New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
“Mayday!” SOS
Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list FBI
STAIRCASE PART STEP
Actor McKellen who played Gandalf IAN
ROAST BEEF AU ___ JUS
Ship’s backbone KEEL
TEMPORARY RELIEF RESPITE
SHRIVELED SHRANK
Howard who narrates “Arrested Development” RON
*Number of copies requested by a publisher PRINTORDER
CHEEK SWAB MATERIAL DNA
SIRIUSXM MEDIUM RADIO
1/26.2 of a marathon MILE
VOLCANIC RESIDUE ASH
Like most Italian nouns ending in -o: Abbr. MASC
“Stat!” ASAP
FIBER-___ CABLE OPTIC
SKIN SPOT FRECKLE
PIE-IN-THE-FACE SOUND SPLAT
*Designer’s collection FASHIONLINE
Diamond Head’s island OAHU
Sharp and shrewd KEEN
What the Portuguese “senhor” means SIR
Actor Mahershala of “Moonlight” ALI
Swindler’s victim MARK
Bungee cables, for example CORDS
Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang ROCKJOCK
City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” RENO
Show people to their seats, informally USH
Genre for the 1990s band Sublime SKA
SKILLFUL ADROIT
HEED THE COXSWAIN ROW
HARDWOOD TREE OAK
Fill-in-___-blank THE
WEDDING WORDS IDO
PICNIC PEST ANT
Ted Lasso, for one COACH
Maintain, as a bar TEND
Give stars, say RATE
Common plot point on a soap opera AFFAIR
“The Godfather” Oscar winner BRANDO
Present, as a prize BESTOW
Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal OREOOS
Jeweler’s lens LOUPE
Student ___ forgiveness LOAN
Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals RAT
ONE SIDE IN CHECKERS RED
HITS THE SLOPES SKIS
BOATLOAD TON
LIKE HIGH-STRUNG HORSES SNORTY
Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” EVA
ROTTEN BAD
ROTTEN EVIL
HAVING A LIGHT TOUCH GENTLE
TIGHT UNDERGARMENT GIRDLE
SOME VENOMOUS SNAKES ADDERS
TRACK MEET EVENT HEAT
Merchant’s booth KIOSK
FAIRY TALE BROTHER HANSEL
“Golly!” GEE
“Dancing Queen” group ABBA
“Right away, boss!” ONIT
Something you don’t have to pay for, redundantly FREEGIFT
“___ we there yet?” ARE
Texter’s sign-off TTYL
Dos + cinco SIETE
Snail-mail correspondent PENPAL
Irritable … or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? OUTOFSORTS
*Barriers that slide in and out of a wall POCKETDOORS
*Stereotypical literary persona STOCKCHARACTER
Bit of concert equipment AMP
HELPFUL CONNECTIONS INS
“How’s it goin’?” SUP