New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 27

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