New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PUT IN A BOX CRATEUP
Irrigation structure DAM
TEENY WEE
Reefer and clipper SHIPS
NOT COOL UNHIP
MESSENGER ___ RNA
FITTING APT
Group known for playing mind games MENSA
Farmer’s market booth STALL
SCARF DOWN EAT
CRITICIZE HARSHLY LAMBASTE
HIGH UP ALOFT
It’s a ball ORB
Cooks, as some kernels AIRPOPS
WATER UNDER THE DRAWBRIDGE MOAT
Stand-out performance? SOLO
Like a custard EGGY
Kitchen cabinet climbers ANTS
Cook again in oil REFRY
Duo with the 2011 #1 hit “Party Rock Anthem” LMFAO
Lead-in to season PRE
Brown in strips CHARLIE
“Bet you can’t do better!” TOPTHIS
Predators whose females are the main hunters LIONS
“The Good Dinosaur” dinosaur ARLO
SEE 62-DOWN TUNA
Transport, in a way BUS
LATIN LOVE AMOR
Nov. or Dec. event for a Sagittarius BDAY
WILD CATCH? PREY
ORG. WITH A TOP 10 LIST FBI
FANATICAL RABID
SOCKET INSERTS GLASSEYES
SLUDGE OOZE
Some fluffy slippers UGGS
QUEUE BEFORE Q LGBT
Protein-rich crop SOYBEANS
TV newswoman Spencer LARA
Workplace inequity PAYGAP
Layer on a roll PLY
Gives an angry look GLARESAT
Something to look into MIRROR
KIND OF PORT USB
2010 health law, in brief ACA
“Golly!” ISAY
Delivery site PORCH
“Knives Out” director Johnson RIAN
*X, to a sorority sister CHINO
With 33-Across, deep-sea catch AHI
Hard walk TREK
Bird that flies with its neck outstretched CRANE
SQUIRT TOT
With 47-Down, fail spectacularly … or what the answers to the starred clues do? GODOWNIN
Receptionist-turned-administrator on “The Office” PAM
This might get the word out ERASER
Taylor Swift’s record-setting ___ Tour ERAS
Bit of skiwear BOOT
*Blank, e.g., in Scrabble INFERTILE
MIDDLE C, E.G. KEY
CAMOUFLAGES HIDES
BOOTY LOOT
DAZE STUN
*Liberated FREEZE
Maker of Max Throat Care drops RICOLA
Something to work on LAPTOP
WASH. SETTING USA
“Good as ___” (Lizzo hit) HELL
Moments of discovery AHAS
*What iodine might do BLASTING
SEE 9-DOWN FLAMES
*Expresses regret about FILAMENTS
Adverb for an anniversary YEARLY
*Place to be pampered SPARE
Substitute for “subs” HEROS
Squeeze together? GROUPHUG
WAY UP ON A MOUNTAIN TBAR
BANK OFFERINGS, IN BRIEF CDS