New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Product of volcanic activity BASALT
Certain grueling race, informally TRI
Factory ___ RESET
Word before nail or after steel TOE
Moccasins, but not oxfords SLIPONS
Voice of doom ALARMIST
It’s a me problem EGOISM
End up OK PANOUT
NOT FORBIDDEN LICIT
NOTWITHSTANDING ALBEIT
ONE DYING FOR A CAUSE MARTYR
“___ Fideles” ADESTE
Jug unit: Abbr. GAL
Cluster, as of grass TUFT
Bank note made of pure cotton fiber EURO
“Enthusiasm is the mother of ___”: Ralph Waldo Emerson EFFORT
Bow-making timber ELM
“King James” LEBRON
BOOK BEFORE ROMANS ACTS
“Joking!” IKID
Secret traders SPIES
Father on “Modern Family” PHIL
Boston, Amherst and others COLLEGES
“Great” 10th-century emperor OTTOI
Features of many ceratopsians HORNS
Something possibly triggered during a mass extinction event SEISM
Leave a mark on? ANNOTATE
Japanese exporter of diesel engines ISUZU
Travel requirement, at times VISA
Letters that go in both blanks of ___ ___tofferson KRIS
COASTAL INLET RIA
QUATTRO PRECEDER TRE
One may ask for a dinner preference RSVP
PUT UP ERECTED
Acid container, maybe VAT
Friar known for his patronage of animals STFRANCIS
Novelist King who wrote “Caretakers” and “One on One” TABITHA
Writer’s reference ? or what each row of shaded letters is missing? THESAURUS
It helps keep a tight ship tight RIVET
What had a major impact on this puzzle’s theme? ASTEROID
Some handoff recipients in football, for short RBS
Guinness records, typically FEATS
SOUNDS OF SURPRISE OHS
List follower ETC
Ruler’s dimensions? REALM
Crystalline mineral deposits in some caves NITER
Like Beethoven, by his mid-40s DEAF
Where the 10 countries with the lowest median age are all located AFRICA
BORING BIT AUGER
Accelerated H.S. English course APLIT
MARY, QUEEN OF ___ SCOTS
Ancient method of encipherment with a message wrapped around a cylinder SCYTALE
BLUE MATERIAL SMUT
Newspaper supplement INSERT
COMFY SHOE LOAFER
WEST COAST AIRPORT CODE SFO
VAN GOGH MASTERPIECE IRISES
IMMUNE RESPONSE TRIGGER ANTIGEN
Prof’s helpers TAS
First dog on an orbital spaceflight LAIKA
Spooked by SCAREDOF
Annual architecture award PRITZKER
SOAK (UP) SOP
Music producer Gotti who worked with Ja Rule and J.Lo IRV
APPLICATIONS USES
“A Doll’s House” playwright IBSEN
Roman fountain name TREVI
“___ favor” POR
Pants, but half off? TROU
SOME W.S.J. TOPICS IPOS
Digital money ECASH
HOSP. AREA ICU
Some investments, in brief IRAS
COME TOGETHER MERGE
COMMON TYPEFACE ARIAL
Beethoven’s “Für ___” ELISE