New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Like most Italian nouns ending in -o: Abbr. MASC
1/26.2 of a marathon MILE
SIRIUSXM MEDIUM RADIO
*Number of copies requested by a publisher PRINTORDER
Howard who narrates “Arrested Development” RON
*Barriers that slide in and out of a wall POCKETDOORS
Actor McKellen who played Gandalf IAN
“Mayday!” SOS
Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list FBI
*Stereotypical literary persona STOCKCHARACTER
PIE-IN-THE-FACE SOUND SPLAT
STAIRCASE PART STEP
Ship’s backbone KEEL
TEMPORARY RELIEF RESPITE
SHRIVELED SHRANK
CHEEK SWAB MATERIAL DNA
VOLCANIC RESIDUE ASH
SKIN SPOT FRECKLE
HEED THE COXSWAIN ROW
Texter’s sign-off TTYL
ROAST BEEF AU ___ JUS
*Designer’s collection FASHIONLINE
Irritable … or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? OUTOFSORTS
Diamond Head’s island OAHU
Sharp and shrewd KEEN
What the Portuguese “senhor” means SIR
Actor Mahershala of “Moonlight” ALI
Snail-mail correspondent PENPAL
Swindler’s victim MARK
Dos + cinco SIETE
Bungee cables, for example CORDS
Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang ROCKJOCK
City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” RENO
Show people to their seats, informally USH
Genre for the 1990s band Sublime SKA
LIKE HIGH-STRUNG HORSES SNORTY
TIGHT UNDERGARMENT GIRDLE
BOATLOAD TON
HITS THE SLOPES SKIS
ONE SIDE IN CHECKERS RED
PICNIC PEST ANT
WEDDING WORDS IDO
Something you don’t have to pay for, redundantly FREEGIFT
Ted Lasso, for one COACH
Maintain, as a bar TEND
Give stars, say RATE
Common plot point on a soap opera AFFAIR
“The Godfather” Oscar winner BRANDO
Present, as a prize BESTOW
Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal OREOOS
Merchant’s booth KIOSK
Jeweler’s lens LOUPE
Student ___ forgiveness LOAN
Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals RAT
HARDWOOD TREE OAK
FIBER-___ CABLE OPTIC
“Dancing Queen” group ABBA
SKILLFUL ADROIT
Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” EVA
SOME VENOMOUS SNAKES ADDERS
TRACK MEET EVENT HEAT
Bit of concert equipment AMP
FAIRY TALE BROTHER HANSEL
“Golly!” GEE
“Stat!” ASAP
ROTTEN BAD
ROTTEN EVIL
HAVING A LIGHT TOUCH GENTLE
Fill-in-___-blank THE
“___ we there yet?” ARE
“Right away, boss!” ONIT
HELPFUL CONNECTIONS INS
“How’s it goin’?” SUP