New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Org. that employs Hank on “Breaking Bad” DEA
Five-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist McCoy ___ TYNER
Auto parts brand owned by GM ACDELCO
Sandwich made with a telera roll TORTA
Heavyweight wrestlers SUMOS
Sign ? or signature MARK
ONE OF TWO TUDOR KINGS HENRY
Special coffee shop offerings BLENDS
___ Morgenstern, author of “The Night Circus” ERIN
Europe, Asia and America BANDS
Member of an elite force SEAL
Home of the Kingdom of Dahomey, today BENIN
Something large often stored upside down CANOE
Handy trick HACK
Molecule that can interfere in gene expression RNA
Some vaccine administrators, in brief RNS
Fire-engine ___ RED
Like a proposal in Congress that has zero chance of passing, in brief DOA
BALANCED EVEN
Successfully strike a delicate balance THREADTHENEEDLE
Refuses to keep going BALKS
___ vital (life force, from the French) ELAN
Command after an accidental deletion UNDO
Watercolor, clay and others MEDIA
Literary domain of Peter the Magnificent and Susan the Gentle NARNIA
Academic who works with many different schools, maybe MARINEBIOLOGIST
Marketing link TIEIN
Modern-day scrapbooks, of a sort PINTERESTBOARDS
Athletic items never purchased individually SNEAKERS
Piña colada topper TILDE
Tangle in an office CORDS
SEE EYE TO EYE CONCUR
Hearing monitor, for short ENT
Rhyming arrangements, e.g. SCHEMES
Comic Noah who wrote the autobiographical “Born a Crime” TREVOR
Longtime police procedural that ended in 2023, informally NCISLA
Wood for smoking andouille sausage BEECH
Like a dirge DOLOROUS
One whose distance may be measured by the yard? MOLE
Division of the Treasury Dept. IRS
Not what you’d expect ABNORMAL
THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF ONLY
BLACK ___ OPS
MADIBA, FOR NELSON MANDELA CLANNAME
ALIGNS SYNCS
Common cybersecurity measure EMAILENCRYPTION
MANY A TOURNAMENT OPEN
GOES FOR COSTS
KIND OF RAY MANTA
Mediocre at best LESSTHANSTELLAR
PARTY LEADER? HOSTESS
Shiny button material NACRE
___ and ran ATE
Loud bird sound HONK
Branching out from the center RADIAL
Words sung on the same notes as “twinkle,” in a different nursery rhyme BAABAA
Philosopher who was a major influence on Marx HEGEL
“Good ___!” RIDDANCE
HISSY SNIT
STATES DECLARES
EXPERT WITH FIGURES? SKATER
CAPITAL ON THE GULF OF FINLAND TALLINN
ACTRESS AMANDA BYNES
Arrival announcement IMHERE
DOES HINDS
Sierra Nevada offering AMERICANPALEALE
WEST COAST NEWS INITS. LAT
Place to let sleeping dogs lie PETBED