New York Times 2023 12 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Along with Big Bird, role for puppeteer Caroll Spinney on “Sesame Street”	OSCAR
FALL FRUIT	PEAR
___ PIECE	PUFF
RENTAL CONTRACT	LEASE
Actress Fanning of “The Great”	ELLE
Where Henrik Ibsen is buried	OSLO
E.M.T.’s apparatus, informally	DEFIB
Alfresco drinking establishment	ROOFTOPB/AUAR
SEERS?	EYES
Workplace, e.g.	SITE
Actress Fisher of “Eighth Grade”	ELSIE
Certain freestyle competition	RAPB/AUATTLE
Kind of error or attraction	FATAL
Ones who couldn’t be further from the truth?	LIARS
Ride that might have a hot tub	LIMO
“There was no other choice!”	IHADTO
ACCORDING TO	PER
Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter	YMCA
CAMP SIGHT	TENT
MADE OUT	NECKED
RADIATE	EMIT
AVAILABLE	OPEN
REPUTATION RUINER	STAIN
DANGERS	PERILS
PLAY GROUP?	TEAM
ILLUMINATION UNIT	LUX
AUTHORS	PENS
DESIGNER ANNA	SUI
“Toodle-oo!”	SEEYA
URL opening	HTTP
Poke bowl protein	AHI
Patriotic World Cup chant	USPB/AUSA
Pseudoscientific process hinted at by four squares in this puzzle	ALCHEMY
“If ___ Street Could Talk” (James Baldwin novel)	BEALE
Undergarment providing a lift	PUSHUPB/AURA
Blueprint bits	SPECS
Persian suffix meaning “land”	STAN
Soda containers, in the Midwest	POPB/AUOTTLES
Bitten sharply	STUNG
Vegetable sometimes called “ladies’ fingers”	OKRA
Loomed?	WOVE
Giraffe gatherings	HERDS
“? OK, maybe I was wrong”	ORNOT
Less green, in a way	OLDER
Alternative to a latte or flat white	CAFEPB/AULAIT
Talmudic honorific	REB
Grilled corn, as a Mexican street food	ELOTE
Plant with “teeth”	ALOE
One may cry foul	REF
Noodle, e.g.	POOLTOY
Swing wildly and helplessly	FLAIL
Prow’s position	FORE
Arrive nonchalantly	STROLLIN
PET PROBLEM?	PEEVE
WHEEL PART	SPOKE
ASSISTANCE	AID
LOCATE	SPOT
WATERFALL EFFECT	MIST
KINDA	ISH
AGITA	ANGST
REVERSE COURSE	MAKEPB/AUTURN
PLUNK (DOWN)	PLOP
FIRST PRIME	TWO
“To repeat ?”	ASISAID
“Mm-hmm”	YEAH
“Toodle-oo!”	TATA
Caterer’s container	TEPB/AURN
Quality by which mattresses are classified	FIRMNESS
Harper who wrote “Go Set a Watchman”	LEE
“Survivor” dwelling	HUT
Code for Sky Harbor Airport	PHX
Subject of the classic photo “Guerrillero Heroico”	CHE
Word with clean or clear	CUT
Wool wear for winter	PEACOAT
Group, as of stars	CLUSTER
Dr. ___ Honeydew, Muppet partner of Beaker	BUNSEN
Complete stranger, in slang	RANDO
“Yellowjackets” network, for short	SHO

Along with Big Bird, role for puppeteer Caroll Spinney on “Sesame Street”

OSCAR

FALL FRUIT

PEAR

___ PIECE

PUFF

RENTAL CONTRACT

LEASE

Actress Fanning of “The Great”

ELLE

Where Henrik Ibsen is buried

OSLO