New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Gains ground NARROWSTHEGAP
Worker’s end-of-year wish BONUS
PITIFUL SAD
Figure whose name derives from the Hebrew for “adversary” SATAN
Areas to practice driving skills RANGES
Middle of Middlesex CENTRE
Taproom offering, in brief IPA
Output of the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instruments YAMAHAS
CANADIAN N.H.L. TEAM, ON SCOREBOARDS OTT
1977 best-selling novel set in a hospital COMA
BROKE TAMED
Artist of “La Maja Desnuda” and “La Maja Vestida” GOYA
Five-time N.B.A. All-Star Thompson KLAY
Words that guide CREED
Uber ___ EATS
Join so as to work together YOKE
PAYMENT OPTION DEBIT
STOCKPILES AMASSES
SLIPS ERRS
CITY EAST OF TEMPE MESA
REGARDS HEEDS
“You sure about that?” WANNAMAKEABET
“How about that!” GEE
Third most-spoken language in the world HINDI
“___ does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from ___”: Jeanne Moreau AGE
Famous bridge site RIALTO
Not allowing for variation STRICT
What a nod might indicate BID
Investor’s considerations RISKS
What old memories often cause SENIORMOMENTS
Made ’em look TURNEDHEADS
Preservers of crop biodiversity SEEDBANKS
Question suggesting “What odd behavior!” WHODOESTHAT
[So what?] SHRUG
Kiddie ride? HORSEY
Utterance with one’s hand on a Bible, maybe IDO
Comics sound effects POWS
Abbr. below the name of some businesses ESTD
Highest degree attainable? NTH
Defenses are prepared for them THESES
Pioneer in the field of exobiology SAGAN
Drawers on chests, maybe TATTOOARTISTS
“Stop complaining. I didn’t do anything wrong” NOAPOLOGIES
Bouncing a penny into a cup, fancily shuffling cards, etc. PARTYTRICKS
Indianapolis 500 venue, informally, with “the” BRICKYARD
Balance sheet quantity NETASSETS
Jazz sobriquet SATCHMO
Ones helping players get a round? CADDIES
Song title in both “The Sound of Music” and “West Side Story” MARIA
Certain verbal agreements AMENS
Certain verbal agreement AYE
What’s going on? ATTIRE
GAVE RISE TO BRED
BARELY RUN STREAK
Get even with TIE
Boatloads or truckloads SHIPMENTS
Cartoon character often seen sucking his thumb LINUS
They contain fruit RINDS
Entertainment reference that began as a Usenet group IMDB
___ Amendment (2010s extension of the Kyoto Protocol) DOHA
Tip jar item ONE
All House speakers until 2007 MEN