New York Times 2023 12 15 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Yard, nautically	SPAR
Desire for a ski jumper	HANGTIME
___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph)	PALE
“Knock it off!,” in question form	CANYOUNOT
SINCE	ASOF
Classic airplane snack	SALTEDNUTS
General term in a series	NTH
Number in a count	BALLS
Change, as a lock	REKEY
One in a million, so to speak	RAREGEM
Journalism inits. since 1851	NYT
One way to travel the world	BYSEA
Lines from a rapper, in slang	BARS
MILK OPTION	OAT
Earth-based pigment	OCHER
Equipment in hockey, lacrosse and pickleball	NET
What one might look at the night sky with	CHILDLIKEWONDER
SPECK	MOTE
TROPICAL VINE	LIANA
___ LINGUS	AER
LOSE TAUTNESS	SAG
Canapé topper	ROE
Spanish geographical word that is an anagram of its English translation	COSTA
“Woo-hoo!,” in online shorthand	FTW
Pronoun functioning as an object (not a subject!)	WHOM
“Give me five!”	UPTOP
Half full?	ELS
“Dig in, everyone”	LETSEAT
Work from, as a desk	SITAT
Purple ___, Hawaiian crop	YAM
___ bottles (popular gummy candy)	COLA
Bad press, say	MEDIABIAS
Event at high noon	DUEL
Occasion to recite the Pledge of Allegiance	ASSEMBLY
Button usually held down by a pinkie	CTRL
Word after life or C	SPAN
One whose work might be a piece of cake?	PASTRYCHEF
Bit of attire seldom worn with a jacket	ALOHASHIRT
One you might beseech to get glasses	REF
Term for an overly commercialized celebration	HALLMARKHOLIDAY
At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth	ANTS
Bill concerned with science communication	NYE
Become barren	GODRY
Synchronize with	TUNETO
Handmade goods site	ETSY
One on the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land	CALEB
What stubbles may become	BEARDS
Warning letters with a Reddit link	NSFW
___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played	BOCA
DAMAGE THE REPUTATION OF	TAR
PART OF A BIBLICAL PLAGUE	LOCUST
SUPPORTS	AIDS
FADE AWAY	EBB
ARCTIC NATIVE	INUK
Likely hyperbole from a texter	ROFL
“Don’t even think of coming back!”	ANDSTAYOUT
Nephalist	TEETOTALER
Trick question, e.g.	TRAP
Housework?	LAWS
There or thereabouts	ISH
2022 Jordan Peele film	NOPE
West Coast N.F.L.’er	LARAM
Experimental composer Charles	IVES
Common place to see Santa	MALL
Actress Malick	WENDIE
TIBETAN TITLE	LAMA
HANDS (OUT)	METES
SET ___	SAIL
PUBLIC HEALTH ORG.	CDC
Bookie?	AVIDREADER
Badge holder	SASH
LURCH	REEL

Yard, nautically

SPAR

Desire for a ski jumper

HANGTIME

___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph)

PALE

“Knock it off!,” in question form

CANYOUNOT

SINCE

ASOF

Classic airplane snack

SALTEDNUTS