New York Times 2023 12 18 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Parishioners’ bench	PEW
Spanish “Bye!”	ADIOS
Variety show with skits and songs	REVUE
GOT OUT OF BED	AROSE
Preliminary tournament stage	QUALIFYINGROUND
Campus figure with a “list”	DEAN
1960s soul singer Redding	OTIS
Filipino or Laotian	ASIAN
“Spring forward” clock setting: Abbr.	DST
Snake oil salesman’s offering	QUACKREMEDY
Got hitched in Vegas, perhaps	ELOPED
Cause for a produce recall	ECOLI
SWINDLE	DEFRAUD
2, 4, 6, 8, ETC.	EVENS
FRENCH ASSENT	OUI
1989’s “Honey, I ___ the Kids”	SHRUNK
Woman temporarily serving as monarch	QUEENREGENT
Ice cream amts.	QTS
Last word in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”	TREE
Financial statement issued every three months	QUARTERLYREPORT
Railroad property in Monopoly	BANDO
Actress Davis of “Thelma & Louise”	GEENA
20-sided game piece in Dungeons & Dragons	DIE
Important agent in bread dough and beer fermentation	YEAST
Captain Ahab’s ship in “Moby-Dick”	PEQUOD
Shoots lava	ERUPTS
What to do “if the shoe fits”	WEARIT
Prima donna’s chance to shine	ARIA
Poison ___ (plant)	IVY
Maurice who wrote “Where the Wild Things Are”	SENDAK
Olympic figure skating champion Lipinski	TARA
Ill-advised maneuver	WRONGMOVE
Story that spans generations	SAGA
Swelling reducers for sprains	ICEBAGS
Gulf of ___ (waters off the coast of Yemen)	ADEN
WONDERLAND VISITOR	ALICE
PAL	CHUM
GUINNESS BOOK SUFFIX	EST
INTELLIGENCE	SENSE
ACTRESS ___ SKYE	IONE
BEGINNING PHASE	ONSET
SCI-FI OR ROMANCE	GENRE
Lawyers’ org.	ABA
Move just a little	BUDGE
Fig. on a college transcript	GPA
COMMOTION	UPROAR
BEFORE, IN POETRY	ERE
Unexpected plot development	TWIST
The “L” of U.C.L.A.	LOS
Anthony who played Zorba in “Zorba the Greek”	QUINN
Colorful symbols of hope and happiness	BLUEBIRDS
Summer office workers	INTERNS
Scannable black-and-white square ? or a hint to 17-, 30-, 45- and 57-Across	QRCODE
Video game with falling blocks	TETRIS
“Super-cool!”	NEAT
Over half of all Super Bowl M.V.P.s, for short	QBS
Stan who co-created the Marvel Universe	LEE
Debtor’s note	IOU
TV’s “___ Lasso”	TED
Pet name for José	PEPE
Passes into law	ENACTS
ID WITH TWO HYPHENS	SSN
DISORDERLY BUNCH	MOB
VOTE OF SUPPORT	YEA
___ ARBOR, MICH.	ANN
GREAT PLAINS TRIBE	OTOE
PEP	ENERGY
PERCUSSIVE DANCE STYLE	TAP
SIX LINES IN A SONNET	SESTET
PUT INTO POWER	ELECT
OPPOSITE OF AWEATHER, TO A SAILOR	ALEE
Football distances: Abbr.	YDS
Coin of Denmark	KRONE
Lawyer’s title: Abbr.	ESQ
Dubai’s country, for short	UAE
Cookie in cookies and cream	OREO

Parishioners’ bench

PEW

Spanish “Bye!”

ADIOS

Variety show with skits and songs

REVUE

GOT OUT OF BED

AROSE

Preliminary tournament stage

QUALIFYINGROUND

Campus figure with a “list”

DEAN