESCALATOR
Traveled to another country	WENTABROAD
Cornfield formation	MAZE
Unit associated with waves	HERTZ
Places to rest or sleep	DENS
Skilled climber in the logo of Italy’s Gran Paradiso National Park	IBEX
“I’m all ears”	LAYITONME
Timberwolves, e.g.	NBATEAM
Multinational financial services firm	AON
Ducks, in poker	TWOS
2021’s Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record	OTS
Rhyming competition	RAPBATTLE
Adriatic coast resident	CROAT
Some leafy greens?	TEAS
DAMAGE	MAR
HIGH DEGREE	PHD
CANNY	SHREWD
MAKE-BELIEVE	SHAM
LIL ___ X	NAS
TACKLE PART	REEL
One in a skirmish	COMBATANT
Accumulate charges ? or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle	RUNUPATAB
Clears (out)	AIRS
Isla de la Juventud locale	CUBA
___ change (profound transformation)	SEA
M.M.A. finale?	ARTS
Home run specialists, slangily	BIGBATS
Word after circle or square	DANCE
Compound in pheromones	ESTER
“Ditto here”	SOAMI
Like V.I.P. accommodations	POSH
Palm reader’s lead-in	ISEE
Enjoy a bit of downtime	DOZE
Candy originally marketed as a smoking cessation aid	PEZ
___ Newsroom (daily newscast)	CNN
Short-armed “Toy Story” character	REX
Log feature	GNARL
BEARDED GRAZER	GNU
“Resident Alien” channel	SYFY
TWINS MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY	OLSENS
CLIP COMPONENT	SCENE
Trusted supporter	HENCHMAN
Favorably inclined toward	PRO
TESTS	TRIES

CLOSE ONES

PALS

Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army

NATO

“Killer” members of a pod

ORCAS

Party in a biblical swindle

ESAU

Get the ball rolling, in a way

BOWL

NOT ON THE DOT

TARDY